Eduardo Valarezo^*, Gabriela Merino, Claudia Cruz-Erazo and Luis Cartuche

Departamento de Química y Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja 110150, ECUADOR

^*Corresponding author. Email: bevalarezo@utpl.edu.ec

FULL TEXT: NVEO 2020, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 14-25

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