Luteineizing Hormone Boosting Fungus Cordyceps Sinensis is A Powerful Ergogenic: 1.79-fold Increase in Exercise Endurance in Rodents
Figure 1: Cordyceps sinensis (photo NW Botanicals ) Would you have suspected that the parasitic relationship between the fungus and the larva of the ghost moth would turn out to be a powerful ergogenic? No? Well, what if I told you that this very "relationship" is the resource of which the commonly known fungus Cordyceps sinensis is derived? Ok, I see you know this one... A very recent study ( Kumar. 2011 ) which was published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology confirmed earlier study results that have attracted supplement companies to this inconspicuous, yet highly ergogenic fungus from the order of the Hypocreales. The Indian scientists investigated the effect of 200 mg/kg of air-dried cordiceps powder (human equivalent approx. 33mg/kg) to rats for 15 days . The 24 rats were randomized to one out of four groups: control (C), CS supplemented without exercise (CSS), exercise (E, swimming exercise 1h/day without load) and CS supplemented along with exercise (C...