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25. A pectic polysaccharide from water decoction of Xinjiang Lycium barbarum fruit protects against intestinal endoplasmic reticulum stress

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Huang, Chao, primary, Yao, Ruyu, additional, Zhu, Zhongkai, additional, Pang, Dejiang, additional, Cao, Xiyue, additional, Feng, Bin, additional, Paulsen, Berit Smestad, additional, Li, Lixia, additional, Yin, Zhongqiong, additional, Chen, Xingfu, additional, Jia, Renrong, additional, Song, Xu, additional, Ye, Gang, additional, Luo, Qihui, additional, Chen, Zhengli, additional, and Zou, Yuanfeng, additional

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2019
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27. Genetic diversity of food-medicinal Lyciumspp. in China: Insights from chloroplast genome

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Yao, Ruyu, Wang, Bin, Heinrich, Michael, Wang, Qiuling, and Xiao, Peigen

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Goji (fruits of Lyciumspp.) is commonly consumed as food and medicine. The increasing market demand for goji has led to its wide cultivation and broad breeding, which might cause loss of genetic diversity. This study aims to uncover the genetic diversity of the cultivated and wild Lycium.

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2024
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28. Two complement fixing pectic polysaccharides from pedicel of Lycium barbarum L. promote cellular antioxidant defense

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Yao, Ruyu, primary, Huang, Chao, additional, Chen, Xingfu, additional, Yin, Zhongqiong, additional, Fu, Yuping, additional, Li, Lixia, additional, Feng, Bin, additional, Song, Xu, additional, He, Changliang, additional, Yue, Guizhou, additional, Jing, Bo, additional, Lv, Cheng, additional, Su, Gang, additional, Ye, Gang, additional, and Zou, Yuanfeng, additional

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2018
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35. The genus Lycium as food and medicine: A botanical, ethnobotanical and historical review

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Michael Heinrich, Ruyu Yao, Caroline S. Weckerle, University of Zurich, and Yao, Ruyu

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0301 basic medicine, Zeaxanthin dipalmitate, 580 Plants (Botany), Global Health, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, law, Drug Discovery, Humans, 10211 Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, China, Pharmacology, Plants, Medicinal, biology, Traditional medicine, 3002 Drug Discovery, Preventive health, Lycium, biology.organism_classification, 0104 chemical sciences, 10121 Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry, 3004 Pharmacology, 030104 developmental biology, Geography, Food, Ethnobotany, Taxonomy (biology), Pharmacopoeia, Phytotherapy
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Ethnopharmacological relevance Lycium is widely distributed in the arid to semi-arid environments of North and South America, Africa, and Eurasia. In recent years, Lycium barbarum and L. chinense have been advertised as “superfood” with healthy properties. Despite of its popularity, there is a lack of an integrated and critical appraisal of the existing evidence for the use of Lycium. Aim of the study There is a need to understand: 1) Which species were used and how the uses of Lycium developed spatially and over time, 2) how uses differ among regions with different culture backgrounds, and 3) how traditional and current therapeutic and preventive health claims correlate with pharmacological findings. Methods Information was retrieved from floras, taxonomic, botanical, and ethnobotanical databases, research articles, recent editions of historical Chinese herbals over the last 2000 years, and pharmacopoeias. Results Of totally 97 species, 31 have recorded uses as food and/or medicine worldwide. Usually the fruits are used. While 85% of the Lycium species occur in the Americas and Africa, 26% of them are used, but 9 out of 14 species in Eurasia. In China, seven species and two varieties of the genus Lycium occur, of which four species have been used by different ethnic groups. Only L. barbarum and L. chinense have been transformed into globally traded commodities. In China, based on the name “枸杞”, their use can be traced back over the last two millennia. Lycium fruits for anti-aging, improving eyesight and nourishment were documented already in 500 C.E. (Mingyi Bielu). Recent findings explain the pharmacological foundations of the traditional uses. Especially polysaccharides, zeaxanthin dipalmitate, vitamins, betaine, and mixed extracts were reported to be responsible for anti-aging, improving eyesight, and anti-fatigue effects. Conclusions The integration of historical, ethnobotanical, botanical, phytochemical and pharmacological data has enabled a detailed understanding of Lycium and its wider potential. It highlights that the focus so far has only been on two species and that the genus can potentially yield a wide range of other products with different properties.

Published
2018

37. 'Food and medicine continuum' in the East and West: Old tradition and current regulation.

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Yao R, He C, and Xiao P

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Food-medicine products are important materials for daily health management and are increasingly popular in the global healthy food market. However, because of the biocultural difference, food-medicine knowledge may differ among regions, which hinders the global sharing of such health strategies. Aim at bridging the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West, this study traced the historical roots of food and medicine continuum of the East and West, which was followed by a cross-cultural assessment on the importance of food-medicine products of China, thereafter, the current legislative terms for food-medicine products were studied using an international survey. The results show that the food and medicine continuum in the East and West have their historical roots in the traditional medicines since antiquity, and the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West differs substantially; although the food-medicine products have common properties, their legislative terms are diverse globally; with proofs of traditional uses and scientific evidence, food-medicine products are possible for cross-cultural communication. Finally, we recommend facilitating the cross-cultural communication of the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West, thus to make the best use of the traditional health wisdom in the globe., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (© 2022 Tianjin Press of Chinese Herbal Medicines. Published by ELSEVIER B.V.)

Published
2022
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