Advances in Cordyceps Research (eBook, PDF)

Prospects and Avenues
Redaktion: Sridhar, Kandikere; Mahadevakumar, Shivannegowda; Fung, Shin-Yee; Deshmukh, Sunil Kumar

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Produktbeschreibung

Cordyceps and allied species are economically important macrofungi with environmental, agricultural, and human health implications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040228005
• Artikelnr.: 72335512

Autorenporträt

Kandikere R. Sridhar is an adjunct faculty member at Mangalore University, India. His primary area of study is aquatic fungi in freshwater and marine waters. He has research collaborations in the USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Portugal. He was president of the Mycological Society of India (2018), a distinguished Asian mycologist (2015), and one of the world's top 2% scientists in the field of mycology (2019-21). Sunil K. Deshmukh is a Scientific Advisor to Greenvention Biotech, Uruli-Kanchan, Pune, India, and Agpharm Bioinnovations LLP, Patiala, Punjab, India. Veteran industrial mycologist spent a substantial part of his career in drug discovery at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai, and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia. Shin-Yee Fung is a Professor of Biochemistry from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), United Kingdom. She is the pioneering scientist for Malaysia's National Treasure, the tiger milk mushrooms (Lignosus sp.) which have received several prestigious international and local prizes and Malaysian patents. Her work transcends from bench to bedside and is groundbreaking for Malaysia and beyond. She is the founder and CTO of Essenti Nutrien Sdn. Bhd., which specializes in and pioneers ACE technology. Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar is serving as a scientist at the Botanical Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Government of India. His primary area of research is mycology and plant pathology, focusing on the molecular systematics of fungal pathogens and mushrooms. He served as Scientist B at the Kerala Forest Research Institute (2022) and Assistant Professor at KSOU, Mysuru (202122). He received the DST-INSPIRE, the CSIR-RA, the KSNUAHS Post-Doc, and the DST-SERB-NPDF Fellowship.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Overview. 1. Research on Cordyceps-An Appraisal. TAXONOMY,
PHYLOGENY AND GENETICS. 2. Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Genetics of Cordyceps.
3. An Overview of the Phylogeny of Cordyceps. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION.
4. Diversity and Distribution of Cordyceps in the Indian Subcontinent. 5.
Diversity of Cordycipitaceae in the Sahyadri Mountain Ranges of the Western
Ghats. BIOACTIVE POTENTIAL. 6. Traditional Knowledge and Pharmacological
Potential of Cordyceps. 7. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites and
Pharmaceutical Prospects of Cordyceps. 8. Bioactive Compounds of Cordyceps
and their Potential Pharmaceutical Avenues. 9. Cosmeceutical Applications
of Cordyceps. NUTRACEUTICAL PROSPECTS. 10. The Significance of Cordyceps
in Medicine and Nutrition. 11. Cordycepin-From Diet to Medicine. PLANT
PROTECTION. 12. Crop Protection Potential of Entomopathogenic Cordyceps.
SAFETY AND PRODUCTS. 13. Heavy Metals of Cordyceps and Allied Species. 14.
Applications, Safety and Cordyceps Products. Index.