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Guillermo R. Castro
Researcher at National University of La Plata
Publications - 178
Citations - 5472
Guillermo R. Castro is an academic researcher from National University of La Plata. The author has contributed to research in topics: Drug delivery & Controlled release. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 159 publications receiving 4460 citations. Previous affiliations of Guillermo R. Castro include Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids from leaves of Tagetes minuta
TL;DR: The total extract and fractions with different solvents, obtained from leaves of Tagetes minuta, showed several degrees of antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms.
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Recent trends in biocatalysis engineering
TL;DR: In the present work, recent advances in biocatalysis are reviewed and powerful tools to improve biotransformation and to synthesize new products are reviewed.
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Milk kefir: composition, microbial cultures, biological activities, and related products.
Maria Rosa Machado Prado,Lina M. Blandón,Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe,Cristine Rodrigues,Guillermo R. Castro,Vanete Thomaz-Soccol,Carlos Ricardo Soccol +6 more
TL;DR: Kefir may act as a matrix in the effective delivery of probiotic microorganisms in different types of products and the presence of kefir’s exopolysaccharides, known as keFiran, which has biological activity, certainly adds value to products.
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Progress in bacterial cellulose matrices for biotechnological applications.
Maximiliano Luis Cacicedo,M. Cristina Castro,Ioannis Servetas,Loulouda Bosnea,Konstantina Boura,Panagiota Tsafrakidou,Agapi Dima,Antonia Terpou,Athanasios A. Koutinas,Guillermo R. Castro +9 more
TL;DR: In nanomedicine, BC matrices containing therapeutic molecules can be used for pathologies like skin burns, and implantable therapeutic devices, and semiconductors BC-based using salts and synthetic polymers brings novel films showing excellent optical and photochemical properties.
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Thermostable alkaline proteases of Bacillus licheniformis MIR 29: isolation, production and characterization
Marcela Alejandra Ferrero,Guillermo R. Castro,Carlos M. Abate,Mario Domingo Baigori,Faustino Siñeriz +4 more
TL;DR: Bacillus licheniformis MIR 29 has been isolated and produces extracellular proteases and the proteolytic activity was lowered by molecules present in the culture supernatant, which include amino acids and peptides, indicating end-product inhibition.