[Factors affecting oxidative damage in obese children: an exploratory study].

Introduction: Obesity is a metabolic disorder that creates oxidizing conditions, which can generate high levels of physiological stress as well as a disturbance in the state of redox cell known as Oxidative Stress.

Objective: To examine the association between the damage on chromosomal DNA and the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in obese children with severe obesity.

Methods: Participants were 11 children with a mean age and body mass index of 9.

[Reference values for cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose in a population of Hispanic children from 6 to 11 y, in the northern border of Mexico and the United States of America].

Introduction: Overweight and obesity in children in the Mexico-USA border have evolved differently to the rest of their respective countries. New reference values of cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose are required to treatment.

Objective: To determine the reference values of cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose in Hispanic children between 6 and 11 years in the Mexico-USA border.

Production of platinum nanoparticles and nanoaggregates using Neurospora crassa.

Fungal biomass and fungal extract of the nonpathogenic fungus Neurospora crassa were successfully used as reducing agents for the biosynthesis of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs). The experiment was carried out by exposing the fungal biomass or the fungal extract to a 0.001 M precursor solution of hexachloroplatinic(IV) acid (H2PtCl6).