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Preliminary Studies on Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Aloe Vera Leaf, Citrus Hystrix Leaf, Zingiber Officinale and Sabah Snake Grass Against Bacillus Subtilis
(EDP Sciences, 2018)Herbal plants have several potential antimicrobial activities either as antifungal or antibacterial to fight against the disease and pathogen that attack the plants. The extractions of the Aloe vera leaf, Citrus hystrix ... -
Extraction of Spear Grass (Imperata Cylindrica) As Pro-Oxidant In Polymer Blends
(EDP Sciences, 2018)Packaging material such as plastic bags is one of the main factors that contribute to the environmental pollution due to slow degradation. The usage of metal oxide as pro-oxidant has been proven to accelerate the degradation ... -
Extraction of Spear Grass (Imperata Cylindrica) As Pro-Oxidant In Polymer Blends
(EDP Sciences, 2018)Packaging material such as plastic bags is one of the main factors that contribute to the environmental pollution due to slow degradation. The usage of metal oxide as pro-oxidant has been proven to accelerate the degradation ... -
Effect of differences Methanol concentration and extraction time on the antioxidant capacity, phenolics content and bioactive constituents of Orthosiphon Stamineus extracts
(EDP Sciences, 2016)Bioactive compounds of Orthosiphon stamineus have been known to have the beneficial effects on health. Efficient extraction of these beneficial compounds is very important. The study was conducted to determine the efficiency ... -
Bioinformatics: prospect, application and the way forward
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 2008)The world of bioinformatics is fast expanding into the mainstream of both molecular and computational biology. Bioinformatics is a new discipline that can be described as the science of collecting, modelling, storing, ... -
Effect of blends ratio on mechanical and morphological properties of LDPE/Thermoplastic soya spent powder blends
(Trans Tech Publications Inc., 2014)This study investigates the properties of blends made from low density polyethylene (LDPE) with various levels of thermoplastic soya spent powder (SSP). The thermoplastic TPSSP content was varied from 5 to 20wt % whereas ... -
Galactose consuming microbes for ethanol production from seaweed
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014-04)Gracilaria sp. is one of macroalgae that contain high amount of sugar especially galactose. This galactose can be fermented into bioethanol by galactose-consuming microbes similar to the widely known ethanol production by ... -
Determination of flavonoids in Citrus grandis (Pomelo) peels and their inhibition activity on lipid peroxidation in fish tissue
(Faculty of Food Science & Technology, UPM., 2013)The peels of pomelo contribute 30% of the fruit weight and yet it has been dump without recognizing the possible nutritional value of the peels. Study has been carried out to identify flavonoid content of the peels and ... -
P-recovery as calcium phosphate from wastewater using an integrated selectrodialysis/crystallization process
(Elsevier, 2014)A promising and sustainable renewable source of phosphate was obtained through crystallization of calcium phosphate from wastewater. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of an integrated ... -
Corn cob filled chitosan biocomposite films
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Recently, there has been renews interest in chitosan as materials in producing of biocomposite films. The chitosan (CS)/corn cob (CC) biocomposite films were prepared by solvent casting method. The effect of CC content on ... -
Modified corn cob filled chitosan biocomposite films
(Taylor and Francis Group, LLC., 2013-11)The present work was investigated the effect of filler content and chemical modification on mechanical, thermal properties and morphology study of CS/CC biocomposite films. The acrylic acid was used as chemical modification ... -
Chitosan/corn cob biocomposite films by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde
(North Carolina State University, 2013-05)Corn cob (CC) was used as a filler in chitosan (CS) biopolymer films. The effect of glutaraldehyde (GLA) as a crosslinking agent was studied in an effort to improve the properties of CS/CC biocomposite films prepared via ... -
Natural rubber/styrene butadiene rubber/recycled nitrile glove (NR/SBR/rNBRg) ternary blend: Tensile properties & morphology
(AENSI Publisher All rights reserved, 2013-10)Recycling waste rubber products by utilising them in rubber blends had provided the simplest and most cost-effective ways in solving several environmental issues regarding the abundance of scrap rubbers. Discarded nitrile ... -
Pellet reactor pretreatment: A feasible method to reduce scaling in bipolar membrane electrodialysis
(Elsevier Inc., 2013-07)This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a pellet reactor in reducing the scaling potential in electrodialysis with bipolar membranes for water containing a high concentration of calcium by adding sodium carbonate ... -
Effect of cobalt stearate on outdoor exposure of LLDPE/soy spent powder blends
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)In this study, the degradability of low linear density polyethylene (LLDPE) and soy spent powder blends under outdoor exposure of Malaysia. Cobalt stearate was used as a pro-oxidant. The degradation of the blends was ... -
Synthesis of dual thermoresponsive ABA triblock copolymers by both living cationic vinyl polymerization and RAFT polymerization using a dicarboxylic RAFT agent
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-02)To elucidate a difference of micelles formed from AB di- and ABA tri-block copolymers, PMOVE-PNIPAM-PMOVE triblock copolymers were synthesized by both living cationic polymerization of MOVE and RAFT polymerization of NIPAM ... -
Characterizations on the effect of processing of polymers blend with petroleum coke (part I)
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Global demand for plastics has grown significantly over the past decades, and will continue to expand with rising income levels in emerging economies; a number of approaches have been used to recycle polymer waste. While ... -
Cognitive wireless sensor actor network: an agricultural perspective
(ICIC International, 2014-04)Intelligent environments are exposing the next revolutionary steps of development technologies in automation of building, industrial, home, and transportation systems. The new generation of Wireless Sensor Actor Networks ... -
Tensile properties and FTIR analysis of HDPE/soya spent powder in oven aging
(AENSI Publisher All rights reserved, 2013-10)This investigation involves pure HDPE and then HDPE with addition of soya spent powder with different weight percentagesbefore and after exposing in the oven aging. The characteristics of pure HDPE and HDPE/ soya spent ... -
Effect of compost medium on oxidative- linear low density polyethylene/soya powder blends
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)One alternative to enhance the degradability of polyethylene is the addition of prooxidant substances to their matix. The polymer materials are called oxo-biodegradable. Current investigation aimed to assess the abiotic ...
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