"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Through this book the author is giving all the details that a layman requires in setting up a lab to culture the expensive fungus, Cordyceps militaris. Detailed information about the medium used, culture conditions, production of fruiting bodies, harvesting, drying of fruiting bodies etc are given in this book based on his experiences in culturing the fungus. Details on the chemical constituents of C. sinensis and C. militaris are given in the book. The health benefits of the fungus and the conditions for large scale cultivation of C. militaris in vitro are also given.
Dr. Jose Kudakasseril
Dr. Jose Kudakasseril is a scientist and a teacher. He took his doctoral degree in Botany from the University of New Hampshire, USA. His post doctoral research was on an antimalarial compound called Artemisinin which was done at University of Minnesota, USA. He has taught at various institutions such as Kenyon College, Ohio, USA and K.C College, Mumbai. He has worked at the Unilever Research Centre in Mumbai and at the Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysore, India. He is now teaching at Brilliant Study Centre, at Pala, in Kerala, India
