女贞子及其活性成分齐墩果酸、熊果酸、红景天苷具有促进骨、肌肉生长和体质量增长,提高机体防御功能的作用。其促生长、增体质机制可能与胰岛素样作用、雌激素样作用以及促进细胞分化有关,对于儿童生长缓慢和消耗性疾病具有开发潜力。临床上可以考虑将女贞子及其活性成分试用于促进儿童生长发育、重症患者和手术患者康复期以及消耗性疾病患者的体质恢复。

Ligustrum lucidum and its active constituents such as oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and salidroside have the roles of promoting growth of bone and muscle and gain of body weight, and increasing body defense function. The mechanisms of promoting growth and constitution may well involve with insulin-like effect and estrogen-like effect, and accelerating cellular differentiation. In clinic, it is thought over that L. lucidum and its active constituents are given a trial for promroting chidren's growth, recovering constitution of patient of consumptive disease, and restoration stage of operation and severe disease.