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    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Berger, Horst; Rodríguez-Félix, Armida; Galletti, Ljubica; Corrales García, Joel; Sepúlveda, Elena; Varnero Moreno, María Teresa; García de Cortázar, Víctor; Cuevas García, Roberto; Arias, Enrique; Mondragón, Candelario; Higuera, Inocencio; Rosell, Cadmo (FAO, 2013)
      Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) makes a valuable contribution to the food security and nutrition of people throughout the world wherever water is scarce. The plant is highly versatile and, in addition to feeding people, it is ...
    • Yahia, Elhadi M.; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (Woodhead Publishing, 2011)
    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Carmona, Juan Carlos; Vergara, Cristina; Robert, Paz (Springer, 2021)
      Food color is one of the most important attributes related to consumer acceptance. The growth in consumer trends for the preference of healthy food colorants, clean-label foods, and attractive appearance, among other ...
    • Yahia, Elhadi M.; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (John Wiley & Sons, 2017)
      This chapter aims to cover the potential phytochemical, medicinal, and industrial applications of the cactus fruit and cladodes and their by-products. An important component of cactus fruit and other products is pigments, ...
    • Dias Rodríguez, Alejandra Belén (Universidad de Chile, 2020)
      Hoy en día existen serios problemas de salud en nuestro país, relacionados con los malos hábitos alimenticios y la baja o nula actividad física que realizan las personas, factores de riesgo que conllevan al aumento en ...
    • Franck, N.; Zamorano, D.; Alfaro, F.; Peña Neira, A.; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Cáceres, A. (Ediciones Antumapu, 2015)
    • Vergara, Cristina; Cancino-Madariaga, Beatriz; Ramírez-Salvo, Andrés; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Robert Canales, Paz; Lutz, Mariane (Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos - ITAL, 2015)
      Betalains are fruit pigments possessing health-giving properties. To isolate the pigments, the juice must be separated from the fruit matrix, which contains biopolymers. The aim of this study was to clarify cactus pear ...
    • Robert Canales, Paz; Gorena, Tamara; Romero, Nalda; Sepulveda, Elena; Chavez, Jorge; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (2010)
      Pomegranate (Punica granatum) bioactive compounds (polyphenols and anthocyanins) of juice (PJ) and ethanolic extracts (PE) were encapsulated with maltodextrin (MD) or soybean protein isolates (SPI) by spray drying using a ...
    • Robert Canales, Paz; Torres, Victoria; García Concha, Paula; Vergara Hinostroza, Cristina; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (Elsevier, 2015)
      Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) pulp (CP) was encapsulated with a soybean protein isolate (SPI) and an SPI blend with maltodextrin (MD) or inulin (I). A 22 statistical factorial design for each system (CP-SPI, CP-(SPI ...
    • Sepúlveda Espinace, Ester; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Aliaga, E.; Aceituno, C. (Elsevier Ltd., 2006-08-07)
      The cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica) mucilage is an interesting ingredient for the food industry because of its viscosity properties. We studied the conditions for the extraction and precipitation of the plants mucilage. ...
    • Estévez, Ana; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Hurtado, María L.; Escobar, Berta; Espinoza, Sandra; Suárez, Cristian (2004)
      To evaluate the potential use of mesquite (Prosopis chilensis (Mol) Stuntz) seed gum, the behaviour of the gum was studied using two extraction methods (alkaline and acid), different pH values, two concentrations (0.2 and ...
    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Tapia, Sandra; Chávez, Jorge; Robert Canales, Paz (2009)
      Bioactive compounds of pulp (CP) and ethanolic (CE) extracts of the cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) were encapsulated with maltodextrin (MD) or inulin (I). A 22 statistical factorial design was then used to study the ...
    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Corrales García, Joel; Aquino Pérez, Gildardo (University of California Press, 2002)
    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (FAO ; ICARDA, 2017)
      A Sicilian writer once called cactus pear "a treasure under the thorns" because of its immense benefits, some of which were little known before today. In many countries − Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, South Africa, ...
    • Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Cancino, Beatriz; Robert Canales, Paz (2012)
      Natural red colorants are highly appreciated by the food industry, and betalains are one such category. There are few sources in nature of betalains, which are commonly obtained from red beet as a colorant additive and ...
    • Hinojosa, Andrea; Silveira, Ana Cecilia; Ospina, Monica; Char, Cielo; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa; Escalona Contreras, Víctor (Wiley Periodicals, 2013)
      Chlorine-based washing systems have been widely used by the fresh-cut industry. However, there is much interest in developing safer and more environmentally friendly sanitization methods. Watercress was immersed in sodium ...
    • Escalona Contreras, Víctor; Hinojosa, Andrea; Char, Cielo Dolores; Villena, Paulina; Bustamante, Andrés; Sáenz Hernández, Carmen Luisa (Wiley & Sons, 2015)
      There is an increasing concern about the formation of halogenated compounds when sodium hypochlorite (SH) is used as food sanitizer. This research evaluated the quality of watercress harvested in two seasons treated with ...