Comparative study on the content of lycium barbarum polysaccharides from different habitats / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the contents of lycium barbarum polysaccharides from different habitats. Methods Lycium barbarum which the raw materials were from different origin, such as Ningxia, Zhejiang, and Sichuan province and were extracted by hot water extraction, and determined the content by phenol sulfuric acid method. Results That the content of polysaccharide in Zhejiang was 0.830%, in Ningxia was 0.769%, in Sichuan was 0.590%. Conclusion The lycium barbarum polysaccharide contents of different origin is different, because of the difference of environment, picking time and process etc.