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Octavio Paredes-López

Octavio Paredes-López

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
16699
World Ranking
10644
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Octavio Paredes-López is affiliated with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico. Their research activity spans several interconnected fields, notably Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Nursing. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Food Science, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science, and Pharmacology.

Their main research topics encompass Seed and Plant Biochemistry, Botanical Research and Applications, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications.

Octavio Paredes-López has authored papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "A Global Review on Short Peptides: Frontiers and Perspectives" (2021) published in Molecules
  • "Capsicum annuum (hot pepper): An ancient Latin-American crop with outstanding bioactive compounds and nutraceutical potential. A review" (2020) published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • "Seeds from ancient food crops with the potential for antiobesity promotion" (2021) published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • "New Advances in Short Peptides: Looking Forward" (2022) published in Molecules
  • "Fruits of Wild-Grown Shrubs for Health Nutrition" (2024) published in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Octavio include Talía Hernández-Pérez, Оlena Stabnikova, Domancar Orona-Tamayo, Viktor Stabnikov, and Vasso Apostolopoulos.

The scientist regularly publishes in journals such as Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, Molecules, Current Nutrition & Food Science, Ukrainian Food Journal, and Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.

Octavio Paredes-López was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Natural Pigments: Carotenoids, Anthocyanins, and Betalains — Characteristics, Biosynthesis, Processing, and Stability

    F Delgado-Vargas;A R Jiménez;O Paredes-López

  • Edible Mushrooms: Improving Human Health and Promoting Quality Life

    María Elena Valverde;Talía Hernández-Pérez;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Isolation and partial characterization of banana starches.

    Luis A. Bello-Pérez;Edith Agama-Acevedo;Laura Sánchez-Hernández;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Natural Colorants for Food and Nutraceutical Uses

    Francisco Delgado-Vargas;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Berries: Improving Human Health and Healthy Aging, and Promoting Quality Life—A Review

    Octavio Paredes-López;Martha L. Cervantes-Ceja;Martha L. Cervantes-Ceja;Mónica Vigna-Pérez;Talía Hernández-Pérez

  • Hard‐to‐cook phenomenon in common beans — A review

    C Reyes-Moreno;O Paredes-López

  • A Global Review on Short Peptides: Frontiers and Perspectives.

    Vasso Apostolopoulos;Joanna Bojarska;Tsun-Thai Chai;Sherif Elnagdy

  • Amylolytic enzymes and products derived from starch: A review

    Horacio Guzmán‐Maldonado;Octavio Paredes‐López;Costas G. Biliaderis

  • Isolation and characterization of proteins from chia seeds (Salvia hispanica L.).

    María R Sandoval-Oliveros;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Phytochemical profile and nutraceutical potential of chia seeds (Salvia hispanica L.) by ultra high performance liquid chromatography.

    Oliviert Martínez-Cruz;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Chickpea Protein Isolates: Physicochemical, Functional and Nutritional Characterization

    O. Paredes-López;C. Ordorica-Falomir;M.R. Olivares-Vázquez

  • Chemical components with health implications in wild and cultivated Mexican common bean seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

    Luis Diaz-Batalla;Jack M. Widholm;George C. Fahey;Eduardo Castano-Tostado

  • Amylopectin: Structural, gelatinisation and retrogradation studies

    O. Paredes-López;L.A. Bello-Pérez;M.G. López

  • Protein and mineral content of a novel collection of wild and weedy common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L)

    Salvador H Guzmán‐Maldonado;Jorge Acosta‐Gallegos;Octavio Paredes‐López

  • Polyphenols in wild and weedy Mexican common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

    L. Gabriela Espinosa-Alonso;Anatoly Lygin;Jack M. Widholm;Maria E. Valverde

  • Chemical composition and in vitro polysaccharide fermentation of different beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

    R. Campos-Vega;R. Reynoso-Camacho;G. Pedraza-Aboytes;J.A. Acosta-Gallegos

  • Phytochemical profile and the antioxidant activity of Chilean wild black-berry fruits, Aristotelia chilensis (Mol) Stuntz (Elaeocarpaceae)

    Carlos L. Céspedes;Maribel Valdez-Morales;José G. Avila;Mohammed El-Hafidi

  • Capsicum annuum (hot pepper): An ancient Latin-American crop with outstanding bioactive compounds and nutraceutical potential. A review.

    Talía Hernández-Pérez;María del Rocío Gómez-García;María Elena Valverde;Octavio Paredes-López

  • Putative Quantitative Trait Loci for Physical and Chemical Components of Common Bean

    Salvador H. Guzmán-Maldonado;Octavio Martínez;Jorge A. Acosta-Gallegos;Fidel Guevara-Lara

  • Optimization of the isoelectric precipitation method to obtain protein isolates from amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus) seeds.

    Beatriz Salcedo-Chávez;Juan A Osuna-Castro;Fidel Guevara-Lara;Jorge Domínguez-Domínguez

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis A. Bello-Pérez
Luis A. Bello-Pérez Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Cuauhtémoc Reyes-Moreno
Cuauhtémoc Reyes-Moreno Autonomous University of Sinaloa
Shela Gorinstein
Shela Gorinstein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mary Ann Lila
Mary Ann Lila North Carolina State University
Paul Colonna
Paul Colonna INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Francisco J. Heredia
Francisco J. Heredia University of Seville
Olga Martín-Belloso
Olga Martín-Belloso University of Lleida
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
Pal Maliga
Pal Maliga Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
George C. Fahey
George C. Fahey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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