In Mexico as well as in other developing countries, cancer is the second leading cause of death among the human population. The most frequent cancers worldwide are lung (12.3%), breast (10.4%) and stomach (8.7%). In term of the prevalence, the most common cancers are breast (17.2%), colorectal cancers (10.6%) and...
Las plantas han sido utilizadas desde tiempos prehistóricos hasta la actualidad para tratar y curar diversas afecciones y enfermedades, por lo que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha denominado como “Sistema de Medicina Tradicional”, dicho potencial es gracias a la producción de compuestos bioactivos conocidos como metabolitos secundarios...
En el último siglo, con la mejora de las condiciones sanitarias, el mundo ha sufrido una transición epidemiológica, pasando de las enfermedades infecciosas y deficiencias nutricionales a enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles, como la diabetes mellitus, las enfermedades cardiovasculares y el cáncer. Debido a que hoy en día los tratamientos existentes...
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a disease with a high prevalence in the world population. This condition is characterized by increased blood glucose, glucose intolerance, and progressive insulin resistance. Currently, there is a battery of drugs called oral antidiabetics whose objective is to decrease capillary glucose, treatments that are used...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by a progressive deficit in motor function as a result of the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. A small percentage of the PD incidence presents a hereditary component, but most cases are sporadic or associated with some chemical and/or environmental factor. 1-...