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Goji berries are small juicy red fruits, are native to the Tibetan Himalayas and North China and are born from two plants: Lycium barbarum L. and Lycium chinense, both belonging to the Solanaceae family.
In Chinese they are called "gou qi" or "kei tze".
They have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for about 2000 years. It is mentioned in the oldest Chinese book on herbs, the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, which attributes therapeutic properties to these berries for their properties of keeping the body in shape and prolonging life and in particular, to combat the lack of "yin" of the liver and kidneys.
In English they are called "Wolfberry".
The plant, Lycium barbarum, withstands frost well and bears abundant fruit.
The most recent scientific literature has focused on the root of Lycium barbarum, which contains polysaccharides that can effectively combat certain diseases such as hyperlipidemia and diabetes (2).
This study found a relative correlation between the polyphenol content of a Goji extract and the antioxidant and antineoplastic activity against breast cancer (2).
A 12-month treatment with Goji has shown neuroprotective effect on the retina and may help to delay or minimize cone degeneration in Retinitis pigmentosa (3).
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(1) A Systematic Review of Potential Therapeutic Use of Lycium Barbarum Polysaccharides in Disease. Kwok SS, Bu Y, Lo AC, Chan TC, So KF, Lai JS, Shih KC. Biomed Res Int. 2019 Feb 12;2019:4615745. doi: 10.1155/2019/4615745.
(2) Antioxidant Activity and Antiproliferative Effects of Lycium barbarum's (Goji berry) Fractions on Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Georgiev KD, Slavov IJ, Iliev IA. Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2019 Mar 1;61(1):104-112. doi: 10.2478/folmed-2018-0053.
(3) Delay of cone degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa using a 12-month treatment with Lycium barbarum supplement. Chan HH, Lam HI, Choi KY, Li SZ, Lakshmanan Y, Yu WY, Chang RC, Lai JS, So KF. J Ethnopharmacol. 2019 May 23;236:336-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.03.023.
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