Actividad biológica y composición química de especies del género Litsea en Mesoamerica: Una Revisión

S. Cruz; A. Cáceres

doi:10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v21i2.135

Authors

S. Cruz Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales (LIPRONAT), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
A. Cáceres Laboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales (LIPRONAT), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v21i2.135

Keywords:

Naturals extracts, extraction methods, biological activity, phytotherapy, pesticides, Litsea

Abstract

The present work is a compilation about biological activity of natural extracts with potential medicinal or agrobusiness, the species of Litsea genus could be one promissory resource as new drugs in medicine to solve
health problems and as biocontrol agents in agricultural diseases.

Plants and their derivatives have shown diverse and important biological and medical activities such as antitumor, antiviral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and in phytosanilary control, such as insecticide, antifeedant, pesticide and repellent among others. The development of natural products involves the selection of the species using ethnobotanieal criteria or bioprospecting, methods of extraction, chemical study for the isolation and structural elucidation of the molecules responsible for the activity- and biological test conducted by testing in vitro, in vivo, toxicology and clinical. Also growing demand is evident in the use of natural products in which its development is determined by socio-economic indicators, trends in environmental protection and improvement of quality of life through integrative medicine.

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