%0 Journal Article %A Puchkova, Tatiana A. %A Babitskaya, Valentina G. %A Scherba, Victor V. %A Bisko, Nina A. %A Poyedinok, Natalia L. %D 2010 %I Begell House %K Cordyceps militaris, medicinal fungi, medicinal mushrooms, cultivation conditions, polysaccharides, IR-spectra, light irradiation %N 4 %P 419-425 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v12.i4.90 %T Polysaccharides of Medicinal Caterpillar Fungus, Cordyceps militaris (L.:Fr.) Link (Ascomycetes): Production and Composition %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,0ca529c41b1c961c,73d4b77629cc5b95.html %V 12 %X The production of biomass, exo- and endopolysaccharides, composition of polysaccharides under different conditions of cultivation, and infrared (IR) spectra of polysaccharides of the medicinal species Cordyceps militaris (L.:Fr.) Link were studied. It was demonstrated that the content of glucose in endopolysaccharides’ composition was 18−40%, and in exopolysaccharides it was 64%. The composition of polysaccharides depended on cultivation conditions and wavelength of light during irradiation of mycelium. %8 2011-02-04