Product name: Lycium chinense Mill (Chinese wolfberry) Extract Specifications: Polysaccharides >40% Test method: UV Packing:25kgs/drum Lycium chinense Mill P.E. Latin name: Lycium chinense Mill Chinese name:Gou Qi Genus: Lycium Part used: fruit Description Lycium?s value to human health was explored in China thousands of years ago. It has been cited in several ancient Chinese pharmacopoeia since the Tang Dynasty for its multiple health benefits such as nourishing the Yin, strengthening the eyes, liver and kidney and nourishing the blood. Lycium fruits are used in many herbal formulas(such as tea, soup, stew and wine) to maintain overall health when suffering from chronic conditions, such as weariness of the loins and legs, dizziness and tinnitus, visual degeneration, headaches, insomnia, chronic liver diseases, diabetes and hypertension. Modern scientists have extensively studied Lycium fruits for their nutrients and medical benefits. They have further substantiated the ancient medical applications such as maintaining healthy immune system (including specific and non-specific immune response), improving eye conditions, support liver function, maintaining healthy blood pressure and blood sugar. Lycium is also an excellent herb for antioxidant and anti-aging. Function Immune System Support Many studies have shown Lycium fruits increase the lymphocyte transformation rate and improve the macrophage phagocytic function in animals. Lycium assists spleen lymphocyte transformation induced by Concavalin A. Lycium increases the antibody reaction to T cell-dependant antigen (SRBC) which means that it selectively strengthen the T cell immune response, it is believed to be the result of increasing the number of E receptors on the surface of T cells or increasing the numbers of T cells directly. Lycium also can be used to reduce lead toxicity by inhibiting the reduction of T cells and delayed allergy activity induced by lead. Besides, in a study it was showed that after taking Lycium, lysozyme, IgG, IgA and interleukin 2 (IL-2) in serum increased in all participants. Anti-aging Lycium fruit functions to maintain normal cell growth as well as improve DNA restoration and repair. It also has the function of anti-peroxidation of free radicals, therefore changing the electrical parameters of cell membranes to the normal range. In one study in China, a 48% increase of Super Oxide Dismutase and a 12% increase of hemoglobin were found in serum for all senior participants. A 65% decrease of LPO in serum was found in the same study. This indicates Lycium fruit may be a potent anti-oxidant, which may slow the aging process. Cancer Prevention Other studies from China show that Lycium fruit extract inhibits the gene mutation induced by TA98 and TA1008. Some scientists believe that Lycium fruit may be a very good supplement to prevent liver cancer because it exerts liver protection and anticancer effects at the same time. Seventy-nine advanced cancer patients in a clinical trial in China were treated with LAK/IL-2 combined with Lycium extract. Initial results of the treatment from 75 available patients indicate that objective regression of cancer was achieved in patients with malignant melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and malignant hydrothorax. The response rate of patients treated with LAK/IL-2 plus Lycium extract was 40.9% while that of patients treated with LAK/IL-2 alone was 16.1% (