Publications by authors named "Minerva Bautista Villarreal"
In Vitro Evaluation of Anti-Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Effects of Traditional Mexican Medicinal Plant Extracts on Human Erythrocytes and Cell Cultures.
Life (Basel)
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed methanolic extracts from fifteen ethnomedicinal plants in Mexico to explore their medicinal properties, focusing on biological activities including anti-hemolytic, antioxidant, and cytotoxic effects in normal cells.
- The extracts were tested for hemolytic activity on human red blood cells, their protective ability against certain radicals, and their toxicity in cell cultures of African green monkey kidney cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells using the MTT reduction method.
- Results indicated that most extracts had low hemolytic activity but significant anti-hemolytic and antioxidant effects, with select extracts promoting cell proliferation, suggesting that these traditional plants have beneficial health properties worthy of further research.
Protein Concentrates on Tepary Bean ( Gray) as a Functional Ingredient: Docking of Tepary Bean Lectin to Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma.
Front Nutr
May 2021
The tepary bean ( Gray) is a US-Mexico frontier native crop, produces high yields in agriculture, and needs to be reconsidered because of its nutritional and functional properties. This study aimed to determine the technological and nutritional properties of flours and protein concentrates of tepary bean, besides determining an agonist effect of tepary bean lectin to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ). We evaluated the technological properties of raw samples (tepary flour and tepary protein concentrate) and cooked samples (tepary flour and tepary protein concentrate).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, a flour from corn cob (central core of the maize ear, stage R4) was obtained through three treatments. The three flours obtained were characterized by bromatological analysis, yield, and granulometry. Additional dressing-type oil in water (O/W) emulsions were developed, varying the formulation by incorporating distinct amounts of corn cob flour.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFseed, was processed to produce a defatted flour (71.07 ± 2.10% yield) without hydrocyanic acid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEgg yolk is used as an emulsifying agent. Nevertheless, its high concentration of cholesterol is linked to chronic degenerative diseases that cause cardiovascular disease. In this study, three methods for reducing the level of cholesterol in egg yolks were studied.
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