Pharmacotherapy using natural substances can be currently regarded as a very promising
future alternative to conventional therapy. As biological macromolecules, polysaccharide …

Nowadays, the consumers' understanding of the relation between diet and health has
bought a profound change in their dietary pattern and lifestyle transformation. They aspire …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), the byproducts of aerobic metabolism, is a class of crucial
molecules in physiological processes, nevertheless, would induce a series of inflammatory …

Lycium barbarum L. is a species widely used in dietary supplements and natural healthcare
products. The berries, also known as goji or wolfberries, mostly grow in China, but recent …

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used to treat diseases in China for thousands
of years. TCM compositions are complex, using as their various sources plants, animals …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease occurring when the body no longer produces
adequate insulin or when it cannot use the produced insulin effectively. In recent years …

Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) are considered to be the major bioactive
components of L. barbarum and have been widely used as a well-known traditional Chinese …

Gut microbes and microbial metabolites derived from polysaccharides mediate beneficial
effects related to polysaccharides consumption. Lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP) is …

With great changes in people's lifestyles, the incidence of hyperlipidaemia has dramatically
increased in recent years. Numerous studies have demonstrated that natural …

Intestinal microbiota is symbiotically associated with host health, learning about the
characteristics of microbiota and the factors that modulate it could assist in developing …