枸杞子是我国传统药食两用药材,被认为具有滋肾补髓、养肝明目和祛风的作用.现代研究表明,枸杞子及其提取物对多种疾病均有显著的预防和治疗作用.但是由于其混合物的本质,研究人员难以理清发挥这些有益效果的主要单体和具体的分子机制.本文针对近年来枸杞子中类胡萝卜素类主要单体物质—玉米黄素双棕榈酸,即国内枸杞研究界和产业界称作的“枸杞红素”及其类似成分的植物学特征、代谢、结构分类和疾病治疗进展进行简要的综述,最后对有关枸杞红素类成分未来可能的研究方向和内容进行了展望. Chinese wolfberry is a traditional Chinese medicine edible herbs, is considered to have nourishing kidney marrow, nourishing eyesight and expelling wind effect.Modern studies have shown that wolfberry fruit and its extracts on a variety of diseases have significant prevention and treatment However, due to the nature of its mixture, it is difficult for researchers to sort out the main monomers and specific molecular mechanisms that exert these beneficial effects.In this paper, in view of the main monomer material of carotenoids in recent years - zeaxanthin dipalmitate, namely The Chinese wolfberry research community and industry called “Lycium” and its similar components of the botanical features, metabolism, structural classification and progress of disease treatment are briefly reviewed. Finally, the possible future of lycium-based ingredients Research direction and content of the outlook.