Results: 4

Agave mapisaga aqueous extract shows in vitro and in vivo activity on murine prostate cancer cells

Plants are a source of multiple antineoplastic treatments. However, the effect of many species used in traditional medicine has yet to be demonstrated. In this work, the taxonomic identification of Agave mapisaga was made and a high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectromet...

Efecto del endospermo de semilla de tara y polvo de hojas de Agave americana en el peso corporal y velocidad de tránsito intestinal en ratas

RESUMEN Objetivos. Evaluar el efecto del endospermo de semilla de tara (EST) y polvo de hojas del Agave americana (HAA) sobre el peso corporal y velocidad de tránsito intestinal en ratas Holtzman. Materiales y métodos Veinticinco ratas machos Holtzman distribuidas en cinco grupos y alojadas en jaul...

Effect of plant growth-promoting bacteria on the growth and fructan production of Agave americana L

Braz. j. microbiol; 47 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT The effect of plant growth-promoting bacteria inoculation on plant growth and the sugar content in Agave americana was assessed. The bacterial strains ACO-34A, ACO-40, and ACO-140, isolated from the A. americana rhizosphere, were selected for this study to evaluate their phenotypic and genotypic...

A quantitative PCR approach for determining the ribosomal DNA copy number in the genome of Agave tequila Weber

Electron. j. biotechnol; 19 (4), 2016
Background: Agave tequilana has a great economic importance in Mexico in order to produce alcoholic beverages and bioenergy. However, in this species the structure and organization of the rDNAs in the genome are limited, and it represents an obstacle both in their genetic research and improvement as well...