A review of botanical characteristics, phytochemistry, clinical relevance in efficacy and safety of Lycium barbarum fruit (Goji)
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...Ten Lycium spp. genotypes are found to be substitutes or adulterants in the commercial market in Hong Kong and China; it is difficult to identify the Lycium species by traditional morphological and histological analysis (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011; Amagase, et al., 2009)....
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...The name goji is an extrapolation of a number of native words, and it was originally coined in 1973 by researchers at the Tanaduk Botanical Research Institute (TBRI) (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011)....
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...The fruits are collected in late summer to autumn, dried in the shade till the skin shrinks, and then exposed to the sun until the outer skin becomes dry and hard but the pulp is still soft (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011; Amagase, et al., 2009)....
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...There were only two recent case reports of a possible interaction of goji fruit tea with warfarin (Coumadin) (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011)....
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...This production derived from 82,000 ha cultivated nationwide, yielding 95,000 tons of wolfberries (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011)....
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...Zeaxanthin is accumulated in the macula densa of retina where it carries out an important protective role, avoiding degenerative effects of the ultraviolet radiation (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011)....
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...Extraction and purification methods 6 Among all Goji berry components, LBP is the most investigated as it is considered mainly responsible for different biological effects, with potential health benefits, attributed to the L. barbarum fruit consumption (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011; Potterat 2010)....
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...The report of Amagase and Farnsworth (2011) confirms that the glycan carbon skeleton of LBP is mostly represented by α-(1→4)-D-polygalacturonans, on the other hand it also points out the presence of α-(1→6)-D-glucans in the structure of the main polysaccharide chains....
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...China represents the first world producer with its 82,000 ha of cultivated land and 95,000 t of berries produced per year (Amagase & Farnsworth, 2011)....
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...The report of Amagase and Farnsworth (2011) confirms that the glycan carbon skeleton of LBP is...
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