Natural Bioactive Compounds of Sechium spp. for Therapeutic and Nutraceutical Supplements.

ABSTRACT: Natural products are in great demand because certain secondary metabolites (SMs) are sources of antioxidants, flavorings, active substances, or anticancer agents with less aggressiveness and selectivity, among which triterpenes and flavonoids are of importance because they inhibit carcinogenesis. For Sechium spp. P. Br. (chayotes), there is scientific evidence of antiproliferative activity that has occurred when cancer cell lines have been treated with this fruit. In order to compare future therapeutic designs and identify new and ancestral characteristics, triterpenes and flavonoids were determined in contrasting Sechium genotypes. The obtained data were analyzed via a cladistics approach, with the aim of identifying the characteristics and state of phytochemicals and

SUBMITTER: Iniguez-Luna MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231563 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature