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Scientific Research on Goji Berries

Goji berries (Lycium barbarum) have recently been the focus of scientific research in many different areas. Below are links to research listed in the United States of America, National Library of Medicine database. (pubmed.gov).

1. Observation of the effects of LAK/IL-2 therapy combining with Lycium barbarum polysaccharides in the treatment
of 75 cancer patients, published in Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 1994 Nov;16(6):428-31.

2. Inhibiting the growth of human leukemia cells by Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, published in Wei Sheng Yan
Jiu. 2001 Nov;30(6):333-5.

3. A polysaccharide-protein complex from Lycium barbarum upregulates cytokine expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, published in Eur J Pharmacol. 2003 Jun 27;471(3):217-22.

4. Effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide on human hepatoma QGY7703 cells: inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis, published in Life Science. 2005 Mar 18;76(18):2115-24.

5. Immunomodulation and antitumor activity by a polysaccharide-protein complex from Lycium barbarum, published in Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Apr;
4(4):563-9.

6. Effects of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide on tumor microenvironment T-lymphocyte subsets and dendritic cells in H22-bearing mice, published in Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2005 Sep;3(5):374-7.

7. Lycium barbarum glycoconjugates: effect on human skin and cultured dermal fibroblasts, published in
Phytomedicine. 2005 Jan;12(1-2):131-7.

8. Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine Lycium barbarum against beta-amyloid peptide
neurotoxicity published in Exp Gerontol. 2005 Aug-Sep;40(8-9):716-27.

Packer, L. (1999) The Antioxidant Miracle, John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA

9. Effects of pure crude Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on immunopharmacology, published in Zhong Yao Cai. 1999 May;22(5):246-9.

10 . Immunomodulation and antitumor activity by a polysaccharide-protein complex from Lycium barbarum, published in Int Immunopharmacol. 2004 Apr;
4(4):563-9.

11 . Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine, Lycium barbarum, against beta-amyloid neurotoxicity, published in Exp Gerontol. 2005 Aug-Sep;40(8-9):716-27.

12 . Experimental research on the role of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide in anti-peroxidation, published in Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi.1993 Feb;18(2):110-2, 128.

13. Characterizing the neuroprotective effects of alkaline extract of Lycium barbarum on beta-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.

14.Neuroprotective effects of Lycium barbarum Lynn on protecting retinal ganglion cells in an ocular hypertension model of glaucoma, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.

15.Cytoprotective effects of Lycium barbarum against reducing stress on endoplasmic reticulum, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, SAR.

16.Neuroprotective effects of anti-aging oriental medicine Lycium barbarum against beta-amyloid peptide neurotoxicity, Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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