• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1997

The volatile components of Lycium chinensis Miller were isolated by simultaneous steam distillation-extraction(SDE) method and analyzed by combined GC and GC-MS. Fifty-four volatile components, including 12 alcolhols 12 esters, 7 aldehydes, 6 acids, 5 ydrocarbons, 8 ketones, 1 furan and 3 pyrazines were confirmed in the fruit of Lycium chinensis Miller. The major components were hexadecanoic acid ethyl ester, 1-octadecanone, tetrapyrazine, 2-furancarboxaldehyde and ethyl linoleate.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.35 no.9
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• pp.1146-1150
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• 2006

In the present study, the Lycium chinensis Miller was harvested at intervals of one month in order to distinguish outstanding species and to determine optimal harvest time. From these harvests, extracts were prepared from ethanol. The total usable sugar, betaine, and phenolic acid contents as well as electron donating ability and SOD liked activity of the extracts were then measured. While sugar content of the Lycium chinensis Miller showed no significant difference among the various species examined, usable sugar content of the crop harvested in November was higher than that of the crop harvested in August. The Lycium chinensis Miller was picked in August, September, October, and November and analyzed for betaine content. According to this analysis, betaine content was higher in the crop harvested in November than in that harvested in August. In particular, considerable difference in betaine content per species or harvest time was exhibited. The SOD-liked activity in all of the Lycium chinensis Miller extracts showed an alleviation effect of at least 90%. In addition, there was no significant difference according to either species or harvest time. On the other hand, SOD liked activity was higher in November than in August.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.264-271
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• 1994

Pharmacological effects of water extracts of Lycii Fructus, Lycii Folium and Lycii Cortex Radicis from Lycium chinensis were investigated. Lycii Folium significantly protected the hepatic function from damages orally caused by $CCl_4 $administration in mice and had a strong hypoglycemic effect in hyperglycemic mice induced by streptozotocin. Lycii Fructus decreased the blood pressure rise associated with the growth of normal rats. Lycii Cortex Radicis had a strong hypoglycemic effect in hyrerglycemic mice induced by streptozotocin. Also, hypolipidemic effects in hyperlipidemic rats induced by 1% cholesterol fed-diet and 75% fructose were significantly observed by oral administration of water extracts of Lycii Fructus, Lycii Folium and Lycii Cortex Radicis.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.32-36
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• 1989

Effects of Lycium chinensis, Epimedium koreanum and tuguaconitine which is isolated from Aconitum sibiricum on primary culture chicken embryonic brain cells were studied by microscopic observation and determined of the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex(PDHC). Brain cells were prepared from the brain of 10-day-old chicken embryo and cultured with a medicine consisted of 90% Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium(DMEM) and 10% horse serum. It was observed that all substances studied seemed to show the tendency to stimulate the neurite outgrowth of brain cells which were cultured with a deficient medium under microscopic observation. The activity of PDHC in brain cells cultured with a deficient medium was increased by Lysium chinensis and Epimedium koreanum. However, tuguaconitine had not influence on the activity of PDHC.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.363-369
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• 1999

The heavy metal removability of four kinds of tea was investigated in the various conditions: particle size of tea(10, 35. 70, 100 mesh), concentration of heavy metal(25, 50, 100ppm) and extraction temperature(30. 50, 70. 10$0^{\circ}C$). The removabilities by the tea solids were increased as the particle size decreased, concentration of heavy metal increased, and extracting temperature increased. Of the four kinds of tea Pb, Cd and Cu removability by Eucommia ulmoides Oliv tea was the highest. In addition, heavy metal removability by Schizandra chinensis Baillon tea was better than that of other tea as extraction temperature was increased.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.835-846
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• 2010

The manufacture of beverages prepared using hot-water extracts of Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum, Houttuynia cordata, and Lycium chinensis was statistically optimized using response surface methodology. The total polyphenol content, electron donation activity, and reducing power of optimized beverages were measured to evaluate antioxidant properties. The coefficients of determination, the $R_2$ values, were 0.9887~0.9957 for color, taste and overall acceptability. Analysis of variance showed that the model fit was a statistically significant (p<0.05). The optimized compositions of processed beverages were: Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum extract, 2.15%; Houttuynia cordata extract, 1.74%; and Lycium chinensis extract, 0.19% (all w/w). Total polyphenol content, electron donation activity, and reducing power of beverages of optimized composition were 3.61 mg/L, 23.78%, and 0.26, respectively.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.23-31
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• 2002

The antioxidative activity was measured on the substances of water and ethanol soluble extract from Astragalus membranaceus Bunge, Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat, Lycium chinensis Miller, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer, Angelica gigas Nakai, Zizyphus jojoba Miller, Paeonia lactiflora Pallas, Cnidium officinale Makino by four different in vitro experimental models of DPPH (a,a'-diphenyl-$\beta$-picrylhydrazyl) method, superoxide dismutase like activity, thiocyanate method, and TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) method. The Lycium chinensis Miller contained the highest amount of polyphenolic compounds. The electron donating ability of water extract from Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer and ethanol extract from Chrysanthemum were higher than those of the others. The superoxide dismutase-like activity of water extract from Astragalus membranaceus Bunge was the highest among those of all the others. The water extract from Zizyphus jujuba Miller showed the highest antioxidative activity determined by TBARS method. Compared to the control, the inducing period associated with the oxidation degree was delayed up to 8 days in both the water extract from Chrysanthemum, Lycium chinensis Miller, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer, and Paeonia lactiflora Pallas and the in ethanol extract from Chrysanthemum and Glycyrrhiz uralensis Fischer. These results support that water and ethanol extracts from 8 kinds of medicinal herbs contain antioxidative compounds.

• The Korean Journal of Soil Zoology
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• v.11 no.1_2
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• pp.13-15
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• 2006

This report concerns with three species of eriophyid mites on Licium chinensis in Korea. Of them, the external morphology of Aceria tjyingi (Manson 1973) was observed with Scanning Electron Microscope. The author reviewed three species of Korean eryophid mites and suggests Korean names of Aceria kuko kishida, A. macrodonis Keifer, and A. tjyngi (Manson), respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food and Cookery Science Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.133-133
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• 2005

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.115-120
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• 2008

To develop a new Gugija(Lycium chinensis Mill) product having increased value, the physiological functionality of various commercial Gugija products were investigated. In addition, an in vivo study was performed using spontaneous hypertensive rats(SHR) to examine the anti-hypertension effects of products. The results showed that antioxidant activity was highest in the methanol extract of Gugija leaf pickle(97.7%), and anti-hypertensive angiotensin I -converting enzyme(ACE) inhibitory activity was 80.4% in Gugija doenjang(soybean paste) water extract. Anti-cholesterolemia HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity was highest in the methanol extract of Gugija rice cake(66.1 %). However, SOD-like activity was below 30% in most products; and fibrinolytic activity was not detected or was very weak. Ultimately, we selected Gugija tea and Gugija wine as superior anti-hypertensive Gugija products, and subsequent in vivo testing was performed using SHR, comparing the tea and wine to Gugija fruit. Among them, the Gugija fruit demonstrated the best anti-hypertension effects in SHR.