Orchids are one of the largest and most diverse groups among the Philippine flowering plants, harboring over 1200 species, varieties and forms. Thus, this study was conducted to identify the orchid species in nine (9) sampling sites, as well the anthropogenic activities and econo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2024/v20i9433
Humans have a strong reliance in using petroleum-based plastics which take several decades to degrade and cause a lot of environmental problems such as pollution. This study intended to develop bioplastics from Ulva reticulata (Ribbon sea lettuce) and to determine the bioplastic’...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2024/v14i2301
Nathaniel A. Dianito, Flyndon Mark S. Dagalea, Manuela Cecille G. Vicencio & Karina Milagros C. Lim·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2022
Nanoparticles have all kinds of unexpected benefits in different fields and industry. For this reason, the demand for nanoparticles is increasing at overwhelming rate the increased demand resulted to increase in production. Conventional method in synthesizing nanoparticles have b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2022/v12i119134
Regina O. Belga, Florencio P. Mahinay & Manuela Cecille G. Vicencio·Asian Journal of Biology·2021
This study was conducted to document the Salacia korthalsiana Miq which is locally known as Polipog for the treatment of various ailments among the Mamanwa tribe in the barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar. The plant part used and the mode of preparation and treatment a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2021/v11i130133