Antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-hyperglycemic, and antimicrobial activity of aqueous extracts from twelve native plants of the Yucatan coast.

Antioxidant, antihypertensive, anti-hyperglycemic, and antimicrobial activity of aqueous extracts from twelve native plants of the Yucatan coast.

Looking for a biotechnical potential, aqueous extracts of leaves of 12 native species used in the Mayan traditional medicine of the coastal dune and mangrove of Yucatan (Mexico) were selected to evaluate their biological activities. Rhizophora mangle and Manilkara zapota showed the highest free radi...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Mónica Rodríguez-García, Jorge Carlos Ruiz-Ruiz, Leticia Peraza-Echeverría, Sergio Rubén Peraza-Sánchez, Luis Wiliunfo Torres-Tapia, Daisy Pérez-Brito, Raúl Tapia-Tussell, Francisco Gilberto Herrera-Chalé, Maira Rubí Segura-Campos, Andrés Quijano-Ramayo, Jesús Manuel Ramón-Sierra, Elizabeth Ortiz-Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213493

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