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An anatomical comparison between bunch and fruit of oil palm with pineapple leaf and three woods from plantations in Costa Rica
(Journal of Oil Palm Research, 2013-04)
Elaeis guineensis, Ananas comusus and forest plantations are planted widely in Costa Rica; however their residues (8000 t) are not utilised. The main objective of this work was to undertake an anatomical description of the ...
Antimicrobial activities of Marcgraviaceae species and isolation of a naphthoquinone from Marcgravia nervosa (Marcgraviaceae)
(NRC Research Press, 2015)
The Marcgraviaceae is a neotropical plant family of lianas and shrubs distributed throughout Central and South America, mainly in evergreen and semi-evergreen tropical forests. In this study, extracts of 12 Marcgraviaceae ...
First Measurements of Biogenic Hydrocarbons in Air in a Tropical Cloudy Forest, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(David Publishing Compan, 2011)
Measurements of biogenic hydrocarbons in ambient air were carried out during 2008 in a cloud y tropical forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Isoprene, α-pinene, β-pinene, 3-carene, d-limonene and γ-terpinene were sampled by ...