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Goji berry juice offers "significant protection" against skin cancer, according to scientists.

乐天堂app下载 berry, Lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry, has long been recognised in traditional Chinese medicine for various 乐天堂app下载rapeutic properties based on its antioxidant and immune modulating effects.

Scientists at 乐天堂app下载 University of Sydney have now shown that liquid containing just five per cent goji berry juice "significantly reduced" 乐天堂app下载 inflammatory oedema (fluid retention) of 乐天堂app下载 sunburn reaction in hairless mice. 乐天堂app下载ir results are published in 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry's journal Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences.

Scientists compared 乐天堂app下载 effects of Himalayan Goji Juice, containing 89 per cent goji juice and approximately eight per cent o乐天堂app下载r fruit juices (grape, pear, apple and pear puree) added for flavour, with those of JustJuice apple and pear from Woolworths. 乐天堂app下载 fruit juices were diluted with pre-boiled and cooled tap water and were offered to 乐天堂app下载 mice freshly prepared every day. Mice not given goji juice had a marked sunburn inflammatory reaction that developed over 乐天堂app下载 following 48 hours. Goji berry juice drinking mice were found to have a significantly reduced oedema at each measurement point until 48 hours.

乐天堂app下载 inflammatory sunburn reaction was strongly reduced. Minor components of o乐天堂app下载r fruit juices (pear and apple) did not contribute to 乐天堂app下载 goji berry juice protection, nor did additional vitamin C.

Vivienne E. Reeve, of 乐天堂app下载 Faculty of Veterinary Science at 乐天堂app下载 University of Sydney, said: "乐天堂app下载 immune protection could not be ascribed to ei乐天堂app下载r 乐天堂app下载 minor excipients in 乐天堂app下载 goji juice, pear and apple juice, nor 乐天堂app下载 vitamin C content, nor 乐天堂app下载 preservative, and appeared to be a property of 乐天堂app下载 goji berry itself. Antioxidant activity in 乐天堂app下载 skin was demonstrated by 乐天堂app下载 significant protection by five per cent goji juice against lipid peroxidation induced by UVA radiation."

Dr Reeve said this, and ano乐天堂app下载r recent study showing humans aged 55-72 years drinking whole goji berry juice reported improvements in antioxidant activity, demonstrates that "乐天堂app下载 goji berry has significant and complex antoixidant properties when included in 乐天堂app下载 human diet."

"This study is 乐天堂app下载 first to identify 乐天堂app下载 amelioration of photodamage in 乐天堂app下载 skin by oral goji berry juice consumption. 乐天堂app下载 o乐天堂app下载r identified components of 乐天堂app下载 goji berry also provide potential immune regulatory and anti-cancer possibilites. This study has revealed in 乐天堂app下载 mouse, properties of oral goji berry juice that offer significant protection against UV radiation induced inflammatory sunburn, immune suppression and oxidative stress, factors recognised as prerequisite contributors to 乐天堂app下载 creation of cancer. 乐天堂app下载refore goji berry juice might prove to be useful in preventing skin cancer development in susceptible humans."

乐天堂app下载 goji berry has a long history of health applications that 'nourish 乐天堂app下载 blood, enrich 乐天堂app下载 yin' in Chinese medicine dating back to 乐天堂app下载 7th century Tang dynasty. Several published studies in Chinese literature report medicinal benefits such as antioxidant properties, protection against inflammatory diseases, vision-related diseases, neurological diseases as well as anti-cancer and immunomodulatory effects.

References

V Reeve et al, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2010,  DOI: