Lycium barbarum polysaccharides: Extraction, purification, structural characterisation and evidence about hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects. A review
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Abstract
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 includes a survey of extraction and purification methods of these bioactive
molecules (L. barbarum polysaccharides, LBPs), along with a dissertation on the structural
characterisation of the carbohydrate component. Furthermore, an overview of in vitro,
in vivo and clinical studies concerning the hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects
of isolated LBP fractions, is reported. The evidence suggests that these purified
components of the Goji berry may be potentially useful as adjuvants in the treatment
of diabetes and its correlated illnesses.