Persea americana seeds have been used in traditional medicine as treatment for several diseases. The use of vegetal extracts requires toxicological and genotoxic evaluations to establish and verify safety before being added to human cosmetic, pharmaceutical medicine, or alimentary products. Characterization, quantification and quality assessment of avocado persea americana mill. However, successful avocado commercialization is often reduced by large postharvest losses due. The wild progenitor of cultivated avocado is a polymorphic tree species that is comprised of 3 botanical races. Watson2 introduction the large, lustrous dark green evergreen leaves and lowbranching, open canopy of avocado makes it a wonderful shade tree but it is most often grown for the abundant production of its wellknown, delicious, buttery fruits fig. Anticonvulsant effect of persea americana mill lauraceae. Persea is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, lauraceae. At present, the demand for avocado is growing rapidly due to its high nutritional value and reported health benefits.
It is a tropical tree native to mexico, central america and south america but it is now grown worldwide adodo, 1995. Persea americana is high in antioxidants, vitamins e. This study examined the anticonvulsant effect of the plants leaf aqueous extract pae, 50800 mg. Pdf this chapter discusses the botany and history, importance, breeding and genetics, molecular genetics, micropropagation, micrografting. Avocado is cultivated in all tropical and subtropical regions in the world for its. Persea americana mill, commonly known as avocado pear, is an evergreen tree belonging to the family lauraceae.
In this study, a proofofconcept is demonstrated by the successful. Research article acute toxicity and genotoxic activity of. Various morphological parts of persea americana mill lauraceae avocado are widely used in african traditional medicines for the treatment, management andor control of a variety of human ailments, including childhood convulsions and epilepsy. Anticonvulsant effect of persea americana mill lauraceae avocado leaf aqueous extract in mice. Much of this demand is centred on only a few cultivated varieties despite there being vast genetic diversity in the species. Avocado its fruit and oil shruti sunil ranade and padma thiagarajan school of biosciences and technology, vit.
Nutritional and antinutritional compositions of processed. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Avocado its fruit and oil article pdf available in international journal of pharmtech research 86. Avocado persea americana mill is the only one commercial. Pdf classification of hass avocado persea americana mill in. Avocado fruit persea americana mill plays an important role in human nutrition due to its nutritional properties such as oleic, palmitic, linoleic and palmitoleic acids, a trace amount of stearic acid, vitamins a, b, c, e, k, and high fiber content. Pdf evaluation of the chemical composition of persea. Pdf transcriptomic analysis of avocado hass persea americana mill in the interaction system fruitchitosancolletotrichum luis xoca academia.
Fatty acid content of avocados persea americana mill. It is recommended for anemia, exhaustion, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, gastritis, and gastroduodenal ulcer. Genomewide snp discovery and genomic characterization in. Persea americana, or commonly known as avocado, is an incredible fruit that consist on many. The use of noninvasive and lowcost methodologies allows the monitoring of fruit ripening and quality control, without affecting the product under study. In 2012, the hass avocado covered 9,000 ha, distributed in the provinces of antioquia, tolima, cauca, quindio, caldas, valle del cauca and santander.
Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in wild. Antihypertension, glycosylated abscisic acid, lauraceae, persea americana. Dataset gbif backbone taxonomy rank species published in gard. The phytochemical and pharmacological profile of persea. Avocado with the scientific name of persea americana p. Theseedswerewashed,cutinto small pieces, and dried in an oven. Cultivo del aguacate propiedades medicinales del aguacate. Hypolipidemic effect of avocado persea americana mill. The avocado persea americana, a tree likely originating from southcentral mexico, is classified as a member of the flowering plant family lauraceae. Avocado is a very variable species and taxonomically poorly understood. Persea americana mill the avocado belongs to the laurel family lauraceae, which includes many aromatic trees and shrubs.
In african traditional medicine, persea americana has been used in various human ailments including childhood convulsions and epilepsy. In this work, the ethanolic seed extract of persea americana. The common name comes from the nahuatl a mexican language word ahuacatl, meaning testicle, and refers to the shape of the fruits, an association which led to their being considered a fertility food. Antibacterial activity of avocado extracts persea americana mill. Research article acute toxicity and genotoxic activity of avocado seed extract persea americana mill. Hypoglycemic activity of aqueous leaf extract of persea. Persea americana mill lauraceae is a tree plant also called avocado or alligator pear. Lauraceae originated in central and southern of south america, is a shiny evergreen tree, known as avocado.
Jayeni chathurika amarathunga hiti bandaralage, alice hayward, neena mitter queensland alliance for agriculture and food innovation, the university of queensland, brisbane, australia abstract avocado is a high demand, high value tropical fruit recognised for its nutritional value. Their in vitro influence was investigated on proliferation, differentiation, cell viability, and gene expression on hacat and normal human epidermal keratinocytes nhek. The first aim of the present work study 1 was to analyze ethyl acetate, 70% acetone, and 70% methanol extracts of the peel, pulp, and seed from two avocado persea americana mill. Histopathologic effect of persea americana aqueous. Microsatellite markers in avocado persea americana mill. Using large nurse seeds is beneficial, as they contain higher. The chemical composition of persea americana pulp and seed was investigated. Adesina jm, jose ar, rajashekar y, ileke kd abstract the prevalence of mosquitoborne diseases is one of the worlds most important health problems. Pdf avocado, also known as the alligator pear is a tropical fruit that has originated from america. Persea americana powder was macerated with ethanol 70% for 48 h and the extract was concentrated to get a semisolid extract using a rotary evaporator. In a subset of 15 cultivars, heterozygosity averaged 63.
However, advances in molecular research are hindered by the lack of a highthroughput transient transformation system in this nonmodel plant. The fruit of the plant, also called an avocado or avocado pear or alligator pear, is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and mediterranean. Health benefits and pharmacology of persea americana mill. Potential herbal larvicide control measure against anopheles gambiae giles, 1902 diptera. Avocadoits fruit and oil, authorshruti sunil ranade and padma thiagarajan, year2015 shruti sunil ranade, padma thiagarajan published 2015 avocado, also known as the alligator pear is. Twentyfive microsatellite markers uniquely differentiated 35 avocado cultivars and two wild relatives. A study showed that avocado leaf aqueous extract pae produces anticonvulsant effect by. Twentyfive rats were divided into 5 treatment groups. Persea americana avocado is widely grown in parts of southeastern nigeria and used as a. Persea americana mill pulp microstructure, p lant foods for human nutrition, vol. It has been grown in the neotropics since ancient times and it seems that the domestication of this tree in mesoamerica started before other annual crops.
Avocado persea americana is one of the most important crops in mexico as it is the main producer, consumer, and exporter of avocado fruit in the world. Chittiboyina 1, dilu chen 5, jianping zhao 1, bharathi avula 1, yanhong wang 1 and ikhlas a. Lauraceae is an important subtropical crop in the americas where it has been cultivated for several thousand years. Edible and nonedible parts of the fruits pulp and seeds were compared considering their possible role in improving the sustainability of the food and pharmaceutical. The bestknown member of the genus is the avocado, p. The research method is the pre and post control group design.
International journal of pharmtech research coden usa. Ecophysiology of the avocado persea americana mill. Phylogenetic and expression analysis of the npr1like gene. Pdf transcriptomic analysis of avocado hass persea. The avocado, unflatteringly known in the past as alligator pear, midshipmans butter, vegetable butter, or sometimes as butter pear, and called by spanishspeaking people aguacate, cura, cupandra, or palta. It is chiefly grown in temperate regions and sparsely grown in tropical regions of the world. Group i negative control were treated aquadest, group ii positive control were treated glibenclamide 0.
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