Natural products and their derivatives: Promising modulators of tumor immunotherapy

LJ Deng, M Qi, N Li, YH Lei, DM Zhang… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A wealth of evidence supports the role of tumor immunotherapy as a vital therapeutic option
in cancer. In recent decades, accumulated studies have revealed the anticancer activities of …

Medicinal plants and isolated molecules demonstrating immunomodulation activity as potential alternative therapies for viral diseases including COVID-19

HA Alhazmi, A Najmi, SA Javed, S Sultana… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plants have been extensively studied since ancient times and numerous important chemical
constituents with tremendous therapeutic potential are identified. Attacks of microorganisms …

Superfruits: Phytochemicals, antioxidant efficacies, and health effects–A comprehensive review

SK Chang, C Alasalvar, F Shahidi - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The term “superfruit” has gained increasing usage and attention recently with the marketing
strategy to promote the extraordinary health benefits of some exotic fruits, which may not …

In vitro digestion under simulated saliva, gastric and small intestinal conditions and fermentation by human gut microbiota of polysaccharides from the fruits of Lycium …

Y Ding, Y Yan, Y Peng, D Chen, J Mi, L Lu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, the digestion under simulated saliva, gastric and small intestinal
conditions and in vitro fermentation by human gut microbiota of Lycium barbarum …

Lycium barbarum polysaccharides: Extraction, purification, structural characterisation and evidence about hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects. A review

A Masci, S Carradori, MA Casadei, P Paolicelli… - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
In the last decades, glycoconjugates from Lycium barbarum L. fruit (Goji berry) have
received a great attention for their potential health-promoting effects. The present review …

Food as medicine: A possible preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID‐19)

F Yang, Y Zhang, A Tariq, X Jiang… - Phytotherapy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The recent and ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is a huge global
challenge. The outbreak, which first occurred in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and …

Male infertility: the effect of natural antioxidants and phytocompounds on seminal oxidative stress

M Adewoyin, M Ibrahim, R Roszaman, ML Md Isa… - Diseases, 2017 - mdpi.com
Defective sperm function has been identified as the most common cause of infertility. The
objective of this study was to review recent findings on the effects of various antioxidants on …

[HTML][HTML] Lycium barbarum: a traditional Chinese herb and a promising anti-aging agent

Y Gao, Y Wei, Y Wang, F Gao, Z Chen - Aging and disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lycium barbarum has been used in China for more than 2,000 years as a traditional
medicinal herb and food supplement. Lycium barbarum contains abundant Lycium …

Hypoglycemic Effects of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mice via Modulating Gut Microbiota

Q Ma, R Zhai, X Xie, T Chen, Z Zhang, H Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This study aims to explore the molecular mechanisms of Lycium barbarum polysaccharide
(LBP) in alleviating type 2 diabetes through intestinal flora modulation. A high-fat diet (HFD) …

Immune activities of polysaccharides isolated from Lycium barbarum L. What do we know so far?

Z Xiao, Q Deng, W Zhou, Y Zhang - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Lycium barbarum is widely used as a functional food and medicinal herb to promote health
and longevity in China and in some other Asian countries. In modern pharmacological and …