Agave (agave spp.) and its traditional products as a source of bioactive compounds

Current Bioactive Compounds

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-231

  Santos Zea, Liliana ^a   Leal Díaz, Ana María ^a   Cortés Ceballos, Enrique ^a   Gutiérrez Uribe, Janet Alejandra ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave; Fructooligosaccharides; Nutraceutical; Polyphenols; Saponins

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; AGUAMIEL; ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GALLIC ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HIGH FRUCTOSE AGAVE SYRUP; INULIN; IRON; MINERAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOZOCIN; SUCROSE; THIAMINE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC;

AGAVE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEVERAGE; BRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FATTY LIVER; FERMENTATION; FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULQUE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84867003887     PISSN: 15734072     EISSN: 18756646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340712802762410     Document Type: Article

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