What is it about?
Agave atrovirens is used for Pulque manufacturers. In this work we show that extracts from this plant show a high antioxidant content, that could be useful for further technical development. The extracts have been characterized using non targeted metabolomic analyses
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Why is it important?
Pulque is an ancient beverage derived from azteca civilization. In ethnic medicine, has been attributed to some health-related properties, mainly related to gastrointestinal physiology. Here we show that a common extract of the plant used for pulque obtention exhibit antioxidant properties, that are related to a very complex composition.
Perspectives
In our view, sustaining potential health properties of a given extract, needs the scientific evidence behind. In an attempt to help this characterization, several techniques, ranging from antioxidant characterization up to mass-spectrometry aided chemometry can be used. This may help to isolating or characterizating the bioactive compounds behind specific physiological properties, and helps to valorizate traditional products.
Manuel Portero-Otin
IRBLleida Universitat de Lleida
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This page is a summary of: Characterization of antioxidant properties and metabolite profile of Agave atrovirens extracts, September 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
DOI: 10.1101/184226.
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