Publications by authors named "Georgia M Gonzalez-Meza"

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  • A study analyzed methanolic extracts from fifteen ethnomedicinal plants in Mexico to explore their medicinal properties, focusing on biological activities including anti-hemolytic, antioxidant, and cytotoxic effects in normal cells.
  • The extracts were tested for hemolytic activity on human red blood cells, their protective ability against certain radicals, and their toxicity in cell cultures of African green monkey kidney cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells using the MTT reduction method.
  • Results indicated that most extracts had low hemolytic activity but significant anti-hemolytic and antioxidant effects, with select extracts promoting cell proliferation, suggesting that these traditional plants have beneficial health properties worthy of further research.
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Diatoms, with their complex cellular architecture, have been recognized as a source of limitless potential. These microbes are common in freshwater and marine habitats and are essential for primary production and carbon sequestration. They are excellent at utilizing nutrients, providing a sustainable method of treating wastewater while also producing biomass rich in beneficial substances like vitamins, carotenoids, polysaccharides, lipids, omega-3 fatty acids, pigments, and novel bioactive molecules.

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Food production is facing challenging times due to the pandemic, and climate change. With production expected to double by 2050, there is a need for a new paradigm in sustainable animal feed supply. Seaweeds offer a highly valuable opportunity in this regard.

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The conversion of biomass waste into high-value nanomaterials such as carbon dots might represent a great advancement towards a circular economy system. Biomass wastes are an excellent choice as carbon precursors because of their wide availability, abundance, chemical composition, and eco-friendly nature. Moreover, their use as a raw material might decrease the total cost of the synthesis processes and reduce the environmental impacts.

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The production of biomolecules by microalgae has a wide range of applications in the development of various materials and products, such as biodiesel, food supplements, and cosmetics. Microalgae biomass can be produced using waste and in a smaller space than other types of crops (e.g.

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Emerging pollutants (EPs) are a group of different contaminants, such as hormones, pesticides, heavy metals, and drugs, usually found in concentrations between the order of ng and µg per liter. The global population's daily city and agro-industrial activities release EPs into the environment.  Due to the chemical nature of EPs and deficient wastewater treatment and management, they are transported to superficial and groundwater through the natural water cycle, where they can potentially cause harmful effects on living organisms.

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