Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP) is the major function component of Lycium barbarum L. and has been previously reported to induce the phenotypic and functional maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) as well as activating T lymphocytes. In the current study, the immunologic cytotoxicity promoting effect of LBP was assessed and the underlying mechanism was explored. The impact of LBP on the phen...

Gender dimorphism and polyploidy are important evolutionary transitions that have evolved repeatedly in many plant families. We show that gender dimorphism in North American Lycium (Solanaceae) has evolved in polyploid, self-compatible taxa whose closest relatives are cosexual, self-incompatible diploids. This has occurred independently in South African Lycium. We present additional evidence fo...

The root restriction of protected cultivation has been widely used to increase productivity and sustainability in modern agriculture. However, there have few studies wolfberry (Lycium barbarum) restriction, it is cultivated mostly by clean tillage. In this study, we measured the growth Lycium barbarum composition diversity bacterial community soil properties L. under different methods with rest...

Purpose. The objective of this study was to evaluate the morphological parameters Lycium spp. seeds from collections in M. Hryshko National Botanical Garden (NBS) NAS Ukraine. Methods. Cultivars and varieties three species (Lycium barbarum, L. chinense, truncatum) were studied period 2016 till 2019. following morphometric measurments conducted: weight, length, width index shape. Basic statistic...

When harvesting Lycium barbarum L., excess amounts of detachments the half-ripe fruit, unripe flowers, and leaves significantly affect yield adversely subsequent processing, such as drying grading. Finite element method (FEM) simulations experiments were performed to harvest more ripe fruit less leaves. Three-dimensional (3D) models leaves, calyxes (flower calyx), stems stem), branches construc...

Water is generally considered to be the major limiting factor for perennial shrub growth in the Mojave Desert, USA. However, the responses of active fine roots to soil moisture and microsite differed among Ambrosia dumosa, Ephedra nevadensis, Larrea tridentata, and Lycium pallidum, suggesting differences in root foraging strategies. Ambrosia and Ephedra had a positive linear relationship betwee...

The plant genus Lycium (Solanaceae) originated in the Americas and includes approximately 85 species that are distributed worldwide. The vast majority of Old World species occur in southern Africa and eastern Asia. In this study, we examine biogeographic relationships among Old World species using a phylogenetic approach coupled with molecular evolutionary analyses of the S-RNase self-incompati...

OBJECTIVES Sub-health has been described as a chronic condition of unexplained deteriorated physiological function, which falls between health and illness. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP), a polysaccharide fraction purified from Lycium barbarum (L. barbarum) on the sub-health mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sub-health model mice were buil...