RESEARCH PROJECTS
This section includes the research projects developed an implemented by the undergraduate students involved in this program. These studies cover a diverse array of topics, although most have an ethnobiological and/or chemical ecology component. Due to space limitations, a thorough presentation of all the student projects was not possible in this first issue of Emanations. We have selected several projects to be presented as abstracts or full length articles, while the remaining projects are presented only with the title and participating researchers. In future issues of Emanations many of these projects will be presented in their expanded format. This section has been divided into three broad topics, which consist of ethnobiology, chemical ecology, and zoopharmacognosy.
ETHNOBIOLOGICAL PROJECTS
Biochemistry and Bioactivity of Medicinal Plants of the Yucatan Maya
Alcorta, M.1, C. Banuelos1, T. Barreiro2, E. Campos3, E. De Leon3, J. Martínez1, M. Nogueira1, L. Parilla1, R. Pembleton2, E. Regalado1, K. Samuels4, G. Simental3, J. Verduzco1, C. Wosu5
(1Cornell University, 2Tompkins Cortland Community College, 3University of California at Irvine, 4Emory University, and 5Howard University; Research conducted at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Mexico; 1996)
Antibacterial Activity and Secondary Chemistry of Heteropterys orinocensis (H.B.K.) Juss. (Malpighiacaeae), an Antidiarrheal Remedy Used by the Piaroa People
Azenha, G. S.1, M. McFerren1, F.I. Michelangeli2, E. Rodriguez1, and S. Zent2
(1Cornell University, 2IVIC; Research conducted at the Yutajé research station and IVIC, Venezuela; 1996)
Medicinal Plant Knowledge of Piaroa and Guajibo Women in the Amazonas of Venezuela
Diaz, E.O.1, F.I. Michelangeli2, E. Rodriguez1, and S. Zent2
(1Cornell University, 2IVIC; Research conducted at the Yutajé research station and IVIC, Venezuela; 1997)
Phytochemistry, Bioactivity, and Ethnobotany of the Genus Costus (Loesener) (Costaceae)
Esterrich, L.K.1, F.I. Michelangeli2, E. Rodriguez1, and S. Zent2
(1Cornell University, 2IVIC; Research conducted at the Yutajé research station and IVIC, Venezuela; 1996)