%0 Journal Article %A Sharma, Sapan Kumar %A Gautam, Nandini %A Atri, Narender Singh %A Dhancholia, Subhash %D 2016 %I Begell House %K bioactive components, Cordyceps, chemical composition, medicinal mushrooms and fungi, taxonomy %N 12 %P 1121-1130 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i12.70 %T Taxonomical Establishment and Compositional Studies of a New Cordyceps (Ascomycetes) Species from the Northwest Himalayas (India) %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,57162b26264a3b98,79f2cb286c71dcc7.html %V 18 %X During a frequent survey in the northwest Indian Himalayan region, a new species−Cordyceps macleodganensis−was encountered. This species is described on the basis of its macromorphological features, microscopic details, and internal transcribed spacer sequencing. This species showed only 90% resemblance to Cordyceps gracilis. The chemical composition of the mycelium showed protein (14.95 ± 0.2%) and carbohydrates (59.21 ± 3.8%) as the major nutrients. This species showed appreciable amounts of P-carotene, lycopene, phenolic compounds, polysaccharides, and flavonoids. Mycelial culture of this species showed higher effectiveness for ferric-reducing antioxidant power, DPPH radical scavenging activity, ferrous ion-chelating activity, and scavenging ability on superoxide anion-derived radicals, calculated by half-maximal effective concentrations. %8 2017-01-09