A Comparison of Primary Active Components Between Cultured Cordyceps militaris and Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps militaris is a rare traditional Chinese medicinal material.In order to provide basic information for culturing Cordyceps militaris to have similar active components with Cordyceps sinensis,the contents and compositions of amino acids,polysaccharides and cordycepin etc in cultured C.militaris and its mycelia and sporophores and in C.sinensis and its mycelia were determined.The results showed that the amino acid compositions were...