Really interesting...I think it is one of the costliest medicinal raw drugs in India...
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Sharing the photographs of Cordyceps sinensis (popularly known as > Caterpillar fungus). > > Loc.: Collected from a local seller at Itanagar in 2008. Occurrence of this > plant is evident in Tawang area (ca 3000msl) of Arunachal Pradesh. > > Notes: > 1. An entomopathogenic fungi (an Ascomycete fungi which grows in > association with insects or arthropods). > 2. A traditional Chinese medicine which has proved qualities of an > anti-cancer agent, immunity booster, hepatic-protective agent and many more. > > Hope you'll find it interesting. > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > > >
