L. fruit alleviates diarrhea via regulating intestinal microbiota and short chain fatty acids.

Fruits of L. have been used as Uyghur medicine due to the properties of treating spleen and stomach weakness, indigestion, enteritis, diarrhea, lung heat, and cough. However, the anti-diarrhea mechanism was still not clear.

Natural Herbal Compounds Exerting an Antidepressant Effect through Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation.

Depression is a common mental illness that damages the life and health of patients and causes economic burden, and HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis dysfunction is considered to be one of the important factors leading to depression. In this case, it is essential to explore possible treatment methods by using natural compounds with HPA axis regulating and antidepressant effects. However, no one has reviewed it so far.