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Lycium chinense

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Lycium chinense. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Lycium chinense Mill.

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

160Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 160 licensed products naming Lycium chinense as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Dry
Extract Type TBA
decoction

Source material stated

Bark
Berries
Fruit
Fruit extract
Fruit(s)
Leaf
Lycium barbarum
Lycium barbarum - Root bark

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Acacetin 7-o-alpha-l-rhamnopyranoside	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Calystegines	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	—	Resolve DOI
Carboline alkaloids	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Lignans	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
P-coumaric acid	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Pterocarpans	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	Resolve DOI
Anthraquinones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier
Coumarins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Asano, N. Water soluble nortropane alkaloids in crude drugs, edible fruits and vegetables: biological activities and therapeutic applications . Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2000, vol. 116, no. 2-3, p. 155-156. DOI
Wei, Xiuli., Liang, Jingyu. Chemical study on the root barks of Lycium chinese mill.. Zhongguo yaoke daxue xuebao, 2002, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 271-273.
Olatunji, Opeyemi J., Chen, Hongxia., Zhou, Yifeng. Anti-Ulcerogenic Properties of Lycium chinense Mill Extracts against Ethanol-Induced Acute Gastric Lesion in Animal Models and Its Active Constituents . Molecules, 2015, vol. 20, no. 12, p. 22553-22564. DOI
Han, B.H., Park, J.H., Park, M.H., Han, Y.N. Studies on the alkaloidal components of the fruits of Lycium chinense. Archives of pharmacal research, 1985, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 249-252. DOI
Yang, Ya-Nan., An, Ya-Wen., Zhan, Zhi-Lai., Xie, Jing., Jiang, Jian-Shuang., Feng, Zi-Ming., Ye, Fei., Zhang, Pei-Cheng. Nine new compounds from the root bark of Lycium chinense and their alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity . Rsc advances, 2017, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 805-812. DOI

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