Rrera 1 , Judith Esmeralda Buprofezin Biological Activity Urias-Silvas 1 , Antonio Escobedo-Reyes 2 and Mirna Estarr -Espinosa 1, Centro
Rrera 1 , Judith Esmeralda Urias-Silvas 1 , Antonio Escobedo-Reyes two and Mirna Estarr -Espinosa 1, Centro de Investigaci y Asistencia en Tecnolog y Dise del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Unidad de Tecnolog Alimentaria, Camino Arenero 1227, El Baj , Zapopan 45019, Mexico; [email protected] (M.B.-B.); [email protected] (G.A.C.-H.); [email protected] (J.E.U.-S.) Centro de Investigaci y Asistencia en Tecnolog y Dise del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Unidad de Servicios Anal icos y Metrol icos, Av. Normalistas No. 800, Guadalajara 44270, Mexico; [email protected] Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +33-334-552-00 (ext. 1940)Citation: Berm ez-Baz , M.; Castillo-Herrera, G.A.; Urias-Silvas, J.E.; Escobedo-Reyes, A.; Estarr -Espinosa, M. Hunting Bio3-Hydroxybenzaldehyde MedChemExpress active Molecules from the Agave Genus: An Update on Extraction and Biological Prospective. Molecules 2021, 26, 6789. https://doi.org/10.3390/ molecules26226789 Academic Editors: Giuseppe Antonio Malfa, Rosaria Acquaviva and Maria Fernanda Taviano Received: 11 October 2021 Accepted: 5 November 2021 Published: 10 NovemberAbstract: Agaves are plants utilised within the production of alcoholic beverages and fibers. Ever considering the fact that ancient instances, pre-Hispanic cultures in Mexico have made use of them in regular medicine to remedy diverse ailments. More than the years, research from the active principles accountable for the therapeutic rewards of agaves have enhanced. Leaves and fibers will be the most important agro-wastes generated in tequila and mezcal production, when fibers are the key waste item in the textile sector. Distinctive investigations have referred for the agro-waste from agave processing as a source of bioactive molecules named secondary metabolites (SM). Amongst them, phenols, flavonoids, phytosterols, and saponins have been extracted, identified, and isolated from these plants. The role of those molecules in pest handle along with the prospect of metabolites using the biological prospective to develop novel drugs for chronic and acute illnesses represent new possibilities to add worth to these agro-wastes. This critique aims to update the biological activities and current applications with the secondary metabolites from the genus Agave. Keyword phrases: secondary metabolites; bioactive compounds; agave agro-wastes; biological activity1. Introduction The agaves are perennial plants that use Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), which makes it possible for their adaptation to arid climate ecosystems [1]. The Agave genus is the largest of nine subgenres on the Asparagaceae household, with 210 species, of which 119 are endemic in Mexico; therefore, it truly is deemed the center of diversity of those plants [2,3]. Geographically, it can be distributed within an region stretching from the southern United states of america to Ecuador [2]. The production of alcoholic beverages for instance tequila, mezcal, and bacanora represents one of the most conventional use of those plants [4]. Nonetheless, the high demand for these merchandise has led towards the production of distinct agro-wastes that contaminate with the potential of being dangerous for the environment. Involving 2015 and 2019, 1.434 billion liters of tequila have been developed, which developed an estimated five,168,200 tons of agave leaves in waste. When the mezcal industry reportedly produced 27,663,459 liters, no official data regarding agro-waste generation of this beverage exist [5]. Within the textile sector, getting fibers from Agave lechuguilla Torr. leaves is an important economic activity in this sector in Mexico. Within Mexico, the states of S.