Effect of berrycactus fruit () on glutamate, glutamine, and GABA levels in the frontal cortex of rats fed with a high-fat diet.

In addition to the known metabolic alterations, obesity has consequences at the brain level, driving imbalance in neurotransmitters such as glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The consumption of fruits with antioxidant properties, such as the berrycactus , could have beneficial effects in such an imbalance. The study objective was to evaluate frontal cortex neurotransmitter levels and weight changes in rats fed with a high-fat diet (HFD) and .

Trends, structural changes, and assessment of time series models for forecasting hospital discharge due to death at a Mexican tertiary care hospital.

Background: Data on hospital discharges can be used as a valuable instrument for hospital planning and management. The quantification of deaths can be considered a measure of the effectiveness of hospital intervention, and a high percentage of hospital discharges due to death can be associated with deficiencies in the quality of hospital care.

Objective: To determine the overall percentage of hospital discharges due to death in a Mexican tertiary care hospital from its opening, to describe the characteristics of the time series generated from the monthly percentage of hospital discharges due to death and to make and evaluate predictions.

Production and physicochemical characterization of chitosan for the harvesting of wild microalgae consortia.

The use of chitosan to harvest microalgae is a strategic step that seeks to reach an economically competitive price to recover lipids, proteins, and pigments. The aim of the present work was to design low-molecular-weight chitosan from shrimp shells and its physicochemical characterization, to be used for the harvesting of wild microalgae consortia. The chitosan was obtained by chemical deacetylation of shrimp shells, and physicochemical characterization was made using the instrumental methods DSC, TGA, X-ray, FTIR, and SEM.

A new allele of γ-kafirin gene coding for a protein with high lysine content in Mexican white sorghum germplasm.

Background: Low protein digestibility and lysine content of white sorghum grain limit its use as a foodstuff. The increase in γ-kafirin cross-linking, has an important role in the reduction of protein digestibility. The objective of this study was to characterize the γ-kafirin gene in 12 Mexican tannin-free white sorghum genotypes and its relationship with protein digestibility and lysine content.