Chelsea Mae Abia

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Can you help me identify this sponge species?

Our team found this sponge in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines. The pictures of the sponge is in situ condition and in terms of morphology, the sponge is dark brown in color and is...

11 November 2014 1,635 3 View

Does anyone have an operator's manual for Safeguard Centrifuge?

Or teach me how to operate the equipment. Thank you.

10 October 2014 342 0 View

How can I measure the photosynthesis of mangroves without using CO2 gas analysers? And how would you correlate this to leaf micromorphology?

I'm currently doing my undergraduate thesis about the relationship between photosynthesis and leaf micromorphology of several mangrove species found in the Philippines. Our institution is poorly...

07 July 2014 939 4 View

What is the protocol for testing the combined effects of Carica papaya latex and an antibiotic?

How will the latex be prepared for the test (i.e. how to make the emulsion or the right concentration of the papaya latex)?

07 July 2014 485 1 View

Can anyone suggest a herbal plant whose antioxidant and antimicrobial properties haven't been researched on?

It would really help if it's an endemic plant in the Philippines.

07 July 2014 9,148 2 View

Does anyone have literature on Melicope triphylla (Lam.) Merr?

I'm doing research on the antioxidant and antimicrobial property of this plant.

07 July 2014 3,590 4 View

Is it possible for a plant extract to be able to have a bactericidal effect against gram-negative bacteria if combined with antibiotics?

This plant extract was previously studied to have antibacterial activity against gram-positive bacteria only. Is it possible?

07 July 2014 8,462 17 View

Is a brain heart infusion medium necessary to culture bacterial strains obtained from clinical laboratories?

I want to do research on the synergistic/antagonistic effects of plant extracts and antibiotics against some bacteria. It will be very helpful if you give me literature/detailed methodology about...

07 July 2014 3,801 5 View

Which antimicrobial testing protocol would be suited for dark and high-colored plant extract?

Methanolic extract of cinnamon species is dark and using the disc-diffusion method, the MIC was hard to read. What to do? I'm testing its antifungal activity, and I don't have a Zone Reader....

07 July 2014 2,421 4 View

Where can I get a standard protocol for extraction of plant secondary metabolites?

Can you perform extraction even without using rotary evaporator? I am looking at methanolic bark extraction of Cinnamomum mercadoi

07 July 2014 6,512 14 View