Plants, fungi and even secretions from animals are rich sources of chemical compounds/phytochemicals with medicinal properties. Many of these have been used by indigenous people for various diseases e.g. diabetes, bites & stings, cancer, etc…

This dot-blot is designed to detect the presence of tungro in rice plants by exerting the antigen present in plant sample as the inhibitor. In this case, the inhibitor competes with the recombinant CPs of the tungro viruses for binding with the…

The invention describes a roselle mutant line, HS03100-29-7-1-6-3-1, with high content of hydroxycitric acid (HCA). It is a special selection of roselle developed based on market demand using an innovative breeding method to produce high content of…

Fucoidans are high-value sulfated polysaccharides derived from brown seaweed. Fucoidans were reported to possess various biological effects such as anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, antioxidant and antitumor. However, the presence of alginate (as a…

Poultry by-products are an excellent economic resource wherein chicken skin, is considered as one of the most under-utilized poultry by-products and discarded on daily basis. Considering that poultry skin contains up to 22% protein, the waste can be…