selected publications academic article Ethylene effects on folate metabolism during postharvest climacteric fruit ripening 2014 Insights on Aliphatic Acetogenin Metabolism through Cultivar Screening. 2014 Sobre-expresión de la GTP-ciclohidrolasa I para la biofortificación de frijol (Phaselous vulgaris) con folatos 2014 Ethylene effects on folate metabolism during postharvest climacteric fruit ripening 2013 Ripening Effects on the Contents of Carotenoids and Folates of Tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa cv. Gigante) 2013 academic article in scopus Interkingdom Comparison of Threonine Metabolism for Stem Cell Maintenance in Plants and Animals. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 2021 High Hydrostatic Pressure Modulates the Folate and Ascorbic Acid Accumulation in Papaya (Carica papaya cv. Maradol) Fruit. Food Engineering Reviews. 13:613-621. 2021 Insights into drivers of liking for avocado pulp (Persea americana): Integration of descriptive variables and predictive modeling. Foods. 10. 2021 The complexity of folate polyglutamylation in plants: Postharvest ripening and ethylene modulate polyglutamylated profiles in climacteric fruits plus systematic analysis of the glutamyl tail-editing enzymes. Scientia Horticulturae. 273. 2020 In vivo rate of formaldehyde condensation with tetrahydrofolate. Metabolites. 10. 2020 Quantification of folate in food using deconjugase of plant origin combined with LC-MS/MS: A method comparison of a large and diverse sample set. Food Chemistry. 305. 2020 Isolation of wheat mutants with higher grain phenolics to enhance anti-oxidant potential. Food Chemistry. 303. 2020 Expression levels of the ¿-glutamyl hydrolase I gene predict Vitamin B9 content in potato tubers. Agronomy. 9. 2019 Corrigendum to ¿The use of a plant enzyme for rapid and sensitive analysis of naturally-occurring folates in food by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry¿ (Journal of Chromatography A (2019) 1594 (34¿44), (S0021967319301852), (10.1016/j.chroma.2019.02.037)). Journal of Chromatography A. 1604. 2019 The use of a plant enzyme for rapid and sensitive analysis of naturally-occurring folates in food by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1594:34-44. 2019 High hydrostatic pressure treatments trigger de novo carotenoid biosynthesis in papaya fruit (Carica papaya cv. Maradol). Food Chemistry. 277:362-372. 2019 Chemical profile and safety assessment of a food-grade acetogenin-enriched antimicrobial extract from avocado seed. Molecules. 24. 2019 Purified avocado seed acetogenins: Antimicrobial spectrum and complete inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in a refrigerated food matrix Acetogeninas Aisladas de Semilla de Aguacate: Espectro Antimicrobiano y Completa Inhibición del Crecimiento de Listeria monocytogenes en una Matriz Alimenticia Refrigerada. CYTA - Journal of Food. 17:228-239. 2019 Avocado fruit maturation and ripening: Dynamics of aliphatic acetogenins and lipidomic profiles from mesocarp, idioblasts and seed. BMC Plant Biology. 17. 2017 Metabolic engineering of folate and its precursors in Mexican common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 14:2021-2032. 2016 Ethylene treatment induces changes in folate profiles in climacteric fruit during postharvest ripening. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 118:43-50. 2016 MTHFD1 controls DNA methylation in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 7. 2016 Experimental and metabolic modeling evidence for a folate-cleaving side-activity of ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase (PanB). Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 2016 GridMass: A fast two-dimensional feature detection method for LC/MS. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 50:165-174. 2015 A targeted metabolomics approach to characterize acetogenin profiles in avocado fruit (Persea americana Mill.). RSC Advances. 5:106019-106029. 2015 Natural Folates from Biofortified Tomato and Synthetic 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate Display Equivalent Bioavailability in a Murine Model. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 69:57-64. 2014 Effects of substrate salinity and nutrient levels on physiological response, yield, and fruit quality of habanero pepper. Hortscience. 49:812-818. 2014 The root indeterminacy-to-determinacy developmental switch is operated through a folate-dependent pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist. 202:1223-1236. 2014 Folate analysis in complex food matrices: Use of a recombinant Arabidopsis ¿-glutamyl hydrolase for folate deglutamylation. Food Research International. 54:177-185. 2013 Folate levels and polyglutamylation profiles of papaya (Carica papaya cv. Maradol) during fruit development and ripening. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:3949-3956. 2013 The plastidial folylpolyglutamate synthetase and root apical meristem maintenance. Plant Signaling and Behavior. 6:751-754. 2011 The folylpolyglutamate synthetase plastidial isoform is required for postembryonic root development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 155:1237-1251. 2011 Broccoli (brassica oleracea var. italica) sprouts and extracts rich in glucosinolates and isothiocyanates affect cholesterol metabolism and genes involved in lipid homeostasis in hamsters. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59:1095-1103. 2011 chapter High hydrostatic pressure processing as a strategy to increase carotenoid contents of tropical fruits. 29-42. 2013 chapter in scopus High hydrostatic pressure processing as a strategy to increase carotenoid contents of tropical fruits. ACS Symposium Series. 29-42. 2013 patent INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF ACETOGENINS AGAINST LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES 2017 PROCESO CON ALTA PRESIÓN HIDROSTÁTICA PARA LA ACUMULACIÓN DE FITONUTRIENTESEN LOS ALIMENTOS DE ORIGEN VEGETAL 2014 Proceso con alta presión hidróstatica para la acumulación de fitonutrientes en alimentos de origen vegetal 2013
other research activities Regulación e impacto de la biosintésis de folatos durante el proceso de fijación simbiótica de nitrógeno entre leguminosas y bacterias del género rhizobium
teaching activities Advanced Biochemistry Advanced Topics in Nutrigenomics and Food Science Assisted Research Doctoral Dissertation: Defense Research Seminar Doctoral Research Functional Genomics Genetic Engineering Metabolic Engineering Research Intership Research Proposal Thesis
education and training Chemical engineer, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero, Tamps. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Florida Master of Science in Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua