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Lycium barbarum and human health / Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang, Kwok-Fai So, editors.

This book seeks to unravel the mysteries of wolfberry, and systematically introduces its mechanisms in preventing aging-associated diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, inflammation, liver and neurodegenerative diseases. Wolfberry, the dried fruit of Lycium barbarum, is an anti-aging herbal med...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Chang, Raymond Chuen-Chung (Editor), So, Kwok-Fai (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2015.
Subjects:
Medicinal plants > China.
Lycium chinense.
Medicinal plants.
China.
Table of Contents:
  • Chemical and Genetic Diversity of Wolfberry
  • Immunoregulation and Lycium barbarum
  • The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects of Wolfberry in fatty liver disease
  • Effects of Lycium barbarum on modulation of blood vessel and hemodynamics
  • Dermatologic Uses and Effects of Lycium barbarum
  • Lycium Barbarum and Tumor in Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Prevention of Neurodegeneration for Alzheimer’s Disease by Lycium barbarum
  • Pro-sexual effects of Lycium barbarum
  • Lycium barbarum: Neuroprotective Effects in Ischemic Stroke
  • Secondary Degeneration after Partial Optic Nerve Injury and Possible Neuroprotective Effects of Lycium Barbarum (wolfberry)
  • Role of Lycium barbarum extracts in retinal diseases
  • Allergenic Sensitization Mediated by Wolfberry'

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