La universidad es un ente transformador de la sociedad, la función que ha ejercido desde siempre ha sido solucionar los problemas que embate a la comunidad, mediante actividades académicas y de investigación. Precisamente la investigación científica es la que genera mayor desarrollo y genera beneficios al hombre y demás especies que habitamos el planeta. Sin, embargo hacer ciencia y publicar los resultados producto de una pregunta científica, no es una tarea fácil, ni común en nuestro país. Publicar luego de un riguroso proceso metodológico conlleva una destreza que se va adquiriendo cada vez que nos atrevemos a dar a conocer a la comunidad, nuestros resultados. La universidad juega un rol importante en adquirir esas destrezas, en formar investigadores, en fomentar la investigación, en incentivarla, y en publicarla para que la sociedad se entere de los hallazgos. En ese senti...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse and at the same time most threatened ecosystems in the biosphere. Its different habitats provide a unique floristic pattern. Therefore, we aimed to identify the floristic arboreal composition in an area of the Amazon rainforest and determine the local patterns of diversity in its different habitats. This study was conducted around the Tambopata Research Center, Madre de Dios, Peru. To achieve our goals, we established 20 (50 × 30 m) plots distributed equally in four habitats, these being: Mauritia Palm Swamp, Floodplain Forest, Successional Floodplain Forest, and Tierra Firme Forest. In each plot, we collected all individuals with a diameter at a breast height ≥ of 10 cm. Subsequently, the individuals were identified and classified by cluster and diversity analysis. We found 57 families, 173 genera, 300 species, and 1958 individuals....

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse and at the same time most threatened ecosystems in the biosphere. Its different habitats provide a unique floristic pattern. Therefore, we aimed to identify the floristic arboreal composition in an area of the Amazon rainforest and determine the local patterns of diversity in its different habitats. This study was conducted around the Tambopata Research Center, Madre de Dios, Peru. To achieve our goals, we established 20 (50 × 30 m) plots distributed equally in four habitats, these being: Mauritia Palm Swamp, Floodplain Forest, Successional Floodplain Forest, and Tierra Firme Forest. In each plot, we collected all individuals with a diameter at a breast height ≥ of 10 cm. Subsequently, the individuals were identified and classified by cluster and diversity analysis. We found 57 families, 173 genera, 300 species, and 1958 individuals....

Essential oils are in demand in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The research aimed to estimate the extraction yield by hydrodistillation of Piper aduncum L. (matico) essential oil using a kinetic model. The methodology consisted of processing the plant material (harvesting, shade-drying and crushing matico leaves), extracting essential oil (hydrodistillation using two clevenger units under four scenarios) and modelling the kinetics of matico hydrodistillation extraction. The yield of matico essential oil in the four scenarios is in accordance with the mathematical model of sigmoidal kinetics. Therefore, the models determined provide a qualitative and approximate evolution of the behaviour of the extraction kinetics and the yield of matico essential oil.