Wolfberry (goji berry)
Linda M. Castell, Samantha J. Stear (Nottingham), Louise M. Burke in Nutritional Supplements in Sport, Exercise and Health, 2015
Wolfberry and goji berry are interchangeable terms for the red fruits of either of the two boxthorn plants in the potato family, Lycium barbarum (syn. Lycium halimifolium) and Lycium chinense. Both are important herbal components of traditional Chinese medicine, where they are often referred to as gou qi. The berries (i.e. fructus barbarum, fructus lycii) are used for both food and medicine whereas root bark (cortex lycii radicis) is used solely for medicine (Potterat, 2010). These plants should not be confused with Solanum lycocarpum, variously known as wolf’s apple, wolf’s fruit or fruit-of-the-wolf, which contains toxic alkaloids. Wolfberry fruits are the plant component used most often in sports supplements and contain several purported bioactive molecules including carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamins including plentiful vitamin C, sterols and polysaccharides (Potterat, 2010). Bioavailability studies suggest that, when berries are extracted in milk as in traditional Chinese medicine, zeaxanthins (a subclass of carotenoids) are found in the bloodstream, peaking at six hours post-ingestion (Benzie et al., 2006).
Ginseng in China
Joseph P. Hou in The Healing Power of Ginseng, 2019
Ginseng Tincture (Ren-shen chiu) Traditionally, tinctures are made by macerating the ground drug in a mixture of rice and leaven during the process of fermentation for producing spirit. However, the modern method of making tincture can be achieved by extracting the drug with wine or spirit to give an alcoholic tincture. The ginseng tincture preparation has been made in Chinese dispensatories, but it is not as popular as ginseng decoctions. However, the ginseng tincture mixed with tincture of Kou-chi (Lycium Chinense) and/or tincture of Lu-jung (Moaochasme savatieri) has been used for tonic purposes, especially, for sexual debility and impotence in males.5
A randomized, controlled study of treatment with ojayeonjonghwan for patients with late onset hypogonadism
Published in The Aging Male, 2020
Kyu Won Lee, Sang Rak Bae, Hyun Cheol Jeong, Jin Bong Choi, Sae Woong Choi, Woong Jin Bae, Su Jin Kim, Hyuk Jin Cho, U-Syn Ha, Sung-Hoo Hong, Sae Woong Kim
The efficacy of the five herbal mixtures constituting KH-204 is generally known as follows: Cornus Officinalis Sieb. Et Zucc had effect to bladder overactivity, diabetes and related diabetic nephropathy, neuroprotection, inflammation and erectile dysfunction [21–25]. Lycium chinense Mill. had benefit of hepatoprotection, antihypertensive effect, vision protection. Rubuscoreanus Migquel had anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant effects and erectile function [26–29]. Cuscutachinensis Lamark was characterized anti-oxidant activities [30,31]. Schizandra chinensis Baillon had beneficial effects for fatigue, diabetes, lipid metabolism, antioxidant [32,33]. Previous animal model studies reported that KH-204 activates the nitric oxide pathway and has a preventive effect on oxidative stress [34–36]. It is well known that antioxidant effect and activation of the nitric oxide pathway plays an important role in erectile dysfunction, which accounts for a large proportion of LOH-related symptoms.
Lycium chinense Mill improves hypogonadism via anti-oxidative stress and anti-apoptotic effect in old aged rat model
Published in The Aging Male, 2020
Hyun Cheol Jeong, Seung Hwan Jeon, Zhu Guan Qun, Fahad Bashraheel, Sae Woong Choi, Su Jin Kim, Woong Jin Bae, Hyuk Jin Cho, U-Syn Ha, Sung Hoo Hong, Ji Youl Lee, Seong Bin Hong, Sae Woong Kim
Goji berry (Lycium chinense P. Mill) was obtained from Cheongyang-gun, Chungnam, Republic of Korea. Plant material was decocted with 30% EtOH for 8 h and named as BMG-30. After filtration and drying, the extract was administrated orally to mice at 150 mg/kg/day or 300 mg/kg/day. Goji berry complex, which is also abbreviated as BMGC-30, is a mixture of 40% goji berry, 30% Schisandra chinensis P. Baillon, and 30% Acanthopanax sessiliflorus. This mixture was decocted and extracted using the same method as described for goji berry.
New insight into gut microbiota-derived metabolites to enhance liver regeneration via network pharmacology study
Published in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2023
Ki-Kwang Oh, Ickwon Choi, Haripriya Gupta, Ganesan Raja, Satya Priya Sharma, Sung-Min Won, Jin-Ju Jeong, Su-Been Lee, Min-Gi Cha, Goo-Hyun Kwon, Min-Kyo Jeong, Byeong-Hyun Min, Ji-Ye Hyun, Jung-A Eom, Hee-Jin Park, Sang-Jun Yoon, Mi-Ran Choi, Dong Joon Kim, Ki-Tae Suk
The Lycium chinense combined to myricetin has favourable efficacy on antioxidant activity and the regenerative ratio of residue liver tissue after 70% PH in rats [46]. A report showed that human hepatocytes grow gradually its size for 3, 6 and 10 weeks after transplanting of myricetin-treated hepatocytes [47]. Collectively, myricetin might be an effective agent to relieve inflammation and to accelerate cell proliferation during LR.
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