BACKGROUND: Cordyceps sinensis, one of the most valued traditional herbal medicines in China, contains high amount of arsenic. ...THQ results indicated that at the exposure level < 2.0 months/year, the arsenic was not likely to harm human health during a lifetime
…Participants received either 6 (body mass < 91 kg) or 8 (body mass >/= 91 kg) tablets of the treatment (TR; 625 mg of adenylpyrophosphoric acid and calcium pyruvate, 350.8 mg of cordyceps sinensis extract and yohimbine hydrochloride) or placebo (PL; 980 mg of
…Participants received either 6 (body mass < 91 kg) or 8 (body mass >/= 91 kg) tablets of the treatment (TR; 625 mg of adenylpyrophosph
…RESULTS: Aqueous extracts of Ganoderma lucidum, Lignosus rhinocerotis, Pleurotus giganteus and Grifola frondosa; as well as an ethanol extract of Cordyceps militaris significantly (p < 0.05) promoted the neurite outgrowth in N2a cells by 38.4 4.2%, 38.1 2.6%, 33.4 4.6%,
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