蝉花可否替代蛹虫草和冬虫夏草？——综述。

Can Cordyceps cicadae be used as an alternative to Cordyceps militaris and Cordyceps sinensis? - A review.

机构信息

College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China; Department of Chemistry, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727, Polokwane, South Africa.

College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China; Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, 11651, Egypt.

出版信息

J Ethnopharmacol. 2020 Jul 15;257:112879. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112879. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2020.112879

PMID:32305637

Abstract

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE

Cordyceps cicadae (Mig.) Massee is one of the oldest and well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), with its uses recorded as far back as the 5th century A.D. For centuries, C. cicadae has been used as food, tonic and folk medicine to treat malaria, palpitations, cancer, fever, diabetes, eye diseases, dizziness, and chronic kidney diseases. Although C. cicadae has been used as TCM for over 1600 years, it is not the most popular amongst the Cordyceps family. Cordyceps Sinensis (C. sinensis) and Cordyceps militaris (C. militaris) are the most studied and widely used, with a number of commercially available products derived from these two Cordyceps species.

AIM OF THE REVIEW

This review seeks to look at the research that has been conducted on C. cicadae over the past 30 years, reporting on the biological activities, development and utilization. This information was compared to that focused on C. sinensis and C. militaris.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A literature search was conducted on different scientific search engines including, but not limited to "Web of Science", "ScienceDirect" and "Google Scholar" to identify published data on C. cicadae, I. cicadae, P. cicadae, C. sinensis and C. militaris.

RESULTS

Research conducted on C. cicadae over the past two decades have shown that it poses similar biological properties and chemical composition as C. sinensis and C. militaris. C. cicadae has been reported to grow in many geographic locations, as compared to C. sinensis, and can be artificially cultivated via different methods.

CONCLUSION

There exists sufficient evidence that C. cicadae has medicinal benefits and contain bioactive compounds similar to those found on C. sinensis and C. militaris. However, more research and standardization methods are still needed to directly compare C. cicadae with C. sinensis and C. militaris, in order to ascertain the suitability of C. cicadae as an alternative source of Cordyceps products.

摘要

民族药理学相关性

蝉花（Mig.）Massee 是中国最古老和著名的传统中药（TCM）之一，其用途可追溯到公元 5 世纪。几个世纪以来，蝉花一直被用作食物、补品和民间药物，用于治疗疟疾、心悸、癌症、发热、糖尿病、眼病、头晕和慢性肾病。尽管蝉花已被用作 TCM 超过 1600 年，但它并不是虫草属家族中最受欢迎的一种。蛹虫草（C. sinensis）和北虫草（C. militaris）是研究和应用最广泛的两种虫草，有许多商业化的产品来源于这两种虫草。