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Méndez-Iturbide Daniel
Méndez-Iturbide Daniel
Food and Chemistry Laboratory, School of Nutrition and Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala.,
Av. Xicohtencatl No. 466, Barrio de San Nicolás, San Pablo del Monte 90920, Tlaxcala
Mexico
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Review Article
Biological Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Hawthorn Crataegus mexicana
Author(s): Banderas-Tarabay José Antonio, Cervantes-Rodríguez Margarita and Méndez-Iturbide DanielBanderas-Tarabay José Antonio, Cervantes-Rodríguez Margarita and Méndez-Iturbide Daniel
The traditional fruit in Mexico represent a great variety of species with nutritious properties and with a wide field of usage in traditional medicine. ?Tejocote? (hawthorn) is a fruit with medicinal properties since pre-hispanic times due to its high content of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, minerals, oligomeric procianidines, triterpenes, carotenes, flavonoids, polysaccharides and catecholamines. Some of these compounds are used to treat cardiovascular diseases, as well as immune diseases and respiratory problems such as colds and cough, neurological problems, eye disease, reproductive organs disease, and in the liver and kidneys, since ?tejocote? has citotoxic activity, gastro protective, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-microbian. The current review is focused on the botanical features, ethnobotanical and phytochemical of the ?tejocote? from the gender Crataegus mexicana, which is the v.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2153-0645.1000153