M.A. Nguyen Thi Lien Thuong, Deputy Dean of Natural Resources and Environment Faculty of Thu Dau Mot University has successfully gained the cultivation of Cordyceps militaris on synthetic culture as the first-step success of her series of researches on cultivation of highly valuable medicinal fungi on artificial culture.
New Year delight
Cordyceps militaris is considered as one of the reputable medicines in the world for its contents of biologically active substances good to human health. Cordyceps militaris is literally called ‘winter worm, summer grass’ by the actual observation of the species. Ancient literature of China highly appreciates this kind of fungus for its high nutrition, health improvement and immunity boosting including its abilities of anti-bacteria, anti-virus, helping under-growing children, treatment support for lung diseases, active effects on sexual disorders, bad kidney, impontence, spermatorrhea, kidney function, back pains, knee numbness, coughing, anti-cancer, radioactive substance, prostatitis, and diabetes.
Cordyceps militaris successfully cultivated at the lab of
Cordyceps sp., a genus of ascomycete fungi of Cordycipitaceae family parasitic on insects has become subject of research concerns in the world. Cordyceps sp. has been successfully cultivated at industrial scale in
After 24 months of researching and by seedling support of professors in
Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Van Hiep, the Thu Dau Mot University President, said: “Success of Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Thuong in cultivation of Cordyceps militaris delights us in the New Year, marking a step forward in scientific research development amongst instructors of Thu Dau Mot University. I believe that in the New Year,
Devotion of a local of Binh Duong Province
In our nation, scientists have carried out the similar researches for a long time with bright results; however, the complicate cultivation requiring sophisticate investment into the technology prevents open cultivation of this kind of fungi to provide to the public majority. In the market, Cordyceps militaris is on sales; however, those products are mainly imported from
A member of researching team of Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Thuong is working at the lab of the university. Photo: T. My.
As a local of
As a devotee to scientific researches and being supported by the university and Natural Resources and Environment Faculty, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Thuong is determined with her researches on medicinal materials with her co-workers in a hope to implement researches and large-scale cultivation of high medicinal and nutrition value fungi in
The success of Cordyceps militaris cultivation is just a part of a researching series of applicable biology of Natural Resources and Environment Faculty; however, it is very inspiring for researching team of Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Thuong in a hope for popular cultivation of this kind of fungus in a bid to reduce product prices and transfer the cultivation technology to the public.
Reported by Tieu My – Translated by Vi Bao
