Mechanisms Underlying the Antifatigue Effects of the Mycelium Extract of Cordyceps (Paecilomyces hepiali, CBG-CS-2) in Mice in the Forced Swimming Test
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54102#.VO17BizQrzE Author(s) Soo-Wan Chae 1,2 , Fusako Mitsunaga 3,4 , Su-Jin Jung 2 , Ki-Chan Ha 5 , Hong-Sig Sin 6 , Seung-Hwan Jang 6 , Shin Nakamura 3,4* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Pharmacology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea . 2 Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods (CTCF2), Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea . 3 Intelligence and Technology Lab Inc., Kaizu, Japan . 4 NPO Primate Agora, Inuyama, Japan . 5 Healthcare Claims & Management Inc., Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea . 6 Chebigen Inc., Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea . ABSTRACT Cordyceps (CS) is used as an alternative medicine and functional food. We examined in vivo mechanisms underlying the antifatigue effects of the cultured mycelium extract of CS (CS extract) in forced swimming mice, a fatigue model that ...