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Antioxidants in Traditional Mexican Medicine and Their Applications as Antitumor Treatments.
Soto, Karen M; Pérez Bueno, José de Jesús; Mendoza López, Maria Luisa; Apátiga-Castro, Miguel; López-Romero, José M; Mendoza, Sandra; Manzano-Ramírez, Alejandro.
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  • Soto KM; Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
  • Pérez Bueno JJ; Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, S.C., Parque Tecnológico, Querétaro-Sanfandila, Pedro Escobedo, Santiago de Querétaro 76703, Mexico.
  • Mendoza López ML; Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro, Av. Tecnológico s/n, Esq. Mariano, Escobedo Colonia Centro, Santiago de Querétaro 76000, Mexico.
  • Apátiga-Castro M; Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 1-1010, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
  • López-Romero JM; Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
  • Mendoza S; Research and Graduate Program in Food Science, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico.
  • Manzano-Ramírez A; Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N., Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel) ; 16(4)2023 Mar 23.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37111239
Traditional medicine in Latin America and mainly in Mexico represents an essential alternative for treating different diseases. The use of plants as medicine is the product of a rich cultural tradition of the indigenous peoples, in which a great variety of species are used for the treatment of gastrointestinal, respiratory, and mental diseases and some other sicknesses; the therapeutic efficacy that they possess is due to the properties that derive from the active ingredients of plants principally antioxidants, such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, terpenes, and tannins. An antioxidant is a substance that, at low concentrations, delays or prevents substrate oxidation through the exchange of electrons. Different methods are used to determine the antioxidant activity and the most commonly used are described in the review. Cancer is a disease in which some cells multiply uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body, a process known as metastasis. These cells can lead to the formation of tumors, which are lumps of tissue that can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). Generally, the treatment of this disease consists of surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy, which have side effects that decrease the quality of life of patients, so new treatments, focusing on natural resources such as plants, can be developed. This review aims to gather scientific evidence on the antioxidant compounds present in plants used in traditional Mexican medicine, specifically as antitumor treatment in the most common cancer types worldwide (e.g., breast, liver, and colorectal cancer).
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Aspecto: Patient_preference País/Región como asunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Pharmaceuticals (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Aspecto: Patient_preference País/Región como asunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Pharmaceuticals (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Suiza