Lycium barbarum protects brain cells from Alzheimer's disease
According to Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, many people regard wolfberry fruit as a traditional Chinese medicine for nourishing liver and improving eyesight. A study conducted by the Department of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong has confirmed that wolfberry fruit can protect neuron cells and help prevent Alzheimer's disease.
However, Assistant Professor Zheng Chuanzhong of the Department of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, who is in charge of the research, said that it has not yet been found what ingredients in Lycium barbarum can effectively protect brain cells, so the next step of the research will be to conduct animal experiments and find out what ingredients in Lycium barbarum can effectively protect brain cells.
In 2002, the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, HKU was the first to discover that one of the signaling pathways leading to apoptosis in brain cells, double-stranded ribonuclease, is associated with the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. All cells in the human body will undergo apoptosis due to activation of double-stranded ribonuclease signaling pathways. The Faculty of Medicine of HKU has been conducting research on Chinese medicine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease since 2004. It was unexpectedly discovered that Lycium barbarum contains substances that reduce the activation of double-stranded ribonuclease signal transmission pathway. Zheng Chuanzhong pointed out that in addition to nourishing liver and improving eyesight, wolfberry fruit is also used as an anti-aging traditional Chinese medicine.
Forgetting the time, forgetting where objects are usually placed, losing their way because they cannot find their way... all these are signs of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common geriatric diseases. There are currently about 360 000 new cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide each year and about 100 000 people die from it.
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Production technology of wolfberry cola beverage
Lycium barbarum is a shrub of Solanaceae, which is well-known at home and abroad. China is mainly distributed in Ningxia, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other provinces. According to traditional medicine, Chinese wolfberry is a good nourishing medicine because it has the functions of moistening lung, clearing liver, nourishing kidney, tonifying qi, promoting yang, tonifying deficiency and aging, strengthening muscles and bones, dispelling wind and eyesight. Modern medicine believes that the Lycium barbarum polysaccharides contained in Lycium barbarum can "regulate and enhance human immune function" and is the best raw material for the development of functional food. Lycium barbarum has good medical and health care function.
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Manufacturing method of Chinese wolfberry wine
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese wolfberry has the functions of nourishing weakness, replenishing essence, removing cold wind, strengthening yang, stopping tears, strengthening waist and feet, etc., and often drink strong muscles and bones and prolong life. Modern scientific research has proved that the effective ingredient of Lycium barbarum is Lycium barbarum polysaccharides. The main ingredients are arabinose, glucose, semi-milk, mannose, xylose and rhamnose. Lycium barbarum polysaccharides can enhance body immunity, anti-swelling and anti-aging effects, as well as obvious hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, hypoxia-resistant, fatigue-resistant effects, which can be processed into Chinese wolfberry wine and other Chinese wolfberry.
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