wolfberry is the only plant in the world that has been detected to contain taurine.

As a well-known but also with a lot of controversial focus of Chinese herbal medicine, wolfberry has been an important research content of researchers, in the process of continuous propaganda, misinformation and debunking rumors, for the accumulation of wolfberry research results also made a considerable success. In order to make the international market also recognize the medicinal value of wolfberry, nutritionists from a more micro point of view to the composition of wolfberry was identified.

According to the current research results, wolfberry contains a large number of nutrients, the main functional components of wolfberry polysaccharide, wolfberry pigment, flavonoids, amino acids, alkaloids, vitamins and volatile oil and other important components, for understanding and explaining the effect of wolfberry has irreplaceable significance. The chemical composition and content of wolfberry are closely related to its producing area and growing situation.

1. Wolfberry polysaccharide: the total sugar content of Lycium barbarum is high, the highest can account for about 46% of the proportion, and its sugar components mainly include monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide and cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and so on. 

2. Wolfberry pigment: the orange red color of wolfberry is completely controlled by wolfberry pigment. Wolfberry pigment is divided into water-soluble pigment and fat soluble carotenoid, the carotenoid can reach 295 mg per 100 grams, the content of high carotenoid, the main component of carotenoid dipalmitic acid content accounted for more than the general carotenoid content. Carotenoids mainly include free carotenoids and carotenoid fatty acid esters.

3. Flavonoids: Flavonoids are the most widely distributed compounds in wolfberry, such as chlorogenic acid, rutin, robinin, carvidin, quercetin and kaempferol. 

4. Alkaloids compounds: In medlar contains alkaloids types is relatively single, but very special application in clinic, it contains mainly glycine betaine and a small amount of amine and belladonna alkaloid compounds, such as glycine betaine, in particular, Chinese wolfberry in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Chinese wolfberry is the alkaloid content for the purification of the main sources of material.

5. Amino acid compounds: The study of amino acids in wolfberry is of great significance. At present, wolfberry is the only plant in the world that has been detected to contain taurine. 

6. Vitamins, volatile oil and other nutrients: Inner Mongolia produced by the wolfberry vitamin C content of the highest, up to 33 mg per 100 grams;In addition, vitamin E and vitamin A also exist in wolfberry, especially vitamin B, the content of wolfberry can reach three to five times that of other common fruits and vegetables. 

Wolfberry extract

【 Plant name 】 Chinese wolfberry fruit

【 English name 】Barbary Wolfberry Fruit P.E.

【 Source 】 It is extracted from the mature fruit of Wolfberry, a dicotyledonous plant and solanaceae plant, or wolfberry of Ningxia.

【Resources Distribution】Wolfberry is a perennial shrub, growing in the deep soil layer of the loess ditch and hillside. Wild distribution in Qinghai to Shanxi Yellow River on both sides of the loess plateau, the foothills. Wild wolfberry quality is inferior, has rarely been harvested, medicinal products for cultivation.

Mainly produced in ningxia hui autonomous region zhongning, zhongwei and other counties, has hundreds of years of cultivation history, rich experience, good quality products, more for export. Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Gansu, Xinjiang and other places also have a large area of introduction and cultivation.

【active ingredients】 Modern analysis showed that the wolfberry fruit nutrient content is very rich, each hectogram wolfberry fruit contains protein 4.49 grams, 2.33 grams, crude fat and 9.12 grams carbohydrates, carotenoids, 96 mg, 0.053 mg thiamine, riboflavin 0.137 mg, ascorbic acid 19.8 mg, 0.26 mg, betaine also contain rich potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc and other elements, and 22 kinds of amino acids and vitamins. The active ingredient is wolfberry polysaccharide.

【Efficacy】 Immune regulation, hypoglycemia, blood lipid, anti-aging, anti-fatigue effect, etc.Lycium fruit oil is rich in linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, vitamin E, carotene and other bioactive substances, with lower blood cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis, enhance vision, prevent glaucoma, whitening, moisturizing, skin care, reduce pigment and other functions.