HUITLACOCHE (USTILAGO MAYDIS), AN ICONIC MEXICAN FUNGAL RESOURCE: BIOCULTURAL IMPORTANCE, NUTRITIONAL CONTENT, BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS, AND POTENTIAL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Worldwide, the fungus known as huitlacoche (Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda) is a phytopathogen of maize plants that causes important economic losses in different countries.Conversely, it is an iconic edible fungus of Mexican culture and cuisine, and it has high commercial value in the domestic market, though recently there has been a growing interest

Zebrafish do not possess the typical astrocytes that are found in mammalian systems.In some brain areas, this teleost has radial glia that appears to perform astrocyte-like functions, but these cells have not been described in the zebrafish olfactory bulb.Mammalian astrocytes facilitate neuroplasticity and undergo astrogliosis after insult.The role

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Predatory mites such as Neoseiulus californicus McGregor (Fig.1) and Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Fig.2) feed on important fruits and ornamental pests such as the twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch), broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus (Stenotarsonemus) latus Banks), cyclamen mite (Tarsonemus pallidus L.), and other mite specie

Medical castration with LHRH agonists is a significant trend in the treatment of locally advanced and whirlwind multi selector metastatic prostate cancer (PC).The article is devoted to the effectiveness of synthetic LHRH agonist buserelin (Buserelin-depo) in the treatment of patients with hormone dependent PC.Administration of Buserelin-depot resul