Table 2.

List of various classes of compounds and their pharmacological activities reported in Cordyceps sinensis.

Constituents		Pharmacological functions	References
Polysaccharides
	–	Antioxidant activity	Li et al., 2001a, Yu et al., 2006a, Yu et al., 2006b and Zhang et al. (2011)
	CS-F30 and CS-F10	Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect	Kiho, Ookubo, Usui, Ukai, and Hirano (1999), Kiho et al. (1996)
	Polysaccharide fraction from CS (PSCS)	Antileukemic	Chen et al. (1997)
	Mannoglucan	Cytotoxic activity	Wu et al. (2007b)
	Exo-polysaccharides	Immunomodulatory and antitumour effects	Yang et al., 2005, Zhang et al., 2005 and Zhang, Li, Qiu, Chen, and Zheng (2008)
	Acid polysaccharide fraction (APSF)	Immunomodulatory effect	Chen, Zhang, Wenbin Shen, and Wang (2010) and Chen et al. (2012)
	Heteropolysaccharides (PS-A)	Hypercholestrolemia	Kim (2010)
Nucleosides
	Adenosine	Immunomodulatory & pharmacokinetic effects, cardioprotection	Kim (2010) and Yu, Zhao, Zhu, and Li (2007)
	Guanosine	Immunomodulatory effects	Kim (2010)
	Cordycepin	Anti-cancer effects, pharmacokinetic effect, immunomodulatory effect, antileukemic	Kodama et al., 2000, Nakamura et al., 2006, Pao et al., 2012, Tsai et al., 2010,Yoshikawa et al. (2011) and Zhou et al. (2008)
Sterols
	Ergosterol	Anti-cancer effects	Matsuda et al. (2009) and Wu et al. (2007a)
	β-Sitosterol	Anti-cancer effects	Matsuda et al. (2009) and Wu et al. (2007a)
	5a,8a-Epidioxy-24(R)-methylcholesta-6,22-dien-3b-d-glucopyranoside	Anti-cancer effects	Bok et al. (1999)
	5,6-Epoxy-24(R)-methylcholesta-7,22-dien-3b-ol	Anti-cancer effects	Bok et al. (1999)
	5α,8α-Epidioxy-22E-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol	Anti-cancer effects	Matsuda et al. (2009)
	5α,8α-Epidioxy-22E-ergosta-6,9(11),22-trien-3β-ol	Anti-cancer effects	Matsuda et al. (2009)
	5α,6α-Epoxy-5-ergosta-7,22-dien-3β-ol	Anti-cancer effects	Matsuda et al. (2009)
	Protein constituents	Hypotensive and vasorelaxant activities	Chiou et al. (2000)
Proteins
	CSAP	Anti-bacterial activity	Zheng et al. (2006)
	Cordymin (peptide)	Anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activities	Qian et al. (2012)
	Cordycedipeptide A (cyclodipeptide)	Cytotoxic activities	Jing et al. (2005)
	Cordyceamides A and B	Cytotoxic activities	Jia et al. (2009)