Dr. Elisa M. Valenzuela Soto
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Dr. Elisa M. Valenzuela Soto

Research Scientist
Center for Food Research and Development, Mexico

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from National Autonomous University, Mexico

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Biography

Dr. Elisa M. Valenzuela Soto is currently working as Researcher at Center for Food Research and Development, Mexico. She has completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from National Autonomous University, Mexico. Previously she was appointed as Researcher A, Researcher B, Researcher C, and Researcher D in Food Science Department at CIAD A.C. She has published 47 research articles in journals, and 5 book chapters contributed as author/co-author. She also directed 3 PhD, 2 Masters, 10 graduate and 9 bachelor students. She is also working as member of American Society of Plant Physiologists, USA, Mexican Society of Biochemistry, Mexico, and Mexican Protein Society, Mexico.

Area of Interest:

Food Science and Technology
100%
Food Chemistry
62%
Biochemistry
90%
Food Toxicology
75%
Microbiology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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Chapters
0
Articles
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Abstracts
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Selected Publications

  1. Marquez-Escalante, J.A., A.L. Martinez-Lopez, E. Carvajal-Millan, Y.L. Lopez-Franco and J. Lizardi-Mendoza et al., 2015. Antioxidant Capacity of Enzymatically Modified Ferulated Arabinoxylans and their Gels. In: Ferulic Acid Antioxidant Properties, Uses and Potential Health Benefits, Warren, B. (Ed.). Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, USA., pp: 135-150.
  2. Salazar-Leyva, J.A., J. Lizardi-Mendoza, J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, G. Garcia-Sanchez and J.M. Ezquerra-Brauer et al., 2014. Utilization of chitin and chitosan based materials for protease immobilization: stabilization effects and applications. Rev. Mex. Ing. Quim., 13: 129-150.
  3. Harris-Valle, C., E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, A. Sanchez, R. Gaitan-Hernandez and M. Esqueda, 2014. Variability in the ligninolytic enzymes activity by Lentinula edodes in submerged culture with lignin and glucose. Am. J. Agric. Biol. Sci., 93: 369-378.
  4. Figueroa-Soto, C.G., E. Teran-Acuna and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2014. Changes in trehalase activity are associated with the hydric status of Selaginella lepidophylla plants. BioTecnia, 16: 15-19.
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  5. Villalba-Villalba, A.G., J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, R. Pacheco-Aguilar, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, M.E. Lugo-Sanchez and C.G. Figueroa-Soto, 2013. Purification and characterization of chymotrypsin from viscera of vermiculated sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, Weber, 1991. Fish Physiol. Biochem., 39: 121-130.
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  6. Villalba-Villalba, A.G., J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, G.G. Sanchez, G.C. Ruiz and R. Pacheco-Aguilar, 2013. Trypsin from viscera of vermiculated sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, Weber, 1991: Its purification and characterization. Food Chem., 141: 940-945.
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  7. Salazar-Leyva, J.A., J. Lizardi-Mendoza, J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, J.M. Ezquerra-Brauer, F.J. Castillo-Yanez and R. Pacheco-Aguilar, 2013. Acidic proteases from monterey sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea) immobilized on shrimp waste chitin and chitosan supports: Searching for a by-product catalytic system. Applied Biochem. Biotechnol., 171: 795-805.
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  8. Cabrera, R., E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, Y. Reyes, M. Esqueda and A. Asaff, 2013. [Characterization of methanolic extracts of vineyard pruning and wheat straw and its oxidation by extracellular enzymes from Lentinula edodes]. Rev. Mex. Micol., 37: 61-67.
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  9. Torres‐Arreola, W., J.M. Ezquerra‐Brauer, R. Pacheco‐Aguilar, E.M. Valenzuela‐Soto, O. Rouzaud‐Sandez, M.E. Lugo‐Sanchez and G. Carvallo‐Ruiz, 2012. Lysyl oxidase from jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) muscle: Purification and partial characterization. Int. J. Food Sci. Technol., 47: 947-953.
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  10. Rosas-Rodriguez, J.A., H.F. Flores-Mendoza, C.G. Figueroa-Soto, E. Moran-Palacio and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2012. Structural and Activity Changes in Renal Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Caused by Oxidants. In: Oxidative Stress: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Effects, Lushchak, V.I. and H. Semchyshyn (Eds.). In Tech, New York, USA., pp: 231-252.
  11. Harris-Valle, C., M. Esqueda, A. Orozco-Avitia, A.E. Castellanos, A. Gardea and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2012. Energy metabolism of Cucurbita pepo mycorrhized with fungi of the sonoran desert and grown with salinity or moisture deficit. Rev. Fitotec. Mex., 35: 51-59.
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  12. Villalba-Villalba, A.G., R. Pacheco-Aguilar, J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, F.J. Castillo-Yanez and E. Marquez-Rios, 2011. Partial characterization of alkaline proteases from viscera of vermiculated sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus Weber, 1991. Fish. Sci., 77: 697-705.
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  13. Torres-Arreola, W., J.M. Ezquerra-Brauer, C.G. Figueroa-Soto, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, G. Garcia-Sanchez, E. Marquez-Rios and R. Pacheco-Aguilar, 2011. Lysyl oxidase from jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) muscle: Detection and partial purification. Int. J. Food Sci. Technol., 46: 1711-1715.
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  14. Rosas-Rodriguez, J.A. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2011. Inactivation of porcine kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase by hydrogen peroxide. Chemico-biol.interact., 191: 159-164.
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  15. Harris-Valle, C., M. Esqueda, E. Valenzuela-Soto and A. Castellanos, 2011. Tolerance to drought and salinity by Cucurbita pepo var. pepo associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the Sonoran desert. Agrociencia, 45: 959-970.
  16. Corella-Madueno, M.A., M.K. Harris, A.A. Fu-Castillo, M.A. Martinez-Tellez, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, J.C. Galvez-Ruiz and I. Vargas-Arispuro, 2011. Volatiles emitted by Carya illinoinensis (Wang.) K. Koch as a prelude for semiochemical investigations to focus on Acrobasis nuxvorella Nuenzig (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Pest Manage. Sci., 67: 1522-1527.
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  17. Salazar-Medina, A.J., L. Garcia-Rico, K.D. Garcia-Orozco, E. Valenzuela-Soto and C.A. Contreras-Vergara et al., 2010. Inhibition by Cu2+ and Cd2+ of a mu-class glutathione S-transferase from shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol., 24: 218-222.
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  18. Rosas-Rodriguez, J.A., C.G. Figueroa-Soto and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2010. Inhibition of porcine kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase by hydrogen peroxide. Redox Rep., 15: 282-287.
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  19. Rosas-Rodriguez, J.A. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2010. Enzymes involved in osmolyte sintesis: How does oxidative stress affect osmoregulation in renal cells? Life Sci., 87: 515-520.
  20. Garcia-Triana, A., S. Gomez-Jimenez, A.B. Peregrino-Uriarte, A. Lopez-Zavala and G. Gonzalez-Aguilar et al., 2010. Expression and silencing of Selenoprotein M (SelM) from the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei: Effect on peroxidase activity and hydrogen peroxide concentration in gills and hepatopancreas. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integrat. Physiol., 155: 200-204.
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  21. Sotelo-Mundo, R.R., E.F. Moran-Palacio, K.D. Garcia-Orozco, C. Figueroa-Soto, M.G. Romo-Figueroa, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto and G. Yepiz-Plascencia, 2009. Kinetic characterization, expression and molecular modeling of a chitinase from the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. J. Food Biochem., 33: 246-259.
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  22. Pacheco-Aguilar, R., J.C. Ramirez-Suarez, F.J. Castillo-Yanez, E.A. Pena-Ramos, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto and E. Marquez-Rios, 2009. Isolation and properties of 5'-nucleotidase isolated from jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) mantle muscle from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Food Chem., 112: 880-884.
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  23. Harris-Valle, C., M. Esqueda, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto and A.E. Castellanos, 2009. Water stress tolerance in plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi interaction: Energy metabolism and physiology. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana, 32: 265-271.
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  24. Gonzalez-Aguilar, G.A., E. Valenzuela-Soto, J. Lizardi-Mendoza, F. Goycoolea and M.A. Martinez-Tellez et al., 2009. Effect of chitosan coating in preventing deterioration and preserving the quality of fresh-cut papaya maradol. J. Sci. Food Agric., 89: 15-23.
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  25. Castillo, A., A. Rascon-Chu, G. Vargas, E. Carvajal-Millan, E. Valenzuela-Soto, R.R. Sotelo-Mundo and A.L. Martinez, 2009. Trametes sp. as a Source Of Biopolymer Cross-Linking Agents: Laccase Induced Gelation Of Ferulated Arabinoxylans. Molecules, 14: 4159-4165.
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  26. Arvizu-Flores, A.A., E. Aispuro-Hernandez, K.D. Garcia-Orozco, A. Varela-Romero and E. Valenzuela-Soto et al., 2009. Functional identity of the active sites of crustacean and viral thymidylate synthases. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C: Toxicol. Pharmacol., 150: 406-413.
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  27. Munoz-Clares, R.A. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2008. Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenases: Evolution, Physiological Functions, Mechanism, Kinetics, Regulation, Structure and Stability. In: Advances in Protein Physical Chemistry, Garcia-Hernandez, E. and D.A. Fernandez-Velasco (Eds.). Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp: 279-302.
  28. Gutierrez-Mendez, N., E. Valenzuela-Soto, A.F. Gonzalez-Cordova and B. Vallejo-Cordoba, 2008. Alpha-Ketoglutarate biosynthesis in wild and industrial strains of Lactococcus lactis. Lett. Applied Microbiol., 47: 202-207.
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  29. Gardea, A.A., J.R. Noriega, J.A. Orozco, M. Garcia-Banuelos, E. Carvajal-Millan, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto and A. Aguilar-Valenzuela, 2008. Advanced maturity of Perlette table grapes by training systems which increase foliage exposure to sun light. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana, 31: 27-33.
  30. Contreras-Vergara, C.A., E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, A.A. Arvizu-Flores, R.R. Sotelo-Mundo and G. Yepiz-Plascencia, 2008. Role of invariant tyrosines in a crustacean mu-class glutathione S-transferase from shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei: Site-directed mutagenesis of Y7 and Y116. Biochimie, 90: 968-971.
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  31. Sotelo-Mundo, R.R., A.A. Lopez-Zavala, K. Garcia-Orozco, A.A. Arvizu-Flores and E.F. Velazquez-Contreras et al., 2007. The Lysozyme from insect (Manduca sexta) is a cold-adapted enzyme. Prot. Pept. Lett., 14: 774-778.
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  32. Harris-Valle, C., M. Esqueda, A. Sanchez, M. Beltran-Garcia and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2007. Polar vineyard pruning extracts increase the activity of the main ligninolytic enzymes in Lentinula edodes cultures. Can. J. Microbiol., 53: 1150-1157.
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  33. Contreras-Vergara, C.A., E. Valenzuela-Soto, K.D. Garcia-Orozco, R.R. Sotelo-Mundo and G. Yepiz-Plascencia, 2007. A Mu-class glutathione S-transferase from gills of the marine shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei: Purification and characterization. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol., 21: 62-67.
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  34. Ayala-Castro, H.G., E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, C.G. Figueroa-Soto and R.A. Munoz-Clares, 2007. Complex, unusual conformational changes in kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase suggested by chemical modification with disulfiram. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 468: 167-173.
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  35. Ayala-Castro, H.G. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2007. Ionic strength dependency of Urea and its Effect on Renal Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Stability. In: Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Carbonyl Metabolism 12, Maser, E., B. Plapp, R. Lindahl and H. Weiner (Eds.). Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, pp: 77-82.
  36. Ruiz-Lopez, J.C., C.G. Figueroa-Soto and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2006. Mn2+ inactivation of porcine kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase. Excli J., 5: 140-149.
  37. Marquez-Escalante, J.A., C.G. Figueroa-Soto and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2006. Isolation and partial characterization of trehalose 6-phosphate synthase aggregates from Selaginella lepidophylla plants. Biochimie, 88: 1505-1510.
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  38. Valenzuela-Soto, E.M., H.G. Ayala-Castro and R.A Munoz-Clares, 2005. Effects of Monovalent and Divalent Cations on the Thermostability of Mammal Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase. In: Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Carbonyl Metabolism 12, Maser, E., B. Plapp, R. Lindahl and H. Weiner (Eds.). Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, pp: 104-109.
  39. Valenzuela-Avendano, J.P., I.A.E. Mota, G. Lizama Uc, R.S. Perera, E.M. Valenzuela-Soto and J.J.Z. Aguilar, 2005. Use of a simple, suitable method to isolate intact rna from partially hydrated Selaginella Lepidophylla plants. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep., 22: 199a-199g.
  40. Vazquez-Ortiz, F.A. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2004. HPLC determination of trehalose in Selaginella lepidophylla plants. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Related Technol., 27: 1937-1946.
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  41. Valenzuela-Soto, E.M., J.A. Marquez-Escalante, G. Iturriaga and C.G. Figueroa-Soto, 2004. Trehalose 6-phosphate synthase from Selaginella lepidophylla: Purification and properties. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 313: 314-319.
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  42. Figueroa-Soto, C.G., G. Iturriaga and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2004. Changes in trehalose 6-phosphate synthase activity in Selaginella lepidophylla plants in response to hydration and deseccation. Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana, 27: 17-22.
  43. Valenzuela-Soto, E.M., R. Velasco-Garci, C. Mujica-Jimenez and R.A. Munoz-Clares, 2003. Monovalent cations requirements for the stability of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, porcine kidney and amaranth leaves. Chemico-Biol. Interact., 143: 139-148.
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  44. Figueroa-Soto, C.G. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2001. Purification of a heterodimeric betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase from wild amaranth plants subjected to water deficit. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 285: 1052-1058.
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  45. Figueroa-Soto, C.G. and E.M. Valenzuela-Soto, 2000. Kinetic study of porcine kidney betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 269: 596-603.
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