Abstract The objective of the research is to identify the zoning of the highest production of Banana, Coffee and Cacao and its economic impact in Ecuador, period 2013-2016. The zonal planning is a management model with development proposals for the different sectors, mainly productive due to the binding effect, allowing the decentralization of functions and the specialization of areas of influence for the respective territorial strengthening. The data were obtained from the Central Bank of Ecuador proposing the study with a quantitative and descriptive approach, the values were statistically processed, obtaining the main results when determining that zone 5 comprised of Santa Elena, Guayas, Bolívar, Los Ríos and Galápagos are the of greater production followed by zone 7 with a lower percentage, representing being the second largest item in the national economy, therefore, the main conclusions determine an economy dependent on the agricultural sector due to the economic contribution provided in the levels of production and exports in the Gross Domestic Product through the consolidation of economic and public policies for the Ecuadorian zones.

Resumen El objetivo de la investigación consiste en identificar la zonificación de mayor producción de Banano, Café y Cacao y su impacto económico en el Ecuador, período 2013-2016. La planificación zonal es un modelo de gestión con propuestas de desarrollo para los diferentes sectores, principalmente el productivo por el efecto vinculante, permitiendo la descentralización de funciones y la especialización de áreas de influencia para el respectivo fortalecimiento territorial. Los datos fueron obtenidos del Banco Central del Ecuador planteando el estudio con un enfoque cuantitativo y descriptivo, los valores fueron procesados estadísticamente, obteniendo como principales resultados que la zona 5 comprendido por Santa Elena, Guayas, Bolívar, Los Ríos y Galápagos son las de mayor producción seguido de la zona 7 con menor porcentaje, representando ser el segundo rubro de la economía nacional, por lo tanto, las principales conclusiones determinan a una economía dependiente del sector agropecuario por el aporte económico brindado en los niveles de producción y exportaciones en el Producto Interno Bruto mediante la consolidación de políticas económicas y públicas para las zonas ecuatorianas.

ABSTRACT This paper describes the chemical composition and the enantiomer content of the volatile oil hydrodistilled from Clinopodium brownei (Sw.) Kuntze, Lamiaceae. The plant was collected in the South of Ecuador. Thirty one components were identified by GC-MS, which accounted for the 96.15% of the volatile oil. The major components were pulegone (48.44%), menthone (34.55%) and β-acorenol (3.41%). Oxygenated monoterpenes (86.06%), followed by oxygenated sesquiterpenes (5.36%) constituted the most abundant fractions. The enantiomeric compositions of β-pinene, sabinene, 3-octanol, menthone, pulegone and menthyl acetate were determined by enantioselective GC-MS. (-)-Menthone showed the highest enantiomeric excess (ee = 83.4%). In in vitro tests, the volatile oil showed high selective inhibitory activity for butyrylcholinesterase with an IC50, 13.4 ± 1.8 µg/ml. In contrast, it was weakly active against acetylcholinesterase with an IC50 >250 µg/ml.