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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2019

Goji Berries as a Potential Natural Antioxidant Medicine: An Insight into Their Molecular Mechanisms of Action.

Zheng Feei Ma, Hongxia Zhang, Sue Siang Teh, Chee Woon Wang, Yutong Zhang, Frank Hayford, Liuyi Wang, Tong Ma, Zihan Dong, Yan Zhang and 1 more

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zheng Feei MaDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7276-2229
Hongxia ZhangDepartment of Food Science, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Sue Siang TehDepartment of Food Science, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Chee Woon WangDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Jenjarom, 42610 Selangor, Malaysia.
Yutong ZhangJinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6168-4678
Frank HayfordDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box KB143, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Liuyi WangDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Tong MaDepartment of Integrative Medicine and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Institutes of Integrative Medicine of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Zihan DongDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Yifan ZhuDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Goji berries (Lycium fruits) are usually found in Asia, particularly in northwest regions of China. Traditionally, dried goji berries are cooked before they are consumed. They are commonly used in Chinese soups and as herbal tea. Moreover, goji berries are used for the production of tincture, wine, and juice. Goji berries are high antioxidant potential fruits which alleviate oxidative stress to confer many health protective benefits such as preventing free radicals from damaging DNA, lipids, and proteins. Therefore, the aim of the review was to focus on the bioactive compounds and pharmacological properties of goji berries including their molecular mechanisms of action. The health benefits of goji berries include enhancing hemopoiesis, antiradiation, antiaging, anticancer, improvement of immunity, and antioxidation. There is a better protection through synergistic and additive effects in fruits and herbal products from a complex mixture of phytochemicals when compared to one single phytochemical.

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AntioxidantsFruitHumansLyciumAntioxidants

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PMID30728882
PMCPMC6343173

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