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The trend toward cannabis legalization in the United States over the past two decades has unsurprisingly been accompanied by an increase in the number of cannabis users and use patterns that potentially pose wider risks to the public like driving under the influence..

Cognition & nerves

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Mycology

Antimicrobial properties of marine fungi from sponges and brown algae of Mauritius.

Purpose of the study: Marine fungi of Mauritius have been poorly studied. There are numerous reports on the bioactive secondary metabolites that are produced by fungi around the world.

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Annals of biomedical engineering

Brain Strain: Computational Model-Based Metrics for Head Impact Exposure and Injury Correlation.

Athletes participating in contact sports are exposed to repetitive subconcussive head impacts that may have long-term neurological consequences. To better understand these impacts and their effects, head impacts are often measured during football to characterize head impact exposure and estimate injury risk..

Cognition & nerves

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Fungal biology

Conidiation under illumination enhances conidial tolerance of insect-pathogenic fungi to environmental stresses.

Light is an important signal for fungi in the environment and induces many genes with roles in stress and virulence responses. Conidia of the entomopathogenic fungi Aschersonia aleyrodis, Beauveria bassiana, Cordyceps fumosorosea, Lecanicillium aphanocladii, Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium brunneum, Metarhizium….

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Cordycepin Inhibits Virus Replication in Dengue Virus-Infected Vero Cells.

Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes mild to severe illness in humans that can lead to fatality in severe cases. Currently, no specific drug is available for the treatment of DENV infection.

Respiratory

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Radiotherapy and oncology: journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

Correlations between bone marrow radiation dose and hematologic toxicity in locally advanced cervical cancer patients receiving chemoradiation with cisplatin: a systematic review.

Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) treated with chemoradiation often experience hematologic toxicity (HT), as chemoradiation can induce bone marrow (BM) suppression..

Oncology

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Annual reviews in control

Crowd management COVID-19.

Crowds are a source of transmission in the COVID-19 spread. Contention and mitigation measures have focused on reducing people's mass gathering.

Respiratory

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · GigaByte (Hong Kong, China)

DAPT: A package enabling distributed automated parameter testing.

Modern agent-based models (ABM) and other simulation models require evaluation and testing of many different parameters. Managing that testing for large scale parameter sweeps (grid searches), as well as storing simulation data, requires multiple, potentially customizable steps that may vary across simulations..

Energy & fatigue

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Shiitake · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of analytical methods in chemistry

Determination of Halogens by Ion Chromatography in Edible Mushrooms after Microwave-Induced Combustion for Sample Preparation.

In this study, the microwave-induced combustion (MIC) method was evaluated for the sample preparation of the most consumed mushroom species in Brazil (Champignon, Shiitake, and Shimeji) and further halogen determination by ion chromatography (IC)..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Respiratory medicine

Development of a new aerosol barrier mask for mitigation of spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious pathogens.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge impact on public health and significantly changed our lifestyle. This is due to the fast airborne oro-nasal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from the infected individuals..

Energy & fatigueLiver supportRespiratory

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Enoki · 2021 · Research Article · Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Development of Multifunctional Pullulan/Chitosan-Based Composite Films Reinforced with ZnO Nanoparticles and Propolis for Meat Packaging Applications.

Pullulan/chitosan-based multifunctional edible composite films were fabricated by reinforcing mushroom-mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and propolis. The ZnONPs were synthesized using enoki mushroom extract and characterized using physicochemical methods..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Disparities in Physical Accessibility among Rural Thais Under Universal Health Coverage.

This study aims to explore various barriers in accessing outpatient care among the participants from different age groups and to identify determinants associated with physician visits. The study had adopted Andersen's Behavioral Model (ABM) of Health Services Use..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · The Journal of biological chemistry

Distinct kinetic mechanisms of H3K4 methylation catalyzed by MLL3 and MLL4 core complexes.

The methyltransferases MLL3 and MLL4 primarily catalyze the monomethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) on enhancers to regulate cell-type-specific gene expression and cell fate transition..

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Lion's Mane · 2021 · Journal Article · South African journal of botany

Edible mushrooms show significant differences in sterols and fatty acid compositions

Mushrooms are well-known for their richness of health-beneficial bioactive metabolites. In recent years, consumer interests regarding fatty acid compositions of different foods are increasing..

Metabolic health

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · PloS one

Efficiency-fairness trade-offs in evacuation management of urban floods: The effects of the shelter capacity and zone prioritization.

With increasing flood risk, evacuation has become an important research topic in urban flood management. Urban flood evacuation is a complex problem due to i) the complex interactions among several components within a city and ii) the need to consider multiple, often competing, dimensions/objectives in evacuation….

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Frontiers in microbiology

Emergence of Meropenem Resistance Among Cefotaxime Non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae: Evidence and Challenges.

The principal causative agent of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in children and the elderly is Streptococcus pneumoniae, with a widespread increase in penicillin resistance..

Respiratory

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of invertebrate pathology

Evaluation of bioefficacy potential of entomopathogenic fungi against the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) on cotton under polyhouse and field conditions.

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is becoming a serious problem on Bt cotton. It causes enormous crop loss through its direct feeding and as a vector of cotton leaf curl virus..

Respiratory

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Chaga · 2021 · Research Article · Biomedica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud

Evaluation of UMELISA CHAGAS™ with the incorporation of new monomeric and chimeric peptides representative of different regions of Trypanosoma cruzi.

Introduction: Most people with Chagas disease develop specific antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi. In early infection, IgM antibodies against T.

Immune supportEnergy & fatigue

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy

Factors associated with oral fingolimod use over injectable disease- modifying agent use in multiple sclerosis.

BACKGROUND: Fingolimod is the first approved oral disease-modifying agent (DMA) in 2010 to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS). There is limited real-world evidence regarding the determinants associated with fingolimod use in the early years..

Cognition & nerves

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of biosafety and biosecurity

Food-trade-associated COVID-19 outbreak from a contaminated wholesale food supermarket in Beijing.

The re-emerging outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing, China, in the summer of 2020 originated from a SARS-CoV-2-infested wholesale food supermarket. We postulated that the Xinfadi market outbreak has links with food-trade activities..

Respiratory

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Oyster Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Amino acids

Free amino acid contents of selected Ethiopian plant and fungi species: a search for alternative natural free amino acid sources for cosmeceutical applications.

Free amino acids (FAAs), the major constituents of the natural moisturizing factor (NMF), are very important for maintaining the moisture balance of human skin and their deficiency results in dry skin conditions..

Skin & hydration

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Fungal biology

Fungal tolerance to Congo red, a cell wall integrity stress, as a promising indicator of ecological niche.

Differential sensitivities to the cell wall stress caused by Congo red (CR) have been observed in many fungal species. In this study, the tolerances and sensitivities to CR was studied with an assorted collection of fungal species from three phylogenetic classes: Sordariomycetes, Dothideomycetes, and Eurotiomycetes,….

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Fungal biology

Fungi associated with galleries of the emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an exotic forest pest that has killed millions of ash trees in the United States and Canada, resulting in an ecological disaster and billions of dollars in economic losses of urban landscape and forest trees..

Gut & microbiomeSkin & hydration

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)

Fungi Recorded on Folivorous Lepidoptera: High Diversity Despite Moderate Prevalence.

The knowledge about the diversity and ecological role of entomopathogenic fungi is primarily based on agroecosystems whereas information derived from natural insect populations is much more limited..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of environmental management

Green policy under the competitive electricity market: An agent-based model simulation in Shanghai.

China has begun a new round of electricity market reform since 2015, aiming to transform the regulated form into a competitive one. Since the generation cost of clean energy is still relatively high compared to coal-fired power plants, the major source of the energy sector in China, the environmental outcomes from….

Energy & fatigue

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition)

Hepatoprotective effect of genistein against dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver fibrosis in rats by regulating macrophage functional properties and inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3/SOCS3 signaling pathway.

BACKGROUND: Liver fibrosis is a dysregulated wound-healing process in response to diverse liver injuries, and an effective drug therapy is not yet available. Genistein, which is one of the most active natural flavonoids mainly derived from soybean products (e.g., Cordyceps sinensis mycelium), exhibits various….

Immune supportEnergy & fatigueLiver supportSkin & hydration

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie

Hirsutella sinensis fungus improves cardiac function in mouse model of heart failure.

Cordyceps sinensis, including Hirsutella sinensis, is a highly valuable traditional Chinese medicine and is used to treat patients with pulmonary heart disease in clinical practice. However, the underlying mechanisms of its effects remain unclear..

Skin & hydrationRespiratory

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

How Can Hybrid Simulation Support Organizations in Assessing COVID-19 Containment Measures?

Simulation models have always been an aid in epidemiology for understanding the spread of epidemics and evaluating their containment policies. This paper illustrates how hybrid simulation can support companies in assessing COVID-19 containment measures in indoor environments..

Respiratory

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Frontiers in chemistry

How Different Albumin-Binders Drive Probe Distribution of Fluorescent RGD Mimetics.

The biodistribution of medical imaging probes depends on the chemical nature of the probe and the preferred metabolization and excretion routes. Especially targeted probes, which have to reach a certain (sub)cellular destination, have to be guided to the tissue of interest..

Oncology

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of environmental management

How do farmers adapt to agricultural risks in northern India? An agent-based exploration of alternate theories of decision-making.

Agricultural decision-making processes occur in complex and dynamic environments and are highly contextual. Despite evidence to the contrary, utility maximization is often the implicit theoretical assumption underlying agricultural decision-making processes..

Energy & fatigue

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · ACS chemical biology

Identifying the Cellular Target of Cordyheptapeptide A and Synthetic Derivatives.

Cordyheptapeptide A is a lipophilic cyclic peptide from the prized Cordyceps fungal genus that shows potent cytotoxicity in multiple cancer cell lines. To better understand the bioactivity and physicochemical properties of cordyheptapeptide A with the ultimate goal of identifying its cellular target, we developed a….

Oncology

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Bioprocess and biosystems engineering

Improvement of cordycepin production by an isolated Paecilomyces hepiali mutant from combinatorial mutation breeding and medium screening.

Cordycepin is a major bioactive compound found in Cordyceps sinensis that exhibits a broad spectrum of biological activities. Here a Paecilomyces hepiali OR-1 strain was initially isolated from plateau soil for the bioproduction of cordycepin..

Skin & hydration

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Oyster Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Carbohydrate polymers

Improving air barrier, water vapor permeability properties of cellulose paper by layer-by-layer assembly of graphene oxide.

A paper-based packaging material with improved air barrier and water vapor permeability (WVP) properties was synthesized based on layer-by-layer assembly consisted of poly(ethylenimine) (PEI)/graphene oxide (GO) on a filter paper substrate..

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)

In Vitro Effects of Leaf Extracts from Brassica rapa on the Growth of Two Entomopathogenic Fungi.

This study aimed to determine the inhibitive or stimulatory effects of leaf extracts from two Brassica rapa subspecies on the hyphal growth of two well-known entomopathogenic fungi, Cordyceps fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana..

Gut & microbiome

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Lion's Mane · 2021 · Journal Article · Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + [i.e. und] Technologie. Food science + technology. Science + technologie alimentaire

Influence of addition of mushroom powder to semolina on proximate composition, physicochemical properties and some safety parameters of material for pasta production

The aim of this work was to compose a mixture of semolina fortified with 2.5–10 % of dried mushroom powder (Lion's Mane (L), Maitake (M), Reishi (R), and Enoki (E)) which will have good potential to be used for making pasta..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Integrating human behavior and snake ecology with agent-based models to predict snakebite in high risk landscapes.

Snakebite causes more than 1.8 million envenoming cases annually and is a major cause of death in the tropics especially for poor farmers. While both social and ecological factors influence the chance encounter between snakes and people, the spatio-temporal processes underlying snakebites remain poorly explored..

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Pest management science

Isolation, fermentation, and formulation of entomopathogenic fungi virulent against adults of Diaphorina citri.

BACKGROUND: Mycopesticides are important for integrated management of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri. However, there are few reports on the fermentation and formulation for mycopesticides with high virulence against D.

Gut & microbiome

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Toxins

Lipid-Binding Aegerolysin from Biocontrol Fungus Beauveria bassiana.

Fungi are the most common pathogens of insects and thus important regulators of their populations. Lipid-binding aegerolysin proteins, which are commonly found in the fungal kingdom, may be involved in several biologically relevant processes including attack and defense against other organisms..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Mathematical biosciences

Mathematical modeling of spatio-temporal population dynamics and application to epidemic spreading.

Agent based models (ABMs) are a useful tool for modeling spatio-temporal population dynamics, where many details can be included in the model description. Their computational cost though is very high and for stochastic ABMs a lot of individual simulations are required to sample quantities of interest..

Respiratory

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Microorganisms

Microbial Diversity in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere of an Apple Orchard Managed under Prolonged "Natural Farming" Practices.

Microbial diversity in an apple orchard cultivated with natural farming practices for over 30 years was compared with conventionally farmed orchards to analyze differences in disease suppression..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · AIDS and behavior

Missed Prevention Opportunities: Why Young, Black MSM with Recent HIV Diagnosis did not Access HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Services.

In the United States, HIV infection rate inequities persist, with new infections highest among young, Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) in the South. We conducted 23 in-depth interviews with YBMSM newly diagnosed with HIV to explore awareness of and barriers to uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)..

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · PloS one

Modelling COVID-19 transmission in supermarkets using an agent-based model.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early March 2020, supermarkets around the world have implemented different policies to reduce the virus transmission in stores to protect both customers and staff, such as restricting the maximum number of customers in a store, changes to the store layout, or enforcing a mandatory….

Respiratory

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · International journal of biological macromolecules

Modification and enhanced anti-inflammatory activity by Bifidobacterial fermentation of an exopolysaccharide from a medicinal fungus Cs-HK1.

The exopolysaccharide (EPS) from the mycelial fermentation of a medicinal fungus Cordyceps sinensis Cs-HK1 had shown significant anti-inflammatory activity previously, and EPS-LM was a highly active fraction with a relatively low molecular weight (MW) isolated from the Cs-HK1 EPS..

Immune supportGut & microbiome

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Monooxygenase LaPhzX is Involved in Self-Resistance Mechanisms during the Biosynthesis of N-Oxide Phenazine Myxin.

Self-resistance genes are deployed by many microbial producers of bioactive natural products to avoid self-toxicity. Myxin, a di-N-oxide phenazine produced by Lysobacter antibioticus OH13, is toxic to many microorganisms and tumor cells..

OncologyEnergy & fatigue

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Shiitake · 2021 · Journal Article · China CDC weekly

Mushroom Poisoning Outbreaks - China, 2020.

SUMMARY: What is already known about this topic? Acute liver failure, rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, and hemolysis caused by poisonous mushrooms are the most important mushroom poisoning threats to the Chinese population..

Energy & fatigueLiver supportSkin & hydration

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Almond Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Simulation

Nested active learning for efficient model contextualization and parameterization: pathway to generating simulated populations using multi-scale computational models.

There is increasing interest in the use of mechanism-based multi-scale computational models (such as agent-based models (ABMs)) to generate simulated clinical populations in order to discover and evaluate potential diagnostic and therapeutic modalities..

Immune supportCognition & nervesSkin & hydration

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Oyster Mushroom · 2021 · Journal Article · Food & nutrition research

Nutritional impact of adding a serving of mushrooms to USDA Food Patterns - a dietary modeling analysis.

Mushrooms are part of vegetables and are important source of nutrients and bioactive compounds. The objective was to assess the nutritional impact of adding a serving of mushrooms in USDA Food Patterns using a similar approach to that used by USDA for Dietary Guidelines..

Metabolic health

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King Oyster · 2021 · Research Article · Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology

Obtaining Cellulose-Available Raw Materials by Pretreatment of Common Agro-Forestry Residues With Pleurotus spp.

The goals of the present study were to characterize the profile of ligninolytic enzymes in five Pleurotus species and determine their ability to delignify eight common agro-forestry residues..

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity

Phototoxicity of Ultraviolet-A against the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci and Its Compatibility with an Entomopathogenic Fungus and Whitefly Parasitoid.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation significantly affects insect life and, as a result, has been widely used to control different invertebrate pests. The current results demonstrate that when Bemisia tabaci first instar nymphs are exposed to UV-A light for 12, 24, 48, and 72 h, their developmental and biological parameters are….

Immune supportEnergy & fatigueSkin & hydration

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Cordyceps · 2021 · Journal Article · Journal of basic microbiology

Principal component analysis of the biological characteristics of entomopathogenic fungi in nutrient-limited and cuticle-based media.

Media formulated with insect cuticle (0.5% and 1%; Sphequit Sph®), with a reduction in nutrients (¼ Sabouraud dextrose agar + yeast [SDAY]) and commercial media (potato dextrose agar, Sabouraud dextrose agar) were evaluated for the cultivation of Beauveria bassiana, Cordyceps javanica (Isaria javanica [Bally] Samson &….