Long ago, Cordyceps has been known as a valuable medicinal herb, Has the effect of nourishing the body, positive, Enhance immunity and some other uses.

One of the most notable effects of this fungus is cancer anti -cancer activity, Recorded on many lung cancer cell lines, breast, both, Skin ... and on the mouse. The biological active ingredients have the main anti -cancer effects from polysaccharide, sterol, Adenosine and especially cordycepin.

TS Xuanwei Zhou, Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Transport University pointed out 6 Cordyceps resistance mechanism.

That is: (i) Enhance the function of the immune and natural immune system; (ii) Selective inhibition RNA, From there, it affects protein synthesis; (iii) Antioxidant and anti -free radicals; (iv) anti -mutation; (v) interferes with the process of copying the tumor induction virus; (vi) Nucleic acid methylation.

However, Cordyceps has not been recognized as a drug due to similar barriers polysaccharide different like, The complex structure leads to complex activity and metabolism, unstable; Cancer resistance mechanism is unclear. Polysaccharide It is also relatively difficult to dissolve, Make the structure of this substance more complicated.

In Viet Nam, People in contact with cordyceps are limited, Part of the reason is in the selling price. A complete product can be up to several, even tens of millions of dong. Opposite, Some other items are cheaper, Consumers wonder when choosing.

How to make more and more Vietnamese people using cordyceps is the goal by the Scientific Council by Assoc.Prof.Dr., Chairman of the Council, Head of Organic Chemistry Department, Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Sciences, Hanoi National University set out.

According to Mr. Tri, The current world has 2 The main cordyceps strain, that is Cordyceps military – Use the same 1 medicinal mushrooms, And often produced, process; Cordyceps sinensis – high price, The distribution is very limited in nature (Mainly in Tibetan) and has not been successfully raised in an artificial environment.

The products sold on the market today are mostly Cordyceps military.

Essentially, Cordyceps is a parasitic mushroom, Developed on the larvae of caterpillar. Winter, When the caterpillar larvae buried themselves in the soil to hibernate (coincidence) Create opportunities for mushrooms Cordyceps sinensis Invasive and parasitic.

Summer, This mushroom will grow strongly, absorb all the nutrients inside the larvae and stretch the body similar to the shape of plants (cordyceps).

As a unit that often holds tours to China, Joint Stock Company of the North Central Management Group said, The demand for cordyceps is very large. Most of, Vietnamese people when visiting the tourist destinations are asked, or willing to buy this product if guaranteed for nutrition, origin.

The unit wants to cooperate with scientists, Agricultural expert to complete the production process of products from cordyceps, At the same time, create a closed value chain from production to processing, Quality management and commercialization of products from cordyceps mushrooms through promotional activities, introduce, Access users from travel services.

Support the viewpoint “popularization” Cordyceps for many people can use, Mr. Pham Dinh Nam, Director of Vietnam Institute for Technology and Agricultural Development (Vitad-Agri), comment, This is the potential direction. He noted, that if commercial production should focus on copyright registration, Brand registration, Then protect trademarks and technology designs.

Currently some people do not know, that the cordyceps has a beautiful form, But nutrients are mainly in the base. The effects of treating diabetes, Cardiovascular or even cancer comes from here.

Many in -depth studies in the world also indicate, Cordyceps extract has the effect of reducing blood sugar by promoting glucose metabolism, Reducing total cholesterol levels and neutral fat in serum thus reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease…

On that basis, Vitad-Agri leaders suggested that the partner can cooperate with the people, Closely linked and quality assurance from the raw material area. With that, Research more ability to develop organic products.

“Producing cordyceps by organic methods has many health benefits, But there are few products that can guarantee this”, Mr. Nam shared, and emphasize that, Government and ministries, The industry is very interested, Promote the production of organic products, Especially with healthy products like cordyceps.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Manh Tri, The Chairman of the Council supports the idea of ​​producing good products for health, At the same time committed to accompanying the unit in the quality of quality certificates, Technology manufacturing and branding.