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Functional Attributes and Anticancer Potentialities of Chico (Pachycereus Weberi) and Jiotilla (Escontria Chiotilla) Fruits Extract

Article2020

Sandate-Flores L., Romero-Esquivel E., Rodríguez-Rodríguez J., Rostro-Alanis M., Melchor-Martínez E. M., Castillo-Zacarías C., Reyna Ontiveros P., Morales Celaya M. F., Chen W. N., Iqbal H. M. N., Parra-Saldívar R., Functional Attributes and Anticancer Potentialities of Chico (Pachycereus Weberi) and Jiotilla (Escontria Chiotilla) Fruits Extract, Plants, 2020, 9(11):1623, doi: 10.3390/plants9111623

The study compares fruit composition, pigments and chemical assay activity in Pachycereus weberi and Escontria chiotilla. Clarified juices were also evaluated in cultures of four cancer cell lines and NIH/3T3 fibroblasts. Results concern single fruit batches and specified culture conditions, and some units in the text are inconsistent with the tables.

Biotechnology and applicationsEscontriaPachycereus

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