Throughout the world, interest toward the search of natural sources of betacarotene has beenincreased due to its wide use as a colorant and antioxidant agent in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In order to isolate Archaea halophilics betacarotene producers, salt samples from solar saltems located in Huacho were taken and cultured in sea water agar (SWA) supplemented with 20% NaCl and 0.5% yeast extract.. From the 25 microorganisms isolated, 12 which presented difierent reddish cellular pigmentation were chosen. Selected isolates were analyzed to determine their cellular growth and ability to produce betacarotene, being the isolate W2 which obtained the highest cellular pigmentation index. Besides, optimal concentration of NaCl and yeast extract to increase the production of betacarotene was determined. Isolate W2 was identified as Haloferax gibbonsii of the Archaea domain by...

Throughout the world, interest toward the search of natural sources of betacarotene has beenincreased due to its wide use as a colorant and antioxidant agent in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In order to isolate Archaea halophilics betacarotene producers, salt samples from solar saltems located in Huacho were taken and cultured in sea water agar (SWA) supplemented with 20% NaCl and 0.5% yeast extract.. From the 25 microorganisms isolated, 12 which presented difierent reddish cellular pigmentation were chosen. Selected isolates were analyzed to determine their cellular growth and ability to produce betacarotene, being the isolate W2 which obtained the highest cellular pigmentation index. Besides, optimal concentration of NaCl and yeast extract to increase the production of betacarotene was determined. Isolate W2 was identified as Haloferax gibbonsii of the Archaea domain by...

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar las concentraciones séricas de la mieloperoxidasa (MPO), una enzima considerada como indicadora de inflamación, en una población de las grandes alturas y en otra del nivel del mar y establecer la asociación de esta enzima con los factores de riesgo tendientes a desarrollar una enfermedad cardiometabólica. Se recolectó muestras de sangre de 65 personas oriundas de la ciudad de Carhuamayo (4100 m - Junín) y de 42 personas de Mala (30 m - Lima). Se midió peso, talla y presión arterial. Se determinó hemoglobina (Hb) en sangre total; glucosa, colesterol total, colesterol de lipoproteínas de alta densidad, triglicéridos y MPO se determinaron en suero. Los resultados muestran que a excepción del peso, talla y Hb no hay diferencia significativa por género entre los promedios de las demás variables de ambos grupos. Al comparar ambas p...