Description
CordycepinisoriginallyfoundinavarietyofspeciesofthefungusCordycepsanddisplaysanticancer,neuromodulatory,anti-inflammatory,anti-parasitic,andantiviralactivities.Cordycepininducesdouble-strandedDNAbreaksincancercellswithincorporatedintonucleicacidchainsasitisa3-deoxyanalogofadenosine.Additionally,cordycepinincreasesgenerationofreactiveoxygenspecies(ROS),increasescaspaseactivityandPARPcleavage,andactivatesAMPK,inducingcaspase-mediatedapoptosisincells.CordycepindecreasestheamplitudeofexcitatorypresynapticmembranepotentialsandindirectlyinhibitsAMPAreceptor-andNMDAreceptor-mediatedresponsesthroughinhibitionofpresynapticexcitatoryneurotransmitterrelease.Invitro,cordycepindecreasesproductionofNO,activationofNF-κB,andexpressionofiNOS,COX-2,andTNF-α.ThiscompounddisplaysantimicrobialactivityagainstLeishmaniaandalsoterminatesRNAchainsincellsinfectedwithpicornavirus.
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