文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Focus on eye health: analysis of the potential application of carotenoids from goji berries sources

作者：Duan, Hao[1,2];Liu, Gaigai[1,2];Liu, Jiaqi[1,2];Li, Yang[1,2];Bao, Shuyuan[3];Song, Wei[1,2];Yan, Wenjie[1,2]

通讯作者：Yan, WJ[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Union Univ, Coll Biochem Engn, Beijing 100023, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Union Univ, Beijing Key Lab Bioact Subst & Funct Food, Beijing 100023, Peoples R China;[3]Cent South Univ, Xiangya Sch Publ Hlth, Changsha 410083, Peoples R China

第一机构：北京联合大学生物化学工程学院

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Union Univ, Coll Biochem Engn, Beijing 100023, Peoples R China.|[1141726]北京联合大学生物化学工程学院;[11417]北京联合大学;

年份：2026

卷号：6

期号：3

起止页码：331-347

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF FUTURE FOODS

收录：WOS:【ESCI(收录号:WOS:001600593500001)】；

基金：During this period, I am grateful to my supervisor for extensive revisions, writing guidance and financial support for this manuscript. This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFF1103802) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：Goji berries; Carotenoids; Visual fatigue; Absorption and utilization; Eye health

摘要：The eye is one of the important organs for human beings to obtain information from the outside world and avoid harm, and 90% of human knowledge is obtained through the eye. The center of the retina in the human eye is called the macula, and it is the area where vision is most concentrated. Current research suggests that macular pigment is mainly composed of lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin, which are able to absorb and attenuate blue light damage to the retina, and since humans cannot synthesize these carotenoids, they must be obtained by supplementing with carotenoid-rich foods. In addition, carotenoids also provide good provitamin A, which provides necessary nutritional support for people's visual transduction. Therefore, eye health is inseparable from carotenoid supplementation, among which wolfberry, which is rich in a variety of carotenoids, has been confirmed by recent studies to have a good role in promoting eye health, and also provides a good source of natural carotenoids for humans. However, a systematic review of goji berry carotenoids in eye health is lacking in current studies. Based on this, this paper reviews the main carotenoid composition and its extraction and purification in wolfberry, discusses the changes of carotenoids in the process of harvesting and drying wolfberry, reviews the absorption and utilization of carotenoids in wolfberry, and more importantly, discusses the important role of carotenoids in wolfberry in eye health. (c) 2026 The authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).