Fruit and edible plants lectins: A new possibilities of interaction of food science and biomedicine
The consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has been widely recommended mainly due to nutritional intake and biomolecules with antioxidant activity. However, lectins are an important group of non-immune origin proteins present in this food group, that have a significant biological and functional...
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-502015-09-30T10:10:52Z Fruit and edible plants lectins: A new possibilities of interaction of food science and biomedicine Lectinas en frutas y plantas comestibles: nuevas posibilidades de interacción entre la ciencia de los alimentos y la biomedicina Vázquez-Luna, Alma Díaz-Sobac, Rafael Rivadeneyra-Domínguez, Eduardo Fruits lectins functionality biomolecules biomedicina. lectinas funcionalidad biomoléculas biomedicina. The consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has been widely recommended mainly due to nutritional intake and biomolecules with antioxidant activity. However, lectins are an important group of non-immune origin proteins present in this food group, that have a significant biological and functional activity, based on the ability to bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrates present in the cell membrane. In plants, some types of lectins have shown activity acting as part of defense mechanisms against insects. In vitro, there are reports of cytotoxic activity and blocking the spread of cancer cells and immunemodulating activity and antiviral. In the present work together information from different studies that account for the functional significance of lectins and another factor of importance that the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables may have in the daily diet. El consumo de frutas frescas y plantas comestibles ha sido ampliamente recomendado principalmente debido al aporte nutricional y de biomoléculas con actividad antioxidante como los compuestos fenólicos y flavonoides. Sin embargo, las lectinas, también son un importante grupo de proteínas de origen no inmune, presentes en este grupo de alimentos y que desarrollan actividad biológico-funcional con potencial beneficio a la salud por su actividad antiviral, antibacteriana y antifúngica, así como de defensa contra insectos en las plantas. En experimentos in vitro se ha evidenciado la actividad citotóxica y bloqueadora de la propagación de células cancerígenas, así como actividad inmunomoduladora. En el presente trabajo se conjunta la información de diferentes investigaciones que dan cuenta de la importancia funcional de las lectinas vegetales, que le permiten ser consideradas como un factor más de importancia en el consumo de vegetales y frutas frescas en la dieta diaria. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2012-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/50 10.29059/cienciauat.v6i3.50 CienciaUAT; Vol. 6 No. 3: January-June 2012; 60-66 CienciaUAT; Vol. 6 No. 3: Enero-Junio 2012; 60-66 2007-7858 2007-7521 eng https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/50/40 |
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The consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has been widely recommended mainly due to nutritional intake and biomolecules with antioxidant activity. However, lectins are an important group of non-immune origin proteins present in this food group, that have a significant biological and functional activity, based on the ability to bind specifically and reversibly to carbohydrates present in the cell membrane. In plants, some types of lectins have shown activity acting as part of defense mechanisms against insects. In vitro, there are reports of cytotoxic activity and blocking the spread of cancer cells and immunemodulating activity and antiviral. In the present work together information from different studies that account for the functional significance of lectins and another factor of importance that the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables may have in the daily diet. |
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