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Traditional plants as source of functional foods: a review
Plantas tradicionales como fuente de alimentos funcionales: una revisión

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Pages 159-167 | Received 17 Dec 2008, Accepted 07 Sep 2009, Published online: 08 Jul 2010
 

Abstract

The aim of this work was to assess the following plants as functional foods that can be found in Mexico: white sapote (Casimiroa edulis), jicama (Pachyrhizus spp.), amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), sweet fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), oregano (Lippia graveolens), pitahaya (Hylocereus sp.), agave (Agave americana), pelitre (Heliopsis longipes), and purslane (Portulaca oleracea L). The main characteristics, components and active substances, forms of use in traditional medicine, nutritional properties, evaluation of biological assays, and the potential possibilities of research with the plants and/or extracts were reviewed.

El propósito de este estudio fue llevar a cabo una revisión de las siguientes plantas como alimentos funcionales que pueden ser encontradas en México: zapote blanco (Casimiroa edulis), jícama (Pachyrhizus spp.), amaranto (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), hinojo (Foeniculum vulgare), orégano (Lippia graveolens), pitaya (Hylocereus sp.), agave (Agave americana), pelitre (Helipsis longipes) y verdolaga (Portulaca oleracea L.). Las características principales, los componentes, sustancias activas, formas de uso en la medicina tradicional, propiedades nutricionales, evaluación en ensayos biológicos y el potencial de investigación con estas plantas y/o sus extractos fueron revisadas.

Acknowledgements

This work is part of the IUPAC project “Project 2005-031-2-700”.

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