Advances in Plant Biotechnology (ePub)

Alma Angélica Del Villar-Martínez, Ph.D is a Scientist at the Molecular Biology Laboratory, from the Department of Biotechnology at Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos (CEPROBI) in the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) in Morelos, México. She received her bachelor's degree in Bio-pharmaceutical Chemistry, MSc, and Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology at CINVESTAV-IRAPUATO, Mexico, as well as being a member of the National System of Researchers (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI-CONACYT). Dr. Del Villar-Martínez develops research projects related to the study of medicinal plants, with pharmacological potential; she has been involved in the biological potential of extracts from plant sources, in the development and induction of compounds with an antioxidant and anticancer effect, in the analysis of the chemical profile of extracts from different medicinal plants and the study of pigments of pharmacological and food interest; through the use of different biotechnological tools to improve the biosynthesis of the metabolites of interest from in vitro cultures. Del Villar-Martínez has published 25 peer-reviewed research papers, 2 book chapters, among other reviews and abstracts.

Juan Arturo Ragazzo-Sánchez, Ph.D is a Professor-Researcher at Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic, in the Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Department of Food Science. He is Chemical Engineering and MSc in Biochemical Engineering, from Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz. Later, he received PhD in "Food Sciences" from Doctoral School of Biological and Industrial Sciences and Processes (University of Montpellier -France). Ragazzo-Sanchez has published 75 peer-reviewed research papers, 12 book chapters, edited 1 book, leaded more than 50 research projects, 5 patents and many other reviews and abstracts. In 2019 he is Co-Coordinator of the DESEAAR- CYTED Network, 319RT0576 (Desarrollo sostenible