Also known as goji berrywolf berry, and Chinese matrimony vine, go qi zi, organic lycii is a member of the nightshade family, which includes tomato, eggplant, potato and tobacco.
In Asia, the bright red berries are used to flavor teas, wines and jelly, or they are used dried in soups, meat and vegetable stews and a rice porridge called conjee. As a tea, the whole berries are often combined with other herbs, such as licorice root and astragalus root.
Lycii Berry, Whole
Minerals, trace minerals, amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, monosaccharides, unsaturated fatty acids, essential fatty acids, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid, phytosterols including beta-sitosterol, carotenoids including beta-carotene and zeaxanthin, lutein, lycopene and cryptoxanthin; and antioxidant phenols, glycoconjugates.
