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    • Fredes, Carolina; Yousef, Gad G.; Robert Canales, Paz; Grace, Mary H.; Lila, Mary Ann; Gómez, Miguel; Gebauer, Marlene; Montenegro, Gloria (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2014)
      BACKGROUND: Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) is a Chilean species which produces small berries that are collected from the wild. Anthocyanins, because of their health benefits, are the major focus of interest in maqui fruit. ...
    • Velásquez, Patricia; Montenegro, Gloria; Leyton, Felipe; Ascar Estay, María Loreto; Ramírez, Oney; Giordano, Ady (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      Monofloral Ulmo honey is a very appreciated product in the international market but more information is needed in order to support their health properties. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents, antioxidant capacity and ...
    • Fredes, Carolina; Montenegro, Gloria; Zoffoli, Juan Pablo; Santander, Francisca; Robert Canales, Paz (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal, 2014)
      In the last 10 years, interest in research on polyphenol-rich fruit species has increased due to the potential health benefits of these species, mainly attributed to their high anthocyanin content and antioxidant activity. ...
    • Muñoz Muñoz, Orlando; Copaja, Silvia; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Peña, Raúl C.; Montenegro, Gloria (Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica, 2007)
      A comparison of the phenolic content of several Chilean honeys showed great variations in flavonoid concentration among the samples analysed. Higher amounts of phenolics are found in honey from dry climates. The antioxidant ...
    • Ginocchio, Rosanna; Hepp, Josefina; Bustamante, Elena; Silva, Yasna; De la Fuente, Luz María; Cásale, Jean Francois; De La Harpe, Jean Paul; Urrestarazu, Paola; Anic, Vinka; Montenegro, Gloria (Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2008)
      Porphyry Cu-Mo deposits have influenced surface water quality in high-Andes of north-central Chile since the Miocene. Water anomalies may reduce species abundance and diversity in alpine meadows as acidic and metalrich ...
    • Muñoz Muñoz, Orlando; Peña, Raúl C.; Montenegro, Gloria (2001)
      Monomelittoside, melittoside, 8-acetyl-harpagide, har-pagide, ajugol, 5-desoxy-harpagide, 5-desoxy-8-acetyl-harpagide and catalpol were isolated from the aerial parts of S. grandidentata. © 2001, Verlag der Zeitschrift für ...
    • Mejias, Enrique; Gómez, Carlos; Garrido, Tatiana; Godoy, Paulina; Gómez, Miguel; Montenegro, Gloria (Springer Netherlands, 2019)
      © 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Honeys in Chile are produced from native and endemic plant species that, due to phenolic compounds, present beneficial biological attributes. However, certain undesirable pollutants can exist ...
    • Muñoz Muñoz, Orlando; Peña, Raúl C.; Ureta, Enrique; Montenegro, Gloria; Caldwell, Colby; Timmermann, Barbara N. (Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung, 2001)
      Pinocembrin, acacetin, galanguin, izalpin, kaempferide, prenyletin and diarytheptane were isolated from propolis from Central Chile.
    • Fredes, Carolina; Montenegro, Gloria; Zoffoli, Juan Pablo; Gómez, Miguel; Robert Canales, Paz (Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA, 2012)
      Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis [Molina] Stuntz, Elaeocarpaceae) is a Chilean native species which produces small berries that are mainly collected from the wild. The health benefts of maqui fruit are attributed to their high ...
    • Muñoz Muñoz, Orlando; Peña, Raúl C.; Ureta, Enrique; Montenegro, Gloria; Timmermann, Barbara N. (Verlag der Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung, 2001)
      Viscidone (0.5%), vanillin, 3′,4′-(methylendioxy)acetophenone, 3-ethoxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde, cinnamic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymethyl ester were isolated from propolis of hives from Cuncumen. This is the first report on ...
    • Giordano, Ady; Retamal, Mauricio; Fuentes, Edwar; Ascar, Loreto; Velásquez, Patricia; Rodríguez, Karina; Montenegro, Gloria (Springer New York LLC, 2019)
      Antioxidant compounds have the ability to trap free radicals; in honey, this capacity is related to the botanical origin of the sample, and therefore, there has been a growing interest in verifying the floral origin of ...
    • Squeo, Francisco A.; Estades Marfán, Cristián; Bahamonde, Nibaldo; Cavieres, Lohengrin A.; Rojas, Gloria; Benoit, Iván; Parada, Esperanza; Fuentes, Alberto; Avilés, Reinaldo; Palma, Antonio; Solís Muñoz, Rigoberto; Guerrero, Sofía; Montenegro, Gloria; Torres Mura, Juan (Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2010)
      Since 1985, the Chilean government with the participation and support of different specialists in plant and animal conservation, started the publication of checklists (i.e. red books) of plant (1985) and animal species ...