A study was undertaken to evaluate the hypoglycemic activity of polysaccharide extracted from Lycium barbarum (LBP). The various parameters studied included body weight (bw), fasting blood glucose levels (FBG), total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) in diabetic and normal mice. LBP treatment (20, 40 mg/ kg body weight) for 28 days resulted in a significant decrease in the concentration of...

Tanaman goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) kaya akan flavanoid sebagai antioksidan, sehingga membangkitkan minat penelitian pada bidang fitokosmetik karena dapat menon-aktifkan Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), memulihkan homeostasis kulit mencegah eritema dan penuaan dini kulit. Tujuan ini adalah memformulasikan ekstrak menjadi sediaan emulsi, gel, emulgel yang selanjutnya dilakukan evaluasi mutu fi...

Usage of aesthetically appealing native plants in urban landscape projects can support its conservation by contributing to genetic diversity and their sustainability in that region. Lycium shawii is a thorny perennial shrub with an ability to tolerate extreme climatic conditions prevalent in Kuwait. In this germination study, effects of dry heat (50°C) and/or various concentrations (500, 750 an...

Seed coat morphology of Lemmonia californica. long held to be a relative of Nama. was examined using scanning electron microscopy. Its seed coat exhibits reticulum cells with undulate cell walls and columnar radial wall thickenings. Seed coat structure in nine species of Nama. N. demissum. N. aretioides. N. densum. N. parviflorum. N. pusillum. N. depressum. N. dichotomum. N. sericeum and N. ori...

The stems of Berberis aristata DC. (Berberidaceae) are used in the South Asian traditional medicine as a key ingredient in formulations for eye care, skin diseases, jaundice, rheumatism and also in diabetes. B. lycium Royle and B. asiatica Roxb. are traded as equivalents of B. aristata. Conventional macro-morphology and microscopic examination does not aid in critically distinguishing the three...

SUZUKI, M., OSAWA, S. and HIRANO, M. A Lyeium Chinense Miller Component Inducing Ovulation in Adult Female Rabbits. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1972, 106 (3), 219-231Intravenous injection of the crude extract from Lycii folium among components of Lycium chinense Miller induced ovulation in the adult female rabbit. Chemical properties of the active component of this crude extract were investigated by d...

Chinese medicinal herbs have been consumed for thousands of years for the purpose of healthy aging. Lycium barbarum is valued in Chinese culture for its benefits to anti-aging, vision, kidney and liver. Recent studies showed that extracts from L. barbarum possess biological activities including anti-aging, anti-tumor, immune-stimulatory and cytoprotection. Most of these studies emphasized that ...