title: The Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Actions of Cordyceps sinensis.
abstract: Cordyceps sinensis, also called DongChongXiaCao (winter worm, summer grass) in Chinese, is becoming increasingly popular and important in the public and scientific communities. This study summarizes the chemical constituents and their corresponding pharmacological actions of Cordyceps sinensis. Many bioactive components of Cordyceps sinensis have been extracted including nucleoside, polysaccharide, sterol, protein, amino acid, and polypeptide. In addition, these constituents' corresponding pharmacological actions were also shown in the study such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumour, antiapoptosis, and immunomodulatory actions. Therefore can use different effects of C. sinensis against different diseases and provide reference for the study of Cordyceps sinensis in the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Teaching Experiment Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Jihui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Acumox and Tuina, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Hanyue
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Xuelan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
authors.forename: Chunchao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han