Comparative analysis of effective compositions in three Cordyceps

In order to discriminate the difference in three Cordyceps qualities a comparative analysis of the wild Cordyceps sinensis,Cordyceps militaris and artificial cultivation of wild Cordyceps militaris Cordyceps was conducted by determining the active ingredients in them.The results showed that artificial cultivation of Cordyceps militaris had the same mumbers of active components with wild Cordyceps,but it had a higher content of amino acids than that of wild Cordyceps sinensis,The content of cordycepin,cordyceps acid,cordyceps polysaccharides,superoxide dismutase(SOD),vitamin in artificial one was much higher than the wild Cordyceps militaris,and the kinds of trace elements in artificial cultivation of Cordyceps militaris were in consistent with those in wild Cordyceps,and elements like Pb and Cr which were harmful to the human body were undectable in it.Taken together,artificial cultivation of Cordyceps militaris could totally replace the wild ones for industrial mass production.