COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN ACTIVE FRACTION ISOLATED FROM LYCIUM BARBARUM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention provides extracts of Lycium barbarum useful for inhibiting, interfering and/or controlling pathological angiogenesis or neovascularization of tissues. The invention also provides a method to inhibit neovascularization in tissue by delivering to the cell or tissue an effective amount of an extract of Lycium barbarum. Also provided herein is a method for treating a disease associated with hyperproliferation of endothelial cells and/or neovascularization by administering to a subject an effective amount of an extract of Lycium barbarum.