Lycium barbarum (fruit)

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Nomenclature

Lycium barbarum L.   Solanaceae  
Standardized common name (English): lycium  
Pinyin name(s): ningxia gou qi; di gu pi (root bark); gou qi zi (fruit)


Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Lycium barbarum Tropicos 100185139.jpg
Source: MOBOT, Tropicos.org[1]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Macroscopic Characteristics

Microscopic Characteristics

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Lignified cells of the testa observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[2]

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Thick walled wavy stone cells observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[3]

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Parallel striations of the exocarp observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[4]

High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

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Lycium barbarum HPTLC ID - Vanillin Sulfuric Acid Reagent - UV 365 nm

Goji (fruit) (Lycium barbarum)

Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):

  1. 2 μL Catechin ~0.1% in Methanol
  2. 3 μL Lycium chinense-1 (fruit)
  3. 3 μL Lycium barbarum-1 (fruit)
  4. 3 μL Lycium barbarum-2 (fruit)
  5. 3 μL Lycium barbarum-2 (fruit)
  6. 3 μL Lycium barbarum-3 (fruit)
  7. 3 μL Lycium barbarum-4 (fruit)
  8. 2 μL Gallic Acid ~0.1% in Methanol

Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. 

Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates 

Mobile Phase ethyl acetate: CHCl3: HCOOH [6/4/2] 

Sample Preparation Method 0.3 g + 3 ml 80% CH3OH sonicated + heated @ 50° C ~ 1 hr 

Detection Method Vanillin/H2SO4 Reagent -> 110° C 5 min -> UV 365 nm 

Reference see Pharmacopoeia of The Peoples Republic of China, Volume 1, 2005


Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories [5]

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. MOBOT, Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100185139
  2. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  3. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  4. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  5. Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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