The article comes from Ningxia daily, reporter Mao Xuejiao
On June 22, at the opening ceremony of the 4th Lycium barbarum Industry Expo, Kwok-Fai So, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced in the keynote speech of "research and application of Lycium barbarum in Ningxia". His team confirmed that the Lycium barbarum extract "Lycium barbarum glycopeptide" has the function of improving depressive symptoms in the study of "preventive administration of Lycium barbarum glycopeptide to alleviate depression induced by negative stimulation".
Academician Kwok-Fai So introduced that depression is a common affective mental disorder. At present, antidepressants still have some shortcomings, such as long onset time and easy recurrence after withdrawal. His team found that the Lycium barbarum glycopeptide extracted from Lycium barbarum has many effects, such as fighting oxidative stress and regulating body immunity. The results of clinical trials showed that after taking Lycium barbarum glycopeptide for 6 weeks, the cognitive impairment, block and helplessness of high-risk groups of depression could be improved.
"The traditional research on Chinese wolfberry focuses on the effects of clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, and this is an important innovative discovery in the field of mental health." Kwok-Fai So said that relevant statistics show that people's health burden of mental diseases is increasing in modern society. Compared with traditional drugs for depression, taking Chinese wolfberry is safer and can reduce the possibility of depression.
For strengthening the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of Lycium barbarum in Ningxia, Kwok-Fai So believes that we should pay more attention to basic research, gather all forces and further promote the transformation of achievements. "It is suggested that Ningxia Lycium barbarum enterprises further strengthen division of labor and cooperation, and make joint efforts from the aspects of scientific research, transformation and industry to promote the high-quality development of Lycium barbarum industry." Kwok-Fai So said: "I participated in the first two Lycium barbarum industry fairs on the spot, the third one participated online, and the fourth one did better this year, which is enough to show that Ningxia attaches importance to the Lycium barbarum industry."
Lycium barbarum industry has become the key industry with the most local characteristics and brand advantages in Ningxia. Ningxia pays attention to "Prospering Lycium barbarum through science and technology", plans the layout, strengthens cooperation, cultivates the main body, builds a platform, leads and supports the development of Lycium barbarum industry, and has made a number of landmark innovative achievements in the fields of Lycium barbarum variety breeding, high-quality cultivation and pest control, agricultural machinery and agronomic supporting, efficacy material basis, drug and food functional product development, standard system construction and so on.