In vitro culture of Luma chequen from vegetative buds

Mancilla, Héctor; Quiroz, Karla; Arencibia, Ariel D.; Carrasco, Basilio; García-Gonzáles, Rolando

doi:10.4067/s0718-16202013000300013

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“…Gray ('chequén', 'arrayán blanco', 'huillipeta') is a shrub or small tree that belongs to the Myrtaceae family ( Fig. 1) that produces a small edible berry similar in size to arrayán and murta 13,14 and grows preferentially in damp terrains along river banks and lakes from Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) to Llanquihue (Los Lagos Region) 29 albeit at a slow growth. 30 The shrub can be seen from afar for the red color of its trunk, a characteristic that clearly distinguishes it from other myrtaceae plants.…”

Section: Botanical and Habitat Descriptionmentioning

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Antioxidant, functional properties and health‐promoting potential of native South American berries: a review

2020

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Nowadays berries are globally recognized to be among the healthiest foods because they contain diverse and abundant bioactive compounds. Among these are phenolic acids, flavonoids, and anthocyanins, which are known to have beneficial health effects. South America, particularly southern Chile, is covered by a diversity of insufficiently studied and underexploited native berry species. In this review we summarize all the available literature on the phenolic composition, antioxidant activity, bioaccessibility, and biological activity of five native South American berries: calafate, maqui, murta, arrayán, and chequén. The potential of these native berries for promoting human health and as source of bioactive substances is remarkable. Bioactive compounds, mainly anthocyanins, and in less abundance flavonoids and phenolic acids, show strong antioxidant effects. Some of these constituents are bioaccessible and bioavailable, and exert anticancer, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory activities as well as inhibitory effects against enzymes involved in metabolic syndromes. Given the potential of native South American berries to promote health, more work is still needed to understand fully the potential beneficial effects of the consumption of these berries on human health.

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Section: Botanical and Habitat Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%