Part1. What is wolfberry extract?
Lycium barbarum extract is the mature fruit extract of Lycium barbarum or Ningxia Lycium barbarum of Solanaceae. The main component is Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, which has anti-stress, liver protection and enzyme reduction, lipid-lowering, blood-sugar lowering, improving hematopoietic function, promoting growth, and enhancing immune function , reduce blood pressure, accelerate the contraction frequency of the uterus, increase its tension and other pharmacological effects.
Part2. Pharmacological effects
1. Anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects:
Lycium barbarum extract has anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects. Lycium barbarum polysaccharides can effectively resist free radical peroxidation, reverse the electrical function of damaged membranes, and have the effect of regulating lipid metabolism.
2. Enhance immune function:
The aqueous extract of Lycium barbarum Ningxia can enhance the functions of non-specific immunity and cellular immunity. Can significantly enhance the phagocytosis of macrophages. When the immunity is low, the immune enhancement effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide is more significant.
3. Choline-like effect:
Intravenous injection of the water extract of Lycium barbarum can cause rabbits to drop blood pressure, breathe excitement, slow heartbeat, and excite the intestines. Its active ingredients are ingredients other than betaine [5-7].
4. Effects on genetic material in cells:
Lycium barbarum polysaccharide has protective effect on genetic damage in vitro, has obvious inhibitory effect on the mutagenic activity of diaminofluorene in TA100 strain, and has obvious protective effect on genetic damage induced by some genotoxic chemicals. Lycium barbarum has anti-MMC-induced SCE effect, improves the repair ability after PNA damage, reduces the frequency of SCE, and resists genetic damage. It also has a significant effect on the normal proliferation cycle of lymphocytes and the proliferation cycle under the influence of MMC.
5. Effects on the respiratory system:
Lycium barbarum fruit water extract 20 mg/kg can excite the breathing of anesthetized rabbits. β-sitosterol has antitussive and expectorant effects. Asparagine and lysine have antitussive effect.
6. Effects on the digestive system:
20% infusion of about 8 milliliters per day, for mice with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride, has a slight inhibitory effect on fat deposition in liver cells, and has the effect of promoting liver cell regeneration. Aspartate betaine has a protective effect on carbon tetrachloride poisoning hepatitis.
7. Effects on the blood system:
Daily feeding of 0.5 ml of 10% wolfberry decoction for 10 consecutive days can promote hematopoietic function, increase the number of white blood cells and lymphocytes, and also inhibit the generation of white blood cells (mainly lymphocytes) caused by cyclophosphamide. Protective effects. Can promote the production of red blood cells and hemoglobin. There is still the effect of increasing platelets.
8. Other functions:
Lycium barbarum decoction can enhance the contraction frequency, tension and strength of the isolated uterus. It can significantly prevent the increase of serum cholesterol in rabbits fed with cholesterol and lard. Lycium barbarum polysaccharide can repair the liver damage caused by CCl4, and has obvious protective effect on the increase of GPT activity caused by CCl4. In addition, wolfberry may be involved in hypersensitivity to the formation of new attachments of periodontal connective tissue.
Part3. Taste and efficacy
Properties of medicine: sweet in taste, flat in nature.
Efficacy:
1.Immunomodulation
2. Lowering blood sugar
3. Lowering blood fat
4. Delaying aging
5. Anti-fatigue effect, etc.
Lycium barbarum oil is rich in linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, vitamin E, carotene and other biologically active substances, which can reduce blood vessel cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis, enhance vision, prevent glaucoma, whiten, moisturize and protect skin , Reduce pigment and so on. Indications of liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, backache, nocturnal emission and other diseases.
