Advances in Cordyceps Research Prospects and Avenues

Preface

List of Contributors

Overview

1. Research on Cordyceps—An Appraisal

A.K. Hasith Priyashnatha, Samantha C. Karunarathna and Saisamorn Lumyong

TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY AND GENETICS

2. Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Genetics of Cordyceps

Chen Wanhao and Han Yanfeng

3. An Overview of the Phylogeny of Cordyceps

Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar and Kandikere R. Sridhar

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION

4. Diversity and Distribution of Cordyceps in the Indian Subcontinent

Kandikere R. Sridhar and Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar

5. Diversity of Cordycipitaceae in the Sahyadri Mountain Ranges of the Western Ghats

Jithu Unni Krishnan, Devika Lal Mudavarthottiyil Raju, Anju Mathiyil Subramanian, Murali Revanasiddappa. Shambu Kumar and Rakhi Kunnath Radhakrishnan

BIOACTIVE POTENTIAL

6. Traditional Knowledge and Pharmacological Potential of Cordyceps

Nadire Özenver and Çiğdem Kahraman

7. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites and Pharmaceutical Prospects of Cordyceps

Samay Tirkey, Srishti Verma and Kamlesh Kumar Shukla

8. Bioactive Compounds of Cordyceps and their Potential Pharmaceutical Avenues

Koh Gui Jen, Emilyn Yapp Wye Yi, Sabrina Khor Xin Yi and Tang Yin Quan

9. Cosmeceutical Applications of Cordyceps

Sarita Sangthong, Lutfun Nahar, Phanuphong Chaiwut, Punyawatt Pintathong and Satyajit D. Sarker

NUTRACEUTICAL PROSPECTS

10. The Significance of Cordyceps in Medicine and Nutrition

Karol Jędrejko, Katarzyna Kała, Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja and Bożena Muszyńska

11. Cordycepin—From Diet to Medicine

Shallu Saini, Sonal Datta, Hardeep Singh Tuli, Chanderdeep Tandon, Simran Tandon and Anil Kumar Sharma

PLANT PROTECTION

12. Crop Protection Potential of Entomopathogenic Cordyceps

Hemraj Chhipa

SAFETY AND PRODUCTS

13. Heavy Metals of Cordyceps and Allied Species

Purnendu Paul and Prakash Pradhan

14. Applications, Safety and Cordyceps Products

Lek Teng Lim

Index

Biography

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.