Myrtillocactus (cactaceae): botanical, agronomic, physicochemical and chemical characteristics of fruits

David Hernández-López; Fabrice Vaillant; Rosalia Reynoso-Camacho; Salvador-Horacio Guzman-Maldonado

doi:10.1051/fruits:2008042

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Volume 63 / No 5 (September-October 2008)

Fruits, 63 5 (2008) 269-276

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Issue		Fruits Volume 63, Number 5, September-October 2008


Page(s)		269 - 276
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2008042
Published online		22 October 2008

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Maiti R.K., Díaz Silva A., Peyron Gabriela P., García Guzman J., Cuervo Parra J.A., Sanchez Arreola E., Wesche Ebeling P., Miranda Pacheco P.G., Variability in seed viability of seven species of Cactaceae reserve biosphere of Tehuacan Cuitlan, Mexico, Crop Res. Hisar 23 (2002) 546–548. [Google Scholar]
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Garcia Barrera F.A., Reynoso C.R., Gonzales de Mejia E.G., Stability of betalains extracted from garambullo (Myrtillocactus geometrizans), Food Sci. Technol. Int. 4 (1998) 115–120. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
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Reynoso C.R., Giner T.V., Gonzalez de Mejía E., Safety of a filtrate of fermented garambullo fruit: biotransformation and toxicity studies, Food Chem. Toxicol. 37 (1999) 825–830. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

[1] Console M., Myrtillocactus, Nuevo genere di Caccataceae, Boll. R. Orto Bot. Giard. Colon. Palermo, 1897, 1. [Google Scholar]

[2] Britton N.L., Rose J.L., Myrtillocactus eichlamii sp., The Cactaceae 2 (1920) 180–181. [Google Scholar]

[3] Britton N.L., Rose J.L., Myrtillocactus eichlamii sp., U. S. Herb. 12 (1909) 427. [Google Scholar]

[4] Rivera-Aguilar V., Godinez-Alvarez H., Manuell-Cacheux I., Rodriguez-Zaragoza S., Physical effects of biological soil crusts on seed germination of two desert plants under laboratory conditions, J. Arid Environ. 63 (2005) 344–352. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[5] Perez-Gonzáles S., Estudio etnobotánico, ecológico y de usos potenciales del garambullo (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) como base para su domesticación y cultivo, Cuad. Trab. Sist. Investig. Miguel Hidalgo, Queretaro, Mexico, 1999, 35 p. [Google Scholar]

[6] Céspedes C.L., Salazar J.R., Martínez M., Aranda E., Insect growth regulatory effects of some extracts and sterols from Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Cactaceae) against Spedoptera frugiperda and Tenebrio monitor, Phytochem. 66 (2005) 2481–2493. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[7] Cid R., Palomino G., Cytotypes and meiotic behavior in Mexican population of Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. geometrizans, Cytolog. 61 (1996) 343–348. [Google Scholar]

[8] Arias S., Gamma S., Guzman L., Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, Inst. Biol., Fasc. 14, UNAM, D.F., México, 1997, 23 p. [Google Scholar]

[9] Flores F.J.L., Yeaton R.I., The replacement of arborescent cactus species along a climatic gradient in the southern Chihuahuan Desert: competitive hierarchies and response to freezing temperatures, J. Arid Environ. 55 (2003) 583–594. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[10] El-Obeidy A.A., Introducing and growing some fruiting columnar cacti in a new arid environment, J. Fruit Ornam. Plant Res. 12 (2004) 127–136 [Google Scholar]

[11] Malda G., Jimenez J., Commercial production of endangered cacti in arid zones, Gen. Tech. Rep. Rocky Mt. For. Range Exp. Stn., USDA For. Serv., Fort Collins, CO, USA, 1987, 78–81. [Google Scholar]

[12] Reyes Santiago J., Castro Gonzales R., Mera Banda S., Brachet Ize C., A note on the establishment of a rural nursery for cacti and succulent production in the Valley del Mezquital, Hidalgo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 48 (2003) 118–126. [Google Scholar]

[13] Maiti R.K., Díaz Silva A., Peyron Gabriela P., García Guzman J., Cuervo Parra J.A., Sanchez Arreola E., Wesche Ebeling P., Miranda Pacheco P.G., Variability in seed viability of seven species of Cactaceae reserve biosphere of Tehuacan Cuitlan, Mexico, Crop Res. Hisar 23 (2002) 546–548. [Google Scholar]

[14] Gonzales Juarez J.L., Morales J.E., Lechuga Corchado J.A., Cruz Sosa F., In vitro reproduction of Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Martius) Console, Cact. Suc. Mex. 51 (2006) 36–45. [Google Scholar]

[15] Medina-Torres L., Brito-De La Fuente E., Torrestiana-Sanchez B., Katthain R., Rheological properties of the mucilage gum (Opuntia ficus indica), Food Hydrocoll. 14 (2000) 417–424. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[16] Esquivel P., The fruits of the Cactaceae and potential as new materials, Agron. Mesoam. 15 (2004) 215–219. [Google Scholar]

[17] Reynoso R., Garcia F.A., Morales D., Gonzalez de Mejia E., Stability of betalain pigments from a cactacea fruit, J. Agric. Food Chem. 45 (1997) 2884–2889. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[18] Tesoriere L., Butera D., Pintaudi A.M., Allegra M., Livera M.A., Supplementation with cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) fruit decreases oxidative stress in healthy humans: a comparative study with vitamin C, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 80 (2004) 391–395. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

[19] Butera D., Tesoriere L., Di Gaudio F., Bongiorno A., Allegra M., Pintaudi A.M., Kohen R., Livera M.A., Antioxidant activities of Sicilian prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica) fruit extracts and reducing properties of its betalains: betanin and indicaxanthin, J. Agric. Food Chem. 50 (2002) 6895–6901. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

[20] Vaillant F., Perez A., Davila I., Dornier R.M., Colorant and antioxidant properties of red Pitahaya, Fruits 60 (1) (2005) 1–7. [Google Scholar]

[21] Kanner J., Harel S., Graint R., Betalains - A new class of dietary cationized antioxidants, J. Agric. Food Chem. 49 (2001) 5178–5185. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

[22] Piatelli M., Minale L., Pigments of centrospermae II. Distribution of betacyanins, Phytochem. 3 (1964) 547–557. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[23] Garcia Barrera F.A., Reynoso C.R., Gonzales de Mejia E.G., Stability of betalains extracted from garambullo (Myrtillocactus geometrizans), Food Sci. Technol. Int. 4 (1998) 115–120. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[24] Granados Sanchez D., Hernandez H.J., The gathering system in a community of the valley of the Mezquital, Hidaldo, Rev. Chapingo Ser. Cienc. For. Ambiente 1 (1995) 109–115. [Google Scholar]

[25] Reynoso C.R., Giner T.V., Gonzalez de Mejía E., Safety of a filtrate of fermented garambullo fruit: biotransformation and toxicity studies, Food Chem. Toxicol. 37 (1999) 825–830. [CrossRef] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]