Known for their use as food colorants, betalains are water-soluble pigments found in various plant species. Adding these compounds as a colorant can also offer added value, as betalains are known to have several functional properties that can be beneficial to consumer health. Although the main source of these pigments...
This thesis evaluates the community structure of protégé organisms within the Prosopis laevigata’s microcosm in the Zapotitlan valley, Puebla, Mexico in “Helia Bravo Hollis” Botanical Garden. The study of community structure required a meta-community approach that considered temporal and spatial factors. Using methodologies derived from multivariate analysis, assembly patterns of...
In radiation treatments, small fields are used mainly in stereotactic radiosurgery procedures, stereotactic body radiotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy, all these procedures are performed at the National Cancer Institute (INCan). The dosimetry of small fields differs from conventional fields and requires a detailed, precise, and strict characterization of the dosimetry...
The growing demand of the biotechnology industry to generate sustainable, environmentally friendly and ecological products has led to the development of alternatives to the use of chemical products, an example of these alternatives are biosurfactants; such is the case of sophorolipids. They have become attractive microbial products due to their...