Fantastic !!
Tanay
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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