Functional Attributes and Anticancer Potentialities of Chico (Pachycereus Weberi) and Jiotilla (Escontria Chiotilla) Fruits Extract [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Mexico has a great diversity of cacti, however, many of their fruits have not been studied in greater depth. Several bioactive compounds available in cacti juices extract have demonstrated nutraceutical properties.
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Variation in chromosome number and breeding systems: implications for diversification in Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae) [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2018 Polyploidy, the possession of more than two sets of chromosomes, is a major biological process affecting plant evolution and diversification. In the Cactaceae, genome doubling has also been associated with reproductive isolation, changes in breeding ...
Carina Gutiérrez-Flores +3 more
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Evaluation of three methods for betanin quantification in fruits from cacti [PDF]
MethodsX, 2022 In México, production of cacti fruits has increased. These fruits have high concentration of betalains (pigments), and market has increased interest in food with natural ingredients.
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Una nueva especie de Pachycereus
Botanical Sciences, 1956 La nueva especie que aquí se describe crece en la zona del Istmo de Tehuantepec y es muy parecida al Pachycereus grandis Britt. et Rose, con el cual se ha confundido. El Sr.
Helia Bravo-H.
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Embriología de Pachycereus militaris (Audot) Hunt (Cactaceae)
Botanical Sciences, 2001 Este trabajo es una contribución al conocimiento de la embriología de las cactáceas y a la definición de sus estructuras reproductoras. Se describe el desarrollo de anteras, óvulos y semillas de Pachycereus militaris.
Citlali Núñez-Mariel +2 more
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Marine subsidies produce cactus forests on desert islands [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 In island systems, nitrogen-rich seabird guano is a marine subsidy that can shape terrestrial plant communities. In zones of nutrient upwelling such as the Gulf of California, copious seabird guano is commonplace on bird islands.
Benjamin T. Wilder +2 more
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Applications in Plant Sciences, 2014 Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed for the cardon, a giant columnar cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) of the Sonoran Desert, to investigate intraspecific genetic patterns of diversity and population structure.
Carina Gutiérrez Flores +3 more
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Nesting resource availability for cavity adopter birds in a tropical dry forest of Central Mexico
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2022 Nesting resources for cavity-adopter birds commonly have spatial aggregation patterns within tropical dry forests. Spatial aggregation occurs because large trees, carrying large cavities, are restricted within small semideciduous forest areas.
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×Pachebergia (Cactaceae), un notogénero del occidente de México
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2008 SE PROPONE UN NOTOGÉNERO NUEVO, —PACHEBERGIA (BACKEBERGIA — PACHYCEREUS), DEL OCCIDENTE DE MÉXICO. SE DESCRIBEN E ILUSTRAN LOS TALLOS Y LA MORFOLOGÍA DE LA SEMILLA DE ESTE TAXÓN POCO CONOCIDO DE LOS BOSQUES SUBHÚMEDOS Y DECIDUOS DE LA CUENCA DEL BALSAS,
TERESA TERRAZAS, SALVADOR ARIAS
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How Nectar-Feeding Bats Localize their Food: Echolocation Behavior of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Approaching Cactus Flowers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Nectar-feeding bats show morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations for feeding on nectar. How they find and localize flowers is still poorly understood.
Tania P Gonzalez-Terrazas +6 more
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