Ramírez Loaiza, Jossué Alejandro; Rocha Mendieta, Carlos Julio (ago-2019) - [Director: Karolys Gutiérrez, Germania Margarita]

La acromegalia es considerada una enfermedad rara, presentándose como un padecimiento neuroendocrino de baja ocurrencia, provocado por la segregación descontrolada de hormona del crecimiento (growth hormone, GH) y el aumento del factor de crecimiento similar a la insulina 1 (insulin-like growth...

Campaña Verdesoto, Andrea Michelle (jul-2018) - [Director: Chiluisa Utreras, Viviana Pamela]

Using the Real time PCR technique, which is more sensitive, specific and faster than conventional techniques, molecular detection of two bacteria of the genus Bacillus corresponding to B. licheniformis and B. megaterium has been achieved by analyzing specific regions. To reach the aims,...

Bustos Viteri, Krupskaya Tamara; Cacuango Gualacata, Jenny Jacqueline (ene-2017) - [Director: Ramírez Cando, Lenin Javier]

Cadmium and Chromium are highly toxic heavy metals in their ionic forms, they’re extremely hard to remove because they tend to accumulate becoming a serious environmental problem. The bacterial ability to resist high concentrations of heavy metals was been studied in the bioremediation field,...

Paredes Morales, María Fernanda; Yugsi Vargas, Irene Elizabeth (mar-2016) - [Director: Karolys Gutiérrez, Germania Margarita]

This work was based on the use of six isolated yeasts from the pitahaya’s fruit (Stenocereus queretaroensis f.a.c Weber) of Coba P. (2013-2014) project CIVABI - UPS, they presented alcohol resistance between 10-12% and medium - high fermentative capacity, for molecular identification; since...

Anguisaca Arias, Cristian Gabriel; Castañeda González, Edgar Andrés (ago-2016) - [Director: Karolys Gutiérrez, Germania Margarita]

In this paper resistant bacterial consortia to metals were molecularly identified, isolated from wastewater of a hydrocarbon industry in the province of Esmeraldas. Samples were inoculated in four culture media and metal susceptibility testing was performed considering TULAS`s maximum...

Iza Arteaga, Mario León (ene-2018) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

The family (Orchidaceae) stands out as one of the most important because it contains a large number of species of high economic value; At present, within the Dracula genus around 130 species are recognized in the world and 56 species are described in Ecuador, a total of 144 individuals of Dracula...

Cazar Iza, Margarita de los Ángeles; Pérez Reyes, Daniela Belén (jul-2019) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

En el presente trabajo se estudiaron los hongos endófitos y micorrízicos de la especie Caucaea pichinchae, con su respectivo hospedero en cuatro puntos de recolección distribuidos en la Provincia de Pichincha, para el estudio molecular se tomaron muestras de hojas y raíz de C. pichinchae y un...

Escobar Mena, Edison David (abr-2018) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

The Brugmansia species possess toxic alkaloid substances that are used to make psychotropic substances. Its ingestion in humans and animals is fatal in excessive doses. In Ecuador 7 species are known, of which 5 have been registered in the Andean zone, the species are: Brugmansia arborea, B. aurea,...

Sánchez Robalino, Cristofer Wilson (sep-2017) - [Director: Chiluisa Utreras, Viviana Pamela]

The following research had as the main objective to identify molecularly bacteria producers of antibiotics from the Burkholderia cepacia Complex. They were identified biochemically as Burkholderia cepacia by Egas and Tinajero (2016) with a probability percentage of 88,79% and 99,51% for BC1 and...

Albán Reinoso, Jonathan Leonardo; Toapanta Cantuña, Christian Leonardo (mar-2019) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

La familia Orchidaceae es considerada una de las familias más grandes del mundo además de su importancia económica, ornamental y ecológica. Caucaea es un género de orquídeas epífitas que se distribuye en Ecuador, Colombia y Venezuela por encima de los 2500 m.s.n.m, se reconocen 23 especies...

Miño Domínguez, Jorge Eduardo (sep-2018) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

The name of the genus Passiflora means flower of passion, on the other hand this genus has a high economic interest due to medicinal, nutritional and ornamental use of its flowers and fruits, in Ecuador there are records of 95 species of this genus, in this research samples of species of this group...

Fuertes Flores, Byron Germán; Mallitasig Quishpe, Diego Alejandro (feb-2018) - [Director: Cerna Cevallos, Marco Fernando]

For this investigation, mycorrhizal fungi were isolated from root samples belonging to the genera Dracula and Epidendrum ORCHIDACEAE, which were planted in commercial PDA medium. The isolated mycorrhizal fungi were morphologically identified by means of microscopic observation and molecular...

Chávez Caravajal, Patricia Alexandra; Espinosa García, María Daniela (dic-2011) - [Director: Maldonado Rodríguez, María Elena]

En la actualidad las empresas son más competitivas, enfrentan nuevos mercados y los consumidores exigen cada vez más atributos de calidad en los productos que adquieren, siendo una característica esencial e implícita la inocuidad (Ramírez, I., 2011). La Fundación Chankuap es una Organización No...

Torres Carvajal, Pamela Sofía (2021) - [Director: Coyago Cruz, Elena del Rocío]

El tomate de árbol es un cultivar Andino de importancia en la producción ecuatoriana, el cual genera ingresos a los pequeños agricultores. Sin embargo, poco se conoce acerca de la composición fitoquímica y la calidad del tomate de árbol injerto a diferentes altitudes y pueden verse afectados por...

Andrade Andrade, Johanna Alexandra; Ponce Anatoa, Marco Vinicio (ene-2020) - [Director: Bonifaz García, Nancy Fabiola]

Evaluar la calidad de la leche es de vital importancia para el sector ganadero del país, con ello se evidencian los parámetros a mejorar en cuanto a la alimentación y suplementación del ganado bovino. En la presente investigación se buscó determinar la influencia de la ingesta de grasas como...

González Quevedo, Daniela Fernanda; Morales Caicedo, Jennifer Estefanía (2022) - [Director: Coyago Cruz, Elena Del Rocío]

El tomate de árbol (Solanum betaceum Cav.) en el Ecuador es un frutal básico para la economía campesina, pero en los últimos años se ha visto el interés de mercados internacionales. Por esta razón el objetivo de este estudio fue identificar la influencia del grado de madurez, altitud y portainjerto...

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...