Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Is a tree that was domesticated in pre-Hispanic times in Mesoamerica. Its fruit rich in oils is highly valued for its nutritional, cosmetic and medicinal properties. Most of the studies on ...

Hypertension in a main factor that predispose to kidney disease, which is a disabling disease with great socioeconomic impact in Mexico and worldwide. Several studies show that mitochondrial oxidative stress plays a very ...

In this work 300 isolated from the rhizosphere of alfalfa plants (Medicago sativa) were analyzed. Four isolates showed ability to inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi, Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia ...

The life cycle of plants is highly modulated by a heterogeneous group of bioactive molecules known as plant growth regulators or phytohormones. Indole-3-acetic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene, and abscisic acid control ...

Insulin is a peptidic hormone that regulates several metabolic processes in animals. Glucose homeostasis is the most studied among these functions. Nonetheless, some other important functions of insulin are: Glycogenesis ...

The geothermal zone of Araró, Michoacán, presents hot springs with thermophilic microbial mats. High temperatures and high concentrations of arsenic represent a challenge for the survival of microorganisms. In this work ...

Yeasts have a wide application in biotechnology, mainly by their fermentative capacity; however, in the fermentation process stressful conditions can be generated, such as temperature increases. This has generated an ...

Ethanol is the most important metabolite produced by fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The inherent ability possessed by this yeast to produce ethanol and tolerate, it can be lethal in high concentrations. The ...

The organisms in their natural environment are in conditions of constant change, such as: temperature, osmolarity, pH, availability of nutrients, toxic substances or the presence of reactive oxygen intermediates, variations ...

The prevalence on non-transmissible diseases still remains one of the major public health problems between adulthood, also are the main death causes. Hypertension is noteworthy between these disorders because serious ...