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Plant Lycium chinense (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Wolfberry; Chinese Boxthorn; Chinese Matrimony Vine; Chinese Wolfberry; Gou Qi (Chin.); Lyciet de Chine (Fr.); Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.); Daun Koki (Indones.); Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.); Kuko (Jap.); Kaukichai (Malays.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available 4.0 -0.78 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
WATER 0 Leaf not available 896000.0 0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WITHANOLIDE-A 0 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WITHANOLIDE-B 0 Leaf not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WITHASTEROIDS 0 Leaf not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN-DIPALMITATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit not available 20.0 -0.31 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ZINC 77 Root Bark not available 23.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.