Goji berry fruit (Lycium spp.): antioxidant compound fingerprint and bioactivity evaluation

Abstract

The antioxidants in goji berry (Lycium spp.) fruits might confer many health protective benefits by alleviating oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to describe quality traits and the level of potentially bioactive compounds (HPLC fingerprint) and their influence on fruit phytocomplex and antioxidant activity in goji in comparison to the most common fruits. Goji berry was identified as a rich source of antioxidant compounds, with health-promoting properties comparable to other common fruit species.The obtained fingerprint may be useful to better understand the nutraceutical traits of this species recently considered as functional food thanks to its antioxidant properties.

Optimization of phenolic compounds extraction with antioxidant activity from açaí, blueberry and goji berry using response surface methodology

“…The water is the most suitable solvent for phenolic compounds extraction from goji berry, however, the largest AA values for this fruit extract was found in assay A8, with 19.40 µmol of Trolox/g sample (Table 1). Our results showed lower TPC values than found by Donno et al (2015) in the goji berry from Alzate di Momo in the Northern Italy, who found phenolic compounds levels ranging from 255.87 to 281.81 mg GAE/g sample.…”

“…Goji berry, a fruit originated from Asian countries such as China and India, has been used for many years in herbal medicine (Carnés et al, 2013;Donno et al, 2015). This fruit is considered a functional food of great importance for the China and has become increasingly common in the Europe and North America (Li et al, 2007, Dong et al, 2009Carnés et al, 2013).…”

“…This fruit is considered a functional food of great importance for the China and has become increasingly common in the Europe and North America (Li et al, 2007, Dong et al, 2009Carnés et al, 2013). Goji berry has gained prominence in recent years in the scientific community due to its anti-inflammatory (Potterat, 2010;Nardi et al, 2016), antioxidant (Amagase and Farnsworth, 2011;Donno et al, 2015) and antitumor (Wawruszak et al, 2016) activities. In addition, the Gojy berry may be effective in prophylaxis of diseases, such as diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases (Kulczyński and Gramza-Michałowska, 2016).…”

Phytochemical fingerprint and chemometrics for natural food preparation pattern recognition: an innovative technique in food supplement quality control

“…Different bioactive compounds (botanicals) are present in medicinal herbs and derivedproducts as key components (Prabu et al 2012): phenolic compounds, terpenoids, sulfur compounds, vitamins, Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13197-015-2115-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. pigments, and other natural antioxidants have been associated with protection from and/or treatment of conditions as cardiovascular disease and cancer Donno et al 2014b). All these secondary metabolites are known to be quite variable in the plant material, according to intraspecific chemodiversity, different collection stages or cultivation zone, and post-harvest handling (Prencipe et al 2014).…”

Impact of Aqueous/Ethanolic Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) Fruit Extract Supplementation on Vitamin D Stability in Yoghurt

“…Extraction of ethanolic polyphenol was carried out using Donno et al, (2015)with some modification (Donno et al, 2015). 5 g of lyophilized gojiberrry fruit (Benchtop, VirTis, USA) was homogenized 200 ml absolute ethanol and subjected to boiling for 30 min (Polytron, Kinematic AG, Switterzerland) and centrifuged at 6000g for 15 min.…”