León Cárdenas, Karen Priscila (sep-2017) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Ecuador has abundant and diverse flora and fauna in its four geographic regions. In the Ecuadorian Amazon inhabits the snake Bothrops atrox, that caused the highest number of accidents by bites registered; inhabitants of this region ensure that plants such as Kunapi (Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz &...

Granda Calle, Nelly Geovanna (may-2015) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Ethno-medicinal knowledge is very rich in our country; vegetal species as Costus pulverulentus C. Presl, Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC., and Begonia glabra Aubl have been used for poisonous snakebites treatment, as those caused by Bothrops asper (equis) the most common ophidian species in Ecuador....

Guerrero Aleaga, Norma Daniela (may-2014) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The chemical composition of the ethereal, alcoholic and aqueous extracts obtained by maceration of leaves of Oryctanthus spicatus in samples collected in the province of Morona Santiago was characterized by techniques such as: phytochemical screening, finding: oils and greases, alkaloids,...

Coronel Dávalos, Johana Narcisa (abr-2014) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

It was determined the chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and antioxidant activity in the samples extracts that were obtained by maceration of the dried leaves of Dendrophthora elliptica with solvents of increasing polarity was determined through techniques commonly used as phytochemical...

Arias Chaluiza, Carlos Fabricio; Rodríguez Flores, María Lastenia (oct-2014) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The healing effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of the bark of Terminalia amazonia plant species, collected in the Huamboya canton of Morona Santiago Province, by tensiometric method (Howes, Sooy, & Harvey, 1929) on albino mice (Mus musculus was evaluated , Balb C) which was treated with carbopol...

Carvajal Vallejo, Cynthia Verónica; Quintero Góngora, María Belén (may-2012) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

La presente investigación se realizó sobre una planta cultivada en el sector de Nayón-San Vicente de la ciudad de Quito en la provincia de Pichincha, esta planta es llamada “congona” Peperomia inaequialifolia. Piperaceae (Ruiz&Pav, 1978). El objetivo fue caracterizar químicamente y valorar la...

Vinueza Bayas, Stefanie Karina (may-2015) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The different industrial and urban activities are the greatest source of water pollution, which often contain a high amount of pathogenic microorganisms that cause epidemics and deadly diseases. There are many microbiological tests which use indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli and total...

Alvear Rosero, Sandra Janneth (jun-2012) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Las cremas elaboradas con aceites de frutos de tres especies vegetales: Morete (Mauritia flexuosa), Chonta (Bactris gasipaes) y Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) fueron sometidas a estudios de estabilidad preliminar y acelerada, de acuerdo a la Guía de Estabilidad de Productos Cosméticos publicado...

Armas Arteaga, Gabriela Alejandra (may-2012) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

La Jacaranda copaia es un árbol nativo de la costa y amazonía ecuatoriana que crece entre los 0 y 1000 metros sobre el nivel del mar (msnm). Se encuentra en las provincias de Esmeraldas, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios y Zamora Chinchipe. Sus sinónimos son Jacaranda spectabilis o Bignonia...

Haro Tipantiza, William Vinicio; Montenegro Landívar, María Fernanda (may-2015) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The main objective of this investigation was to identify and quantify dihydrocapsaicin as the main chemical compound contained in the oleoresin of the Capsicum pubescens species. This species collected from four populations in El Valle de Tumbaco in Quito. Dihydrocapsaicin identifying oleoresin was...

Grijalva Sanguña, Paola Teresa; Tapia Chiriboga, Andrés David (may-2015) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The effectiveness of essential oil of Congona (Peperomia inaequalifolia), was evaluated as a natural acaricide in controlling the Tetranychus urticae mite, which destroys the Rosa spp, varieties Freedom, Señorita and Cherry on; the mites were collected in block 4 of Rancho San Jorge. We stablished...

Reyes Córdova, Michael Xavier (mar-2017) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Ecuador multicultural and multiethnic country, which is rich in flora species permits an extensive ethno-botanic study and thanks to the ancestral knowledge of its inhabitants from the Amazon Region who have used different species of plants like antidotes to counter the harmful effects of the...

Muñoz Carrión, Ronalt Cristian (mar-2017) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Ethnobotanical knowledge is important because some plant species are used to counteract the effects of the biting of poison snakes. In this research we tested the antihemolytic activity of the species Minthostachys cf. Mollis (Kunth) Griseb (kurarina) and Pollalesta discolor (Kunth) Aristeg...

Navarrete Espinel, María Andrea; Zumba Abdo, Magaly Estefanía (mar-2017) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

Ecuador is one of the most abundant countries in plant species with pharmacological properties, the species Capsicum cf. Pubescens Ruiz & Pav and Renealmia sp, have been taken into account for the present study in order to correct the ethnobotanical knowledge regarding alexite activity...

Cueva Pungacho, Jenny Verónica (mar-2017) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

This research evaluated the anti-hemolytic activity of plant species Mucuna cf. elliptica (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., and Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz & Pav. that are identified by the inhabitants of the community Wawaim as plants that help to combat the snakebites of the species Bothrops atrox, an...

Araujo Abad, Lourdes Salomé (sep-2016) - [Director: Tapia Hernández, Wilson Fabián]

The objective of this work was to verify the performance parameters of the analytical method of atomic absorption spectroscopy with graphite furnace for quantification of cadmium in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) almond, for which a protocol was prepared, analyzes were performed on the certified...