Wolfberry Extract

Wolfberry is also known as fructus lycii. The berry is red in color. Spring young stems and tender leaves are called wolfberry head. It is a vegetable as well as a nutrient-rich healthcare food. Wolfberry can be ingested as nut, and it is also a traditional medical herb with excellent effects. Since ancient times, it has been a superior nourishing tonic that is effective to resist and delay aging there is also named “anti-aging seed”. Folk people use wolfberry to make soups and wines more commonly. The berry and leaves can be used to make wolfberry tea which is sour, slightly sweet in taste and delicious. Frequent drinking of wolfberry tea is good for health.

Nutritional contents

Medical effects

1. Wolfberry has effects of lowering blood pressure, plasma lipid and blood glucose. It is able to prevent arthrosclerosis, protect lives, inhibit fatty liver and promote regeneration of hepatocytes
2. Wolfberry can boost immunity, enhances phagocytic ability, improve activity of serum lyase and killing power or T lymphocytes, increase immunosuppressive  effect of NK cells, enhance immune response of T cells and activity of NK cells.
3. Wolfberry can resist tumors and inhibit mutation. Wolfberry polysaccharide has marked synergistic effect on radiotherapy.
4. Wolfberry resists aging, inhibits formation of lipid peroxide markedly, and increases activity of glutathione peroxidase and SOD of red cells in the blood.