The use of plants as therapeutic agents is part of the traditional medicine that is practiced by
many indigenous communities in Ecuador. The aim of this study was to update a review …

Ecuador has, in proportion of its size, one of the richest floras of Latin America and the world;
the country also has an immense cultural heritage due to the presence of different ethnic …

An essential oil, distilled from the leaves of the Andean species Gynoxys rugulosa Muschl.,
is described in the present study for the first time. The chemical composition was …

In the present study, the essential oil from dry leaves of Steiractinia sodiroi (Hieron.) SF
Blake is described for the first time. The plant material, collected in the Province of Loja …

The present study describes the chemical and enantiomeric composition of a new essential
oil, distilled from the dry leaves of Gynoxys buxifolia (Kunth) Cass. The chemical analysis …

A previously uninvestigated essential oil (EO) was distilled from Gynoxys miniphylla
Cuatrec.(Asteraceae) and submitted to chemical and enantioselective analyses. The …

The fresh leaves of Gynoxys laurifolia (Kunth) Cass.(Asteraceae), collected in the province
of Loja (Ecuador), were submitted to steam distillation, producing an essential oil with a yield …

Lymphadenitis is a commonly occurring and contagious disease in guinea pigs caused by
different pathogens, including Streptococcus sp., Staphylococcus sp., and Corynebacterium …

The first chemical and enantioselective analyses of the essential oil from the leaves of
Mauria heterophylla Kunth were carried out. The dry plant materialproduced an essential oil …

The leaves of Nectandra laurel Klotzsch ex Nees, belonging to the family, Lauraceae, were
collected in the province of Loja (Ecuador), dried, and analytically steam-distilled. An …