About the Authors

Cristián Vela Hinojosa

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Miguel Angel León Galván

Affiliation Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico

Miguel Tapia Rodríguez

Affiliation Microscopy and HPLC Units, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Gerardo López Ortega

Affiliation Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico

Marco Antonio Cerbón Cervantes

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Carmen Adriana Mendoza Rodríguez

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Patricia Padilla Cortés

Affiliation Microscopy and HPLC Units, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Luis Antonio Martínez Méndez

Affiliation Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México D.F., Mexico

Francisco Javier Jiménez Trejo

trejofj@hotmail.com

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJJT MALG GLO CVH MACC. Performed the experiments: FJJT CVH LAMM PPC CAMR. Analyzed the data: PPC MTR FJJT CVH MALG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTR PPC MACC CAMR GLO. Wrote the paper: CVH FJJT LAMM MALG.