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ReviewPlant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2024

Selected Mesoamerican Crops - Anti-Obesity Potential and Health Promotion. A Review.

Talía Hernández-Pérez, Octavio Paredes-López

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Review in Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Antiobesity Potential of Selected Latin American Edible Plants: A Review.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Talía Hernández-PérezCentro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Irapuato, Guanajuato, 36824, México.
Octavio Paredes-LópezCentro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Instituto Politécnico Nacional), Irapuato, Guanajuato, 36824, México. octavio.paredes@cinvestav.mx.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesoamerica is the center of origin of a great number of food crops that nowadays are part of a healthy diet. Pre-Columbian civilizations utilized more than 90% of these foods as ingredient or in main dishes, as well as for remedies and religious ceremonies. Since several years ago, Mesoamerican foods have been recognized by their outstanding concentration of bioactive compounds, including, phenolic compounds, pigments, essential fatty acids, amino acids, peptides, carbohydrates and vitamins, which provide a great number of health benefits. As a result of their unique composition, these ancient crops have several positive effects, such as hypoglycemic, antioxidant, anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory, anti-ageing, neuroprotective, anti-diarrheal, and anti-hypercholesterolemic capacity. Hence, this review is focused mainly in the anti-obesity and antioxidant potential of some of the most cultivated, harvested, as well as commercialized and consumed, food crops native of Mesoamerica, like, nopal and its fruit (Opuntia ficus indica spp.), chia (Salvia hispanica L.), pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) and cacao (Theobroma cacao).

Indexed as

AntioxidantsCrops, AgriculturalHealth PromotionObesityAnti-Obesity AgentsCocaCucurbitaFruitHumansAnti-Obesity AgentsAntioxidantsChiaCocoaHealthNopalNutraceuticalsOxidative stressPumpkin

Identifiers

PMID39105985
PMCPMC11410843

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