“虫草”是一种名贵中药,其作用功效可与我国特产人参、鹿茸相媲美。蛹虫草(Cordyceps militaris)与冬虫夏草极为相近,五十年代初,美国从蛹虫草培养物中提取出抗菌性物质,定名为虫草素(Cordycepin)、六十年代在药理实验上证明对艾氏腹水瘤有明显的抑制作用,以后冈田氏又肯定其抗癌效果。七十年代明确了“虫草素”的结构,并 “Cordyceps” is a precious Chinese medicine, its efficacy can be comparable with our specialty ginseng, velvet. Cordyceps militaris (Cordyceps militaris) and Cordyceps are very similar. In the early 1950s, the United States extracted the antimicrobial substance from cordyceps militaris culture and named it Cordycepin. In the 1960s, it proved pharmacologically to Ehrlich ascites tumor Obvious inhibition, Okada later affirmed its anti-cancer effect. Seventies clear “Cordycepin” structure, and