Oxidative stress plays an important role in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP), the main active ingredients extracted from the fruits of Lycium barbarum L., have been shown to be a potent antioxidant. In the present study, we investigated the protective effects, and the possible mechanism of action of LBP against 6-hydroxydopamine (6...

BACKGROUND Reduced arterial compliance is associated with an increased rate of morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease. Exercise is beneficial for compromised arterial compliance. However, the beneficial effects of exercise are lost with exhaustion. Lycium barbarum L. has been used in China for centuries to maintain good health. In this regard, the primary purpose of this study was to...

objective(s):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...

The most common harvesting method of Lycium barbarum L. (L. barbarum) is manual harvesting, resulting in low efficiency and high cost. Meanwhile, the vibration which considered an efficient mechanical method, can be significantly improved if optimized resonance frequency shrub obtained. To harvest fruit efficiently, a 3D model was established based on measurements shape parameters, material mec...

Lycium barbarum and Ganoderma lucidum, highly valued Chinese medicinal fruit and mushroom, have attracted more and more attention because of the antitumour activities they have shown, and polysaccharides are considered their most important functional constituent. Forming new compounds of L. barbarum polysaccharides, isolated from dried L. barbarum fruits, and G. lucidum polysaccharides, derived...

IRINA CAMELIA CHIŞ, DOINA BALTARU, ANCA DUMITROVICI, ANDREI COŞERIU, FLORINA VLAD, REMUS MOLDOVAN, ADRIANA MUREŞAN 1 Department of Physiology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinicilor St., No. 1, Cluj district, Zip code 400023, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, [email protected] 2 “Constantin Papilian” Military Emergency Hospital, G-ral Traian Mosoiu Str., No. 22, Cluj district, Z...

Helminth parasites are reported for the first time from northern spotted owls. Seventy-one percent of a sample of Strix occidentalis caurina from western Oregon was infected. Nematodes (Porrocaecum depressum, Capillaria falconis, Microtetrameres sp. and Synhimantus hamatus) were the most prevalent parasites although cestodes (Paruterina rauschi) and acanthocephalans (Centrorhynchus conspectus) ...