Ready to transfer the technology of Cordyceps fungus

The team of Plant Protection Institute is ready to transfer the technology of cultivating cordyceps fungus to potential parties and wish to replicate products to sell to consumers.

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"As a scientist, we want more research to be commercialized to bring products to many consumers. So we are willing to transfer technology to individuals or businesses in need. " Dr. Pham Van Nha, Deputy Director of the Center for Biological Fighting (Plant Protection Institute) - the unit has just succeeded in studying the fungus fungus fungus - a rare medicine said.

This is said to be a positive move to bring rare and precious pharmaceuticals to many consumers. Because so far, because the price of cordyceps is very high, while in the wild it is increasingly exhausted, many units do not want to transfer technology out, but often keep exclusive distribution.

Cordyceps are cultured on silkworm host hosts.(Photo: Pham Nha)

However, according to Dr. Nha, not all businesses or individuals and organizations can accept this technology because in order to cultivate Cordyceps fungus, it is necessary to have certain expertise on microorganisms and insects. identical, biological and laboratory-guaranteed facilities.

This scientist said that if technology transfer, breeding enterprises and market sales in large quantities, the cost of cordyceps may be reduced but not much, because currently in Vietnam very little where this product can be created, while the production cost is high.

Mr. Nha warns that up to 70% of the market nowadays is the low-fumigation fungus. In the past there were many ways to recognize such as looking at the legs of insects; or eat with the fishy smell of silkworms; or identify by breaking the insect will have intestines. But now these ways do not work when counterfeiting tricks become more sophisticated."Even to the scientific world, it is difficult to recognize the true and false crowd of dead fungi, " said Mr. Nha.

Regarding the nutritional composition of cordyceps that the research team created, Mr. Nha said, due to funding conditions, on the other hand, there is no comparison in nature, so the Center only focuses on two main compounds. Cordycepin has the function of preventing fibroids, precancerous and Adenosine is a cardiovascular treatment.

Cordycepin results reached 0.14 mg / gram of biomass and Adenosine was 0.32 mg / gram of biomass. This result is many times higher than similar products imported from China which are being distributed in the market.

"Cordyceps fungus of the Center also has the advantage that the ingredients are natural origin, no chemicals, ensuring consumer health" , Mr. Nha added and said, currently group There were products sold to consumers, but there was no distribution agent, so those in need could go to the Plant Protection Institute (Dong Ngac, Tu Liem, Hanoi) to order.