Publications by the researcher in collaboration with María Alejandra Guerrero Rubio (22)

2024

  1. Dopamine-derived pigments in nature: identification of decarboxybetalains in Amaranthaceae species

    Plant Physiology, Vol. 196, Núm. 1, pp. 446-460

  2. Exploring in the classroom the relationship between alcohol intake and behavioral disorders through an animal model

    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Vol. 52, Núm. 4, pp. 474-479

2023

  1. Are seven amino acid substitutions sufficient to explain the evolution of high l-DOPA 4,5-dioxygenase activity leading to betalain pigmentation? Revisiting the gain-of-function mutants of Bean et al. (2018)

    New Phytologist, Vol. 239, Núm. 6, pp. 2265-2276

  2. Characterization of betalain-loaded liposomes and its bioactive potential in vivo after ingestion

    Food Chemistry, Vol. 407

  3. Consumption of commonly used artificial food dyes increases activity and oxidative stress in the animal model Caenorhabditis elegans

    Food Research International, Vol. 169

2022

  1. Health-promoting potential of betalains in vivo and their relevance as functional ingredients: A review

    Trends in Food Science and Technology, Vol. 122, pp. 66-82

2021

  1. Biosynthesis of a novel polymeric chitosan-betaxanthin and characterization of the first sugar-derived betalains and their effects in the in vivo model Caenorhabditis elegans

    Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 252

  2. Flavonoids’ effects on caenorhabditis elegans’ longevity, fat accumulation, stress resistance and gene modulation involve mTOR, SKN-1 and DAF-16

    Antioxidants, Vol. 10, Núm. 3, pp. 1-17

  3. Nanoparticles of betalamic acid derivatives with cyclodextrins. Physicochemistry, production characterization and stability

    Food Hydrocolloids, Vol. 110

  4. Novel organo-osmium(ii) proteosynthesis inhibitors active against human ovarian cancer cells reduce gonad tumor growth in: Caenorhabditis elegans

    Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 8, Núm. 1, pp. 141-155

2020

  1. Antitumoral drug potential of tryptophan-betaxanthin and related plant betalains in the caenorhabditis elegans tumoral model

    Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Núm. 8, pp. 1-17

  2. Betalain health-promoting effects after ingestion in Caenorhabditis elegans are mediated by DAF-16/FOXO and SKN-1/Nrf2 transcription factors

    Food Chemistry, Vol. 330

  3. First description of betalains biosynthesis in an aquatic organism: characterization of 4,5-DOPA-extradiol-dioxygenase activity in the cyanobacteria Anabaena cylindrica

    Microbial Biotechnology, Vol. 13, Núm. 6, pp. 1948-1959

  4. Lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans by oxyresveratrol supplementation in hyper-branched cyclodextrin-based nanosponges

    International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Vol. 589

  5. Light Emission in Betalains: From Fluorescent Flowers to Biotechnological Applications

    Trends in Plant Science, Vol. 25, Núm. 2, pp. 159-175

  6. Reversible bleaching of betalains induced by metals and application to the fluorescent determination of anthrax biomarker

    Dyes and Pigments, Vol. 180

2019

  1. Extension of life-span using a RNAi model and in vivo antioxidant effect of Opuntia fruit extracts and pure betalains in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Food Chemistry, Vol. 274, pp. 840-847

  2. First betalain-producing bacteria break the exclusive presence of the pigments in the Plant Kingdom

    mBio, Vol. 10, Núm. 2

  3. Scaled-up biotechnological production of individual betalains in a microbial system

    Microbial Biotechnology, Vol. 12, Núm. 5, pp. 993-1002

2018

  1. Capitulo 21. Fomento de la colaboración online entre el alumnado a través de Wiki y Blog. Una experiencia plurianual

    Innovación, diversidad y TIC en la enseñanza superior (Servicio de Publicaciones), pp. 223-233