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Arenaza-Corona A, Obregón-Mendoza MA, Meza-Morales W, Ramírez-Apan MT, Nieto-Camacho A, Toscano RA, Pérez-González LL, Sánchez-Obregón R, Enríquez RG. The Homoleptic Curcumin-Copper Single Crystal (ML 2): A Long Awaited Breakthrough in the Field of Curcumin Metal Complexes. Molecules 2023; 28:6033. [PMID: 37630284 PMCID: PMC10458717 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The first single crystal structure of the homoleptic copper (II) ML2 complex (M=Cu (II), L = curcumin) was obtained and its structure was elucidated by X-ray diffraction showing a square planar geometry, also confirmed by EPR. The supramolecular arrangement is supported by C-H···O interactions and the solvent (MeOH) plays an important role in stabilizing the crystal packing Crystallinity was additionally assessed by XRD patterns. The log P value of the complex (2.3 ± 0.15) was determined showing the improvement in water solubility. The cytotoxic activity of the complex against six cancer cell lines substantially surpasses that of curcumin itself, and it is particularly selective against leukemia (K562) and human glioblastoma (U251) cell lines, with similar antioxidant activity to BHT. This constitutes the first crystal structure of pristine curcumin complexed with a metal ion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonino Arenaza-Corona
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayagüez, PR 00680, USA;
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico; (A.A.-C.); (M.A.O.-M.); (M.T.R.-A.); (A.N.-C.); (R.A.T.); (L.L.P.-G.); (R.S.-O.)
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Meza-Morales W, Alvarez-Ricardo Y, Obregón-Mendoza MA, Arenaza-Corona A, Ramírez-Apan MT, Toscano RA, Poveda-Jaramillo JC, Enríquez RG. Three new coordination geometries of homoleptic Zn complexes of curcuminoids and their high antiproliferative potential. RSC Adv 2023; 13:8577-8585. [PMID: 36936838 PMCID: PMC10016078 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00167a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
Abstract
To our previously reported first crystal structure of a homoleptic zinc curcuminoid complex with square pyramidal geometry, we add herein three new geometries of homoleptic type complexes i.e. octahedral, trigonal-pyramidal, and trigonal-bipyramidal. Octahedral geometry was observed in the new pseudo-polymorph of the DAC-Zn complex resulting from crystallization in DMF, while square-pyramidal geometry was obtained in DMSO. Improving crystallinity involved suppressing the phenolic interactions by etherification and esterification. The complete characterization of these complexes was carried out using SCXRD, IR, MS, EA, liquid, and solid-state NMR. Moreover, the cytotoxic activity of all complexes was evaluated. The IC50 values for the DiMeOC-Zn (7) complex were 8 or 22 times higher than for cisplatin in the U251 and HCT-15 cell lines, indicating a high antiproliferative and therapeutic potential.
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- William Meza-Morales
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Route 108, Mayaguez Puerto Rico USA
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Resonancia Magnética Nuclear, Universidad Industrial de Santander Sede Guatiguará Km. 2 vía El Refugio 681011 Piedecuesta Santander Colombia
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Mexico City C.P. 04510 Mexico
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Canseco-González D, Rodríguez-Victoria I, Apan-Ramírez T, Viviano-Posadas AO, Serrano-García JS, Arenaza-Corona A, Orjuela AL, Alí-Torres J, Dorazco-González A, Morales-Morales D. Facile, Single-Step Synthesis of a Series of D-Ring Ethisterones Substituted with 1,4-1,2,3-Triazoles: Preliminary Evaluation of Cytotoxic Activities. ChemMedChem 2023; 18:e202200659. [PMID: 36853912 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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A series of new D-ring ethisterones substituted with 1,4-1,2,3-triazoles were obtained in a facile manner via click chemistry reactions. The new compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, IR and unequivocally by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies for compound 1. The cytotoxic activity of these derivatives was tested against a series of human cancer cell lines including human glioblastoma (U-251), human prostatic adenocarcinoma (PC-3), human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HCT-15), human mammary adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), human chronic myelogenous leukemia (K562), and human lung adenocarcinoma (SKLU-1). Derivatives (3, X=Cl) and (5, X=I) showed promising cytotoxicity activities for leukemia adenocarcinoma (K562) and lung adenocarcinoma (SKLU). CI50% of K562: 11.72±0.9 μM (3) and 24.50±1.0 μM (5). CI50% of SKLU: 14.9±0.8 μM (3) and 46.0±2.8 μM (5). In addition, DNA docking simulations showed that all compounds interact with DNA through crosslink instrastrand p-alkyl-like interactions.
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- Daniel Canseco-González
- CONACYT-Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación y Servicio Agroalimentario y Forestal, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco de Mora CP, 56230, México
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- CONACYT-Laboratorio Nacional de Investigación y Servicio Agroalimentario y Forestal, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco de Mora CP, 56230, México
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia- Sede Bogotá, Bogotá, 111321, Colombia
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia- Sede Bogotá, Bogotá, 111321, Colombia
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Circuito Exterior Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F. CP, 04510, México
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Alvarez-Ricardo Y, Meza-Morales W, Obregón-Mendoza MA, Toscano RA, Núñez-Zarur F, Germán-Acacio JM, Puentes-Díaz N, Alí-Torres J, Arenaza-Corona A, Ramírez-Apan MT, Morales-Morales D, Enríquez RG. Synthesis, characterization, theoretical studies and antioxidant and cytotoxic evaluation of a series of Tetrahydrocurcumin (THC)-benzylated derivatives. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Morales-Morales D, Turcio-García LA, Valdes H, Arenaza-Corona A, Hernandez Ortega S. Electronic properties and supramolecular study of selenoureas with fluorinated–NHC ligands derived from imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj04699g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A series of twelve selenourea compounds with fluorinated fragments were synthesized and characterized. The influence of fluorine atoms in the chemical shift of the 77Se NMR was studied. The more...
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Arenaza-Corona A, Couce-Fortúnez MD, de Blas A, Morales-Morales D, Santillan R, Höpfl H, Rodríguez-Blas T, Barba V. Further Approaches in the Design of Antitumor Agents with Response to Cell Resistance: Looking toward Aza Crown Ether-dtc Complexes. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:15120-15134. [PMID: 33000942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The dianionic aza crown ether-dtc N,N'-bis(dithiocarbamate)-1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 (L2-) is a versatile ligand capable of yielding binuclear complexes with group 10 elements, also known as Ni-triade, [μ-(κ2-S,-S'-L)M2(PPh3)4]Cl2 (M = Pd (1), Pt (2)), [μ-(κ2-S,-S'-L)M2(PPh3)4](BPh4)2 (M = Pd (3), Pt (4)), and μ-(κ-S,-S'-L)Ni2(PPh3)2Cl2 (5), and has proven to be an excellent option to the design of metal-based drugs able to provide multiple response to cell resistance. Palladium and platinum complexes, 1 and 2, were tested for cytotoxicity in the human cervix carcinoma cell line HeLa-229, the human ovarian carcinoma cell line A2780, and the cisplatin-resistant mutant A2780cis, finding significant activity toward all three cancer cell lines, with low micromolar IC50 values, comparable to cisplatin. Markedly, against the cisplatin resistant cell line A2780cis, compound 2 exhibits better cytotoxic activity than the clinical drug (IC50 = 2.3 ± 0.2 μM for 2 versus 3.6 ± 0.5 μM for cisplatin). Moreover, an enhancement of the antitumor response is achieved when adding an equimolar amount of alkali metal chloride (NaCl or KCl) to the medium, for instance, testing compound 1 against the cisplatin-resistant A2780cis cells, the IC50 decreases from 9.3 ± 0.4 to 7.4 ± 0.3 and 5.4 ± 0.1 μM, respectively, after addition of the salt solution. For the platinum derivative 2, the IC50 improves by ca. 40% reaching 1.3 ± 0.1 μM when potassium chloride is added. Likewise, the resistant factor found for 2 (RF = 1) confirms that this complex circumvents cisplatin-resistance in A2780cis and is improved with the addition of potassium chloride (RF = 0.65). The presence of the aza crown ether moiety as linker in the systems studied herein is a key point since, in addition to allowing and facilitating interaction with alkali metal ions, this unit is flexible enough to adapt to a variety of environments, as confirmed by the X-ray crystal structures described, where different conformations and ways to fold in are found. In order to gain insight into the electronic and structural facts involved in the interaction of complex 2 with the alkali metal ions, a DFT study was performed, and the description of the molecular electrostatic potentials (MEPs) is also presented.
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- Antonino Arenaza-Corona
- Grupo METMED, Departamento de Quı́mica & Centro de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain.,Centro de Investigaciones Quı́micas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C.P., 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Quı́mica Inorgánica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Facultade de Quı́mica, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Grupo METMED, Departamento de Quı́mica & Centro de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Instituto de Quı́mica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, Circuito Exterior, Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Quı́mica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 07000 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Quı́micas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C.P., 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Grupo METMED, Departamento de Quı́mica & Centro de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Quı́micas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, C.P., 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Arenaza-Corona A, Villamil-Ramos R, Guerrero-Álvarez J, Höpfl H, Barba V. Bis-Dithiocarbamates derived from 1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 as ligand tectons for 1D, 2D and 3D supramolecular structure arrangements. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01755k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reaction of 1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 with CS2 in the presence of a base (MOH or Et3N) generates bis-dithiocarbamate salts with a 1D, 2D or 3D supramolecular solid-state structure based on M–O–M and M–S–M bridging and/or O/N–H⋯O/S hydrogen bonding.
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- Antonino Arenaza-Corona
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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Arenaza-Corona A, Morales-Morales D, Hernández-Ahuactzi IF, Barba V. Structural and conformational changes in [M(1,10-diaza-18-crown-6)Cl2] (M = Pd, Pb) complexes: a crystallographic and theoretical study. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce01478g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The appropriate selection of a given solvent/solvent system influences directly the molecular conformational structures of MLX2 complexes.
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- Antonino Arenaza-Corona
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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- Instituto de Química
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Cd. Universitaria
- 04510 México D.F
- Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
- Cuernavaca
- Mexico
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