Dr. Francisco Fabian Fuentes Carmona
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Dr. Francisco Fabian Fuentes Carmona

Professor and Researcher
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Agro Forestry and Veterinary Sciences from The State University of New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Dr. Francisco Fabian Fuentes Carmona is currently working as Assistant Research Professor at Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile. His prior working experience includes Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Director of Canchones Agricultural Experiment Station, Dean of Department of Agriculture of Desert and Biotechnology, Director of Biotechnology Undergraduate Program, Chief of Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, Assistant Research Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources at Arturo Prat University, Consultant for Integrated Crop Production Systems, National Foundation for Poverty Overcoming and Consultant for Protected Cultivation of Horticultural Crops Projects, PRODESAL program, San Fabian de Alico, Bio-Bio, Chile. He obtained his PhD in Agroforestry and Veterinary Sciences, Molecular Genetics at University of Chile, Chile in October, 2007 and B.S. in Agronomy and Crop Science at University of Concepcion, Chile in March, 2001. He also completed Technical Internship on Genetics Advances for Horticultural Crops and Internship Research on following topics: Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast bar code of Chenopodium genus, Developing Multiplex Fluorescent Microsatellite Markers for Genetic Diversity Assessment on Quinoa and Molecular Marker Screening to assess Genetic Diversity on Quinoa. He received awards including Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the National Commission for Science and Technology (CONICYT), Chile. 2012-2014 and Doctoral Fellowship funded by the National Commission for Science and Technology (CONICYT), Chile. 2004-2007. He also received number of research grants as Principal Investigator, Associate Investigator and International Research Collaborator. He published 27 research articles in refereed journals, 16 book chapters and 10 articles as abstract and poster presentations. He is also serving as referee in more than 10 journals and editorial board member in more than 5 journals. He is member of following professional societies: Crop Science Society of America, USA, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist, USA and Plant Breeding Committee of ANPROS (National Association of Seed Producers), Chile.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Plant Breeding
62%
Plant Genetics
90%
Bacteriology
75%
Plant Resources
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
10
Articles
37
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Vazquez-Luna, A., V.C. Pimentel, F.F. Carmona and R.D. Sobac, 2019. Quinoa leaf as a nutritional alternative. Cien. Invest. Agraria, 46: 137-143.
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  2. Vazquez-Luna, A., F.F. Carmona, E.D. Rivadeneyra, C.H. Tobon and R. Diaz-Sobac, 2019. Nutrimental content and functional properties of quinoa flour from Chile and Mexico. Cien. Invest. Agraria, 46: 144-153.
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  3. Bhargava, A., F. Fuentes, S. Shukla, S. Srivastava, S. Dubey and D. Ohri, 2019. Genetic variability in vegetable Chenopodium for morphological and quality traits over different cuttings. Cien. Invest. Agraria, 46: 179-186.
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  4. Bhargava, A., F. Fuentes, S. Shukla, S. Srivastava and D. Ohri, 2019. Genetic association between foliage yield and contributing traits in vegetable chenopods: Implications for genetic improvement. Not. Bot. Horti Agrobot. Cluj-Napoca, 47: 24-33.
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  5. Murphy, K., J. Matanguihan, F. Fuentes, L. Gomez-Pando, E. Jellen, J. Maughan and D. Jarvis, 2018. Quinoa breeding and genomics. Plant Breed. Rev., 42: 257-320.
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  6. Madrid, D., E. Salgado, G. Verdugo, P. Olguin, D. Bilalis and F. Fuentes, 2018. Morphological traits defining breeding criteria for coastal quinoa in Chile. Not. Bot. Horti Agrobot. Cluj-Napoca, 46: 190-196.
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  7. Hinojosa, L., J.A. Gonzalez, F.H. Barrios-Masias, F. Fuentes and K.M. Murphy, 2018. Quinoa abiotic stress responses: A review. Plants, Vol. 7, No. 4. 10.3390/plants7040106.
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  8. Yang, Y., F. Fuentes, L. Shu, C. Wang and D. Pung et al., 2017. Epigenetic CpG methylation of the promoter and reactivation of the expression of GSTP1 by Astaxanthin in human prostate LNCaP cells. AAPS J., 19: 421-430.
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  9. Sosa-Zuniga, V., V. Brito, F. Fuentes and U. Steinfort, 2017. Phenological growth stages of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) based on the BBCH scale. Ann. Applied Biol., 171: 117-124.
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  10. Bilalis, D., I. Roussis, F. Fuentes, I. Kakabouki and I. Travlos, 2017. Organic agriculture and innovative crops under Mediterranean conditions. Not. Bot. Horti Agrobot. Cluj-Napoca, 45: 323-331.
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  11. Bhargava, A. and F. Fuentes, 2017. Biofuels: A Green Technology for the Future. In: Biotechnology: Recent Trends and Emerging Dimensions, Bhargava, A. and S. Srivastava (Eds.). Chapter 3, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., USA., ISBN-13: 9781138561083, pp: 39-56.
  12. Paredes-Gonzalez, X., F. Fuentes, Y.P. Lu and A.N. Kong, 2016. Targeting obesity-related inflammation in skin cancer: Molecular and epigenetic insights for cancer chemoprevention by dietary phytochemicals. J. Chin. Pharmaceut. Sci., 25: 235-249.
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  13. Fuentes, F., Y. Gomez, X. Paredes-Gonzalez, A. Barve and S. Nair et al., 2016. Nrf2-mediated antioxidant and detoxifying enzyme induction by a combination of curcumin and sulforaphane. J. Chin. Pharmaceut. Sci., 25: 559-569.
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  14. Boyanapalli, S.S., W. Li, F. Fuentes, Y. Guo and C.N. Ramirez et al., 2016. Epigenetic reactivation of RASSF1A by phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and promotion of apoptosis in LNCaP cells. Pharmacol. Res., 114: 175-184.
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  15. Paredes-Gonzalez, X., F. Fuentes, S. Jeffery, C.L.L. Saw, L. Shu, Z.Y. Su and A.N.T. Kong, 2015. Induction of NRF2-mediated gene expression by dietary phytochemical flavones apigenin and luteolin. Biopharmaceut. Drug Dispos., 36: 440-451.
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  16. Paredes-Gonzalez, X. and F. Fuentes, 2015. Obesity-cancer relationship: Emerging challenges and opportunities in healthcare. EC Pharmaceut. Sci., 1: 151-152.
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  17. Martinez, E.A., F. Fuentes and D. Bazile, 2015. History of Quinoa: Its Origin, Domestication, Diversification and Cultivation with Particular Reference to the Chilean Context. In: Quinoa: Improvement and Sustainable Production, Murphy, K.S. and J. Matanguihan (Eds.). Chapter 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publisher, USA., ISBN-13: 9781118628058, pp: 19-24.
  18. Jellen, E.N., P.J. Maughan, F. Fuentes and B.A. Kolano, 2015. Botany, Phylogeny and Evolution. In: State of the Art Report on Quinoa around the World in 2013, Bazile, D., D. Bertero and C. Nieto (Eds.). Chapter 1.1, FAO-CIRAD, Santiago, Chile, ISBN: 978-92-5-108558-5, pp: 12-23.
  19. Fuentes, F., X. Paredes-Gonzalez and A.N. Kong, 2015. Dietary glucosinolates sulforaphane, phenethyl isothiocyanate, indole-3-Carbinol/3,3'-Diindolylmethane: Antioxidative stress/inflammation, Nrf2, epigenetics/epigenomics and in vivo cancer chemopreventive efficacy. Curr. Pharmacol. Rep., 1: 179-196.
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  20. Fuentes, F. and X. Paredes-Gonzalez, 2015. Nutraceutical Perspectives of Quinoa: Biological Properties and Functional Applications. In: State of the Art Report on Quinoa around the World in 2013, Bazile, D., D. Bertero and C. Nieto (Eds.). Chapter 3.5, FAO-CIRAD, Santiago, Chile, ISBN: 978-92-5-108558-5, pp: 286-299.
  21. Bazile, D., E.A. Martinez, F. Fuentes, E. Chia and M. Namdar-Irani et al., 2015. Quinoa in Chile. In: State of the Art Report on Quinoa around the World in 2013, Bazile, D., D. Bertero and C. Nieto (Eds.). Chapter 5.4, FAO-CIRAD, Santiago, Chile, ISBN: 978-92-5-108558-5, pp: 401-421.
  22. Zurita-Silva, A., F. Fuentes, P. Zamora, S.E. Jacobsen and A.R.Schwember, 2014. Breeding quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): Perspectives and potential. Mol. Breed., 34: 13-30.
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  23. Paredes-Gonzalez, X., F. Fuentes, Z.Y. Su and A.N. Kong, 2014. Apigenin Induces Nrf2 Expression in JB6 P+ Cells Through Promoter CpG Demethylation. AAPS J., 16: 727-735.
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  24. Khor, T.O., F. Fuentes, L. Shu, X. Paredes-Gonzalez and A.Y. Yang et al., 2014. Epigenetic DNA methylation of antioxidative stress regulator NRF2 in human prostate cancer. Cancer Prev. Res., 7: 1186-1197.
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  25. Fuentes, F., L. Shu, J.H. Lee, Z.Y. Su, K.R. Lee and A.N. Kong, 2014. Nrf2-Target Approaches in Cancer Chemoprevention Mediated by Dietary Phytochemicals. In: Cancer Prevention: Dietary Factors and Pharmacology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dong, Z. (Ed.)., Ann M. Bode, New York, pp: 53-83.
  26. Boyanapalli, S., X. Paredes-Gonzalez, F. Fuentes, C. Zhang and Y. Guo et al., 2014. Nrf2 knockout attenuates the anti-inflammatory effects of phenethyl isothiocyanate and curcumin. Chem. Res. Toxicol., 27: 2036-2043.
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  27. Bazile, D., E.A. Martinez and F. Fuentes, 2014. Diversity of Quinoa in a Biogeographical Island: a Review of Constraints and Potential from Arid to Temperate Regions of Chile. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 42: 289-298.
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  28. Su, Z.Y., L. Shu, T.O. Khor, J.H. Lee, F. Fuentes and A.N. Kong, 2013. A perspective on dietary phytochemicals and cancer chemoprevention: Oxidative stress, Nrf2, and epigenomics. Top. Curr. Chem., 329: 133-162.
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  29. Su, Z.Y., L. Shu, J.H. Lee, F. Fuentes, H. Wang, T.Y. Wu, S. Yu, and A.H. Kong, 2013. Perspective on Nrf2, epigenomics and cancer stem cells in cancer chemoprevention using dietary phytochemicals and traditional Chinese medicines. Prog. Chem., 25: 1526-1543.
  30. Miranda, M., A. Vega-Galvez, E.A. Martinez, J. Lopeza, R. Marin, M. Aranda and F. Fuentes, 2013. Influence of contrasting environment on seed composition of two quinoa genotypes: Nutritional and functional properties. Chil. J. Agric. Res., 73: 108-116.
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  31. Lee, J.H., T.O. Khor, L. Shu, Z.Y. Su, F. Fuentes and A.N.T. Kong, 2013. Dietary phytochemicals and cancer prevention: Nrf2 signaling, epigenetics and cell death mechanisms in blocking cancer initiation and progression. Pharmacol. Ther., 137: 153-171.
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  32. Lee, J.H., L. Shu, F. Fuentes, Z.Y. Su and A.N. Kong, 2013. Cancer Chemoprevention by Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicines and Dietary Phytochemicals: Targeting Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress/anti-inflammatory responses, epigenetics, and cancer stem cells. J. Trad. Compl. Med., 3: 69-79.
  33. Fuentes, F. and A. Zurita-Silva, 2013. Molecular Studies. In: Quinoa: Botany, Production & Uses. A. Bhargava, Srivastava,S. (Ed.). Wallingford, UK., pp: 168-184.
  34. Bazile, D., F. Fuentes and A. Mujica, 2013. Historical Perspectives and Domestication of Quinoa. In: Quinoa: Botany, Bhargava, A. and S. Srivastava (Eds.)., Wallingford, UK., pp: 16-35.
  35. Wang, H., T.O. Khor, L. Shu, Z.Y. Su, F. Fuentes, J.H. Lee and A.N. Kong, 2012. Plants vs. Cancer: A review on natural phytochemicals in preventing and treating cancers and their druggability. Anti-cancer Agents Med. Chem., 12: 1281-1305.
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  36. Miranda, M., A. Vega-Galvez, E.A. Martinez, J. Lopeza, M. Rodriguez, K. Henriquez and F. Fuentes, 2012. Genetic diversity and comparison of physicochemical and nutritional characteristics of six quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes cultivated in Chile. Cienc. Tecnol. Aliment., 32: 1-9.
  37. Fuentes, F.F., D. Bazile, A. Bhargava and E.A. Martinez, 2012. Implications of farmers’ seed exchanges for on-farm conservation of quinoa, as revealed by its genetic diversity in Chile. J. Agric. Sci., 150: 702-716.
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  38. Bhargava, A., F.F. Carmona, M. Bhargava and S. Srivastava, 2012. Approaches for enhanced phytoextraction of heavy metals. J. Environ. Manage., 105: 103-120.
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  39. Bhargava, A. and F. Fuentes, 2012. Marker Assisted Selection. In: Biotechnology: New Ideas, New Developments, Bhargava, A. and S. Srivastava (Eds.)., Hauppauge, New York, USA., pp: 29-44.
  40. Bhargava, A. and F. Fuentes, 2012. Cisgenesis and Intragenesis. In: Biotechnology: New Ideas, New Developments. Bhargava, A. and S. Srivastava (Eds.)., Hauppauge, New York, USA., pp: 137-151.
  41. Fuentes, F., C. Poblete, M. Huerta and I. Palape, 2011. Assessment of production and nutritious quality of oats as green hydroponic fodder under desert conditions. Idesia, 29: 75-81.
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  42. Fuentes, F. and A. Bhargava, 2011. Morphological analysis of quinoa germplasm grown under lowland desert conditions. J. Agron. Crop Sci., 197: 124-134.
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  43. Carmona, F.F.F., C.E.P. Perez and M.A.H. Pizarro, 2011. Productive response of rabbits fed with green hydroponic oats forage as partial replacement of commercial concentrate. Acta Agron., 60: 183-189.
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  44. Bhargava, A. and F.F. Fuentes, 2010. Mutational dynamics of microsatellites. Mol. Biotechnol., 44: 250-256.
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  45. Fuentes, F.F., E.A. Martinez, P.V. Hinrichsen, E.N. Jellen and P.J. Maughan, 2009. Assessment of genetic diversity patterns in chilean quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) germplasm using multiplex fluorescent microsatellite markers. Conserv. Genet., 10: 369-377.
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  46. Fuentes, F., P.J. Maughan and E.R. Jellen, 2009. [Genetic diversity and genetic resources for quinoa breeding]. Rev. Geografica Valparaiso, 42: 20-33.
  47. Fuentes, F., 2008. Mejoramiento Genetico de la Quinoa. [Genetic improvement of quinoa]. Agricultura Desierto., 4: 71-89.