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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2015

Micropropagation of Agave salmiana: Means to Production of Antioxidant and Bioactive Principles.

César A Puente-Garza, Antonia Gutiérrez-Mora, Silverio García-Lara

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

César A Puente-GarzaPlant-Food Molecular Breeding Unit, Escuela de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico.
Antonia Gutiérrez-MoraUnidad de Biotecnología Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco Guadalajara, Mexico.
Silverio García-LaraPlant-Food Molecular Breeding Unit, Escuela de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico.
Tecnológico de Monterrey · MXSecretaría de Salud de Jalisco · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maguey, Agave salmiana, is an important plant for the "pulque" beverage and functional food industries; however, it has several constraints for elite and homogeneous plant production. In this study, a micropropagation process was established to generate in vitro plants. The effect of the method on metabolite content and antioxidant (AOX) activity in regenerated plants was evaluated. Young germinated plantlets were micropropagated from axillary shoots using Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with L2 vitamins, 0.04 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 10 mg/L 6-benzylaminopurine. Total soluble sugars from the aqueous fraction and total phenolic acids, total saponins, and AOX activity of the methanol fraction were determined in wild-type (WT) plants, in in vitro (IN) plants, and ex vitro acclimated plants (EN). The results showed that IN plants have a 50% lower soluble sugar content compared to WT, and EN. The total phenolic acids content was at least 30% higher in micropropagated (IN) and regenerated (EN) plants compared to WT. The total saponin content in IN, and EN plants was 36 and 25 times higher compared to WT. The AOX capacity of IN plants was on average three times higher compared to other treatments. However, no correlation was found between the AOX activity and total phenolic acids or total saponins. A negative and significant correlation (r = -0.927; p = 0.003) was found between the AOX activity and the total soluble sugars content. Micropropagated plants of A. salmiana have a different phytochemical content and bioactivity after the in vitro process compared to WT plants. The micropropagation process could be used as a platform for phytochemical enhancement of Agave plants.

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Agave salmianaantioxidant activityaxillary shootsmicropropagationnutraceutic

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PMID26635850
PMCPMC4655248
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