Huitlacoche (corn smut), caused by the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis, as a functional food;El huitlacoche (tizón del maíz), causado por el hongo fitopatógeno Ustilago maydis, como alimento funcional

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Juárez Montiel, Margarita ^a   Ruiloba de León, Sandra ^a   Chávez Camarillo, Griselda ^a   Hernández Rodríguez, César ^a   Villa Tanaca, Lourdes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corn smut; Functional food; Huitlacoche; Phytopathogenic fungus; Ustilago maydis

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ARABINOSE; ARACHIDIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GLUCAN; BIOSURFACTANT; CARBOHYDRATE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE I; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCINE; GLYCOLIPID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; KAEMPFEROL; LEUCINE; LINOLEIC ACID; LYSINE; MANNITOL; MANNOSE; METHIONINE; NUTRACEUTICAL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE; QUERCETIN; XYLOSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORN; CORN SMUT; DERIVATIZATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUITLACOCHE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHORT SURVEY; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

FUNGI; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 79955654084     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.01.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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