Extraction, purification of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides and bioactivity of purified fraction

A review of bioactive plant polysaccharides: Biological activities, functionalization, and biomedical applications

“…(Harlev, Nevo, Lansky, Ofir, & Bishayee, 2012;Jin, Huang, Zhao, & Shang, 2013;Li & Peng, 2013;Thakur et al, 2012;Tian, Zhao, Guo, & Yang, 2011). Polysaccharides in various herbs are believed to be active in their native form to stimulate human immune systems, to inhibit viral replication, to scavenge free radicals, and to inhibit lipid oxidation (Harhaji Trajkovic et al, 2009;Ke et al 2011;Li & Peng, 2013). A brief summary of the recent advances in the study and application of bioactive polysaccharides from herbal medicines for disease control and treatment is presented in Table 1.…”

UHPLC/HR‐ESI‐MS/MS Profiling of Phenolics from Tunisian Lycium arabicum Boiss. Antioxidant and Anti‐lipase Activities’ Evaluation

“…Compounds isolated and identified of this genus belongs to various classes such as alkaloids, flavonoids, coumarins, sterols, and steroids, phenolic acids and their derivatives, polysaccharides, carotenoids, nutrients, and essential oils . Recent studies indicate that extracts from some Lycium species were reported to exhibit antidiabetic, anticancer and antioxidant activities.…”

Isolation and structural characterization of the polysaccharide LRGP1 from Lycium ruthenicum

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that the bioactive components of L. barbarum fruit is attributed mainly to its polysaccharide-protein complex (LBGP). It was reported that LBGP was an arabinogalactanprotein containing (1 → 4)-linked Gal backbone (Huang, Lin, Tian, & Ji, 1998) and could enhance the immune function, protect liver from damage, lower blood glucose level, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy (Ke et al, 2011;Liang, Jin, & Liu, 2011). Therefore, it is important to study the structure and bioactivity of L. barbarum polysaccharides.…”