TY - JOUR
T1 - La murta (Ugni molinae) y sus propiedades benéficas para la salud
T2 - Una revisión
AU - Espinoza-Tellez, Teófilo
AU - Bastías-Montes, José Miguel
AU - Quevedo-León, Roberto
AU - Valencia-Aguilar, Emir
AU - Díaz-Carrasco, Oscar
AU - Solano-Cornejo, Miguel Ángel
AU - Mesa-Mesina, Francisco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria Corpoica. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Currently there is a great demand for food products containing functional properties and/or bioactive compounds. One of the fruits that has been widely studied is the murta (Ugni molinae), which appears to contain various beneficial health properties. This review compiles scientific information on the functional and beneficial properties of murta for human health, such as the main components associated with anti-inflammatory activity, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, nutritional composition, other uses of murta, economic aspects, and current and future challenges of murta, all based on updated scientific work.
AB - Currently there is a great demand for food products containing functional properties and/or bioactive compounds. One of the fruits that has been widely studied is the murta (Ugni molinae), which appears to contain various beneficial health properties. This review compiles scientific information on the functional and beneficial properties of murta for human health, such as the main components associated with anti-inflammatory activity, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, nutritional composition, other uses of murta, economic aspects, and current and future challenges of murta, all based on updated scientific work.
KW - Anti-inflammatory
KW - Antibacterial
KW - Antioxidants
KW - Flavonoids
KW - Functional food
KW - Murta
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104619112&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17268/SCI.AGROPECU.2021.14
DO - 10.17268/SCI.AGROPECU.2021.14
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:85104619112
SN - 2077-9917
VL - 12
SP - 121
EP - 131
JO - Scientia Agropecuaria
JF - Scientia Agropecuaria
IS - 1
ER -