In Mexico the consumption of flowers in feeding data from pre-Hispanic times, however this practice has been declining due to the lack of information about their properties. Recent studies have shown the presence of important bioactive molecules in wild and ornamental flowers, mainly compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which...
Mesquite gum is a highly branched polysaccharide that has demonstrated a great similarity with Arabic gum and even it has shown better functional properties than the latter. In this work it was found that mesquite gum is composed by three principal fractions with different molecular weights and chemical compositions, getting...
