Cordycepin, also known as cordycepin, cordycepin, and cordycepin, is also known as 3′-deoxyadenosine. Its chemical formula is C10H13N5O3. It is the first nucleoside antibiotic isolated from fungi.
Cordycepin is a natural active compound that is widely found in Cordyceps sinensis (Cordyceps sinensis is a fungus that parasitizes on bat feces). Cordycepin has a variety of biological activities, including immunomodulatory, anti-tumor, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects.
Cordycepin has a wide range of applications in medicine. It is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic and is believed to have the effects of nourishing deficiency and yang, improving immunity, and delaying aging.
Cordyceps sinensis has a lot of effects, mainly in anti-tumor and anti-cancer, improving body immunity, and regulating body functions.
Cordycepin is the main physiologically active substance in Cordyceps sinensis. Scientific research has found that cordycepin is a light yellow substance that can inhibit the growth of bacteria such as streptococci, glanders, and anthrax, inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and has antiviral, anticancer and antifungal effects. In addition, cordycepin can also nourish the lungs and kidneys, promote bone marrow hematopoiesis, and assist in regulating chronic cough, insomnia, bronchitis, nocturia, etc.
The Function of Cordycepin
1. Anti-tumor effect of cordycepin
Scientific research has found that the anti-tumor effect of cordycepin is mainly manifested in that it has a strong inhibitory effect on the proliferation of mouse tumor cell lines (L5178Y), and its inhibitory effect can be cancelled by adenosine nucleoside.
Cordycepin can penetrate into RNA but not DNA, and can be phosphorylated to 3-ATP in cells; 3-ATP has no effect on the RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in L5178Y cells, but has a strong inhibitory effect on nuclear Poly (A) polymerase, which is bound to lead to mRNA maturation disorders and affect protein synthesis, thereby achieving an anti-tumor effect.
2. Antibacterial effect of cordycepin
Researchers have conducted in vitro tests on cordycepin and proved that cordycepin has an inhibitory effect on avian tuberculosis, various strains of Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Bacillus glanders, Bacillus anthracis, and porcine hemorrhagic bacillus.
3. Antiviral effect of cordycepin
Everyone knows that Cordyceps sinensis has the function of improving the body's immunity, which is mainly manifested in improving the body's antiviral ability to improve the immune system, and cordycepin plays a great role in this.
It is mainly manifested in inhibiting viral RNA synthesis, such as RNA synthesis in the replication process of encephalitis virus and the proliferation of semilkiForest virus.
Application Fields of Cordycepin
1: Cordycepin is widely used in many health foods and medicines. Whether it is added as tablets, capsules or oral liquids, its characteristics and effects are fully utilized, so it is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
2: The unique effects of cordycepin are also widely used in the cosmetics industry.
3: In recent years, some products derived from cordycepin have also been put into production and tested in the animal husbandry industry. The results prove that its own characteristics also have a place in the breeding industry. Whether it is used as a feed additive or veterinary drug research and development, it can be used as a direct additive product.
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