Anti-inflammatory action of components from Melastoma malabathricum by Md Pisar, Mazura, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Mat Ali, Rasadah

“…Ethnic folklore or empirical therapeutic uses of plant parts have often provided the early indication of the possibility of discovering some pharmacologically active substance from a plant. …”
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Extraction and chemical analysis of lemongrass (cymbopogan citratus) exxential oil by Yahya, Liyana, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Jamal, Parveen

“…Thus, research should be done on this plant. However, nowadays most of the researches just focus on the lemongrass leaves. …”
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Intelligent robust control of high precision positioning systems using ANFIS by Rafaat, Safanah, Martono, Wahyudi, Akmeliawati, Rini, Legowo, Ari

“…The development of robust control systems for HPPS is an attempt to provide guaranteed stability despite uncertainties and disturbances associated with the plant. However, robust control techniques require a dynamic model of the plant under study and bounds on modeling uncertainty to develop control laws with guaranteed stability. …”
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Essential oil of Thai basil: natural remedy for urolithiasis? by Abd Hamid, Shafida, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Mat Shaari, Nurul Elyni

“…Allah (s. w. t.) mentioned in the Qur’an, “And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder and sweet scented plants (rayhan)” (Surah Al-Rahman, 55:12). According to Ibn Qayyim, the word ‘rayhan’ referred to every plant with pleasant scent. …”
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New potential of biomaterials from kenaf fibre biomass by Anuar, Hazleen, Mel, Maizirwan, Seeni Mohamed, Nurhafizah, Mohd. Nasir, Nur Aimi, Mustafa Kamalbhrin, Mohd. Adlan

“…Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus, L.) is a short day, annual, herbaceous plant processing high quality cellulose. The whole plant can be used as pulp in paper industry, composite industry, and electronic industry. …”
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Preliminary investigation of Myo-Inositol Phosphates produced by Asuia279phytase on Mcf-7 cancer cells. by Mohd Yusoff, Noraini, Nuge, Tamrin, Zainan, Nor Hidayah, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Jamal, Parveen, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Farouk Gad, Abd. El-Aziem, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…In this study, the cytotoxicity of the partially purified myo-inositol phosphate fractions and commercial IP1 and IP6 were investigated against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. The study showed that the commercial standard IP1 and IP6 showed good inhibition towards the MCF-7 cell line. …”
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Impact of cable bleeding towards cable characteristics and performance in VDSL2 ang g.fast technologies by Che Ku Alam, Che Ku Afifah

“…The application of copper cable in broadband services using very high-speed digital subscriber line transceivers 2 (VDSL2) (30a) has been proven to offer up to 50 Mbps upstream (US) and 100 Mbps downstream (DS) bandwidths at lower than 1 km distance. …”
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Wear study of Mg-SiCp reinforcement aluminium metal matrix composite by Maleque, Md. Abdul, ., M. Radhi, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur

“…The study further analysed the effects of different size variations of silicon carbide particles such as the coarse particle size, fine particle size, intermediate particle size and mixed particle size in the fabrication of the composites on the hardness and wear properties. The pin-on-disc test was also done at room temperature in a dry sliding wear condition. …”
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Wear behavior of as-cast and heat treated triple particle size SiC reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md. Rezaul

“…The wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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Invisible hands behind the corporate governance practices in Malaysia by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Salman, Syed Ahmed, Shaugee, Ibrahim

“…However, some of the findings on corporate governance in Malaysia are not in line with the recommendations of the Code. Thus, this study examines the possible reasons that hinder current corporate governance system less effective in Malaysia. …”
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Environmental impacts of greywater use for irrigation on home gardens by Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira

“…In addition, continuous irrigation with greywater may lead to accumulation of salts, plant nutrients and some nutrients beyond plant tolerance levels. …”
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Pencirian dan aktiviti antibakteria endofit Streptomyces sp. dari Hutan Simpan Penyelidikan UKM Bangi by Mohamad Zin, Noraziah, Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah, Ismail, Aishah, Baba, Mohd Shukri, Sidek, Nik Marzuki

“…Symbiotic endophytic microorganisms to the plant can be found in a network system of plant roots, leaves, stems or twigs. …”
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Microbial production of food grade pigments – screening and metabolic pathway analysis by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim

“…Unitl recently, the use of plant pigments as natural food colourantis expensive and uncompetitive to synthetic dyes due to their high production costs. …”
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Phytochemical screening and galactagogue of banana flower (Musa x paradisiaca ABBB) extract on lactating rats by Mahmood, Azizah, Omar, Muhammad Nor, Ngah, Nurziana

“…Some plants are known to have high level of phytochemical constituents that promote lactation (galactagogue)for nursing mothers (Goyal, etal, 2008). …”
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Development of patatin-like protein purification method from natural rubber industrial waste by Abdullah, Nurul Ain Harmiza, Yusof, Faridah, Mohd Nor, Zairossani

“…Patatin belongs to a group of plant storage glycoproteins that show lipid acyl hydrolase activity which may be a means of defense against plant parasites. …”
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The use of Macrophytes as indicators of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems by Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati, Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie, Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah, Othman, Rashidi

“…In environmental impact studies, certain plant species provide valuable information about the chemical state of their environment through their presence. …”
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Design and manufacture of a ten ton capacity wedge jack by Azim, M. Anwarul, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…A Wedge Jack of relatively small dimensions (300 x 100 x 50 mm), but extremely high load carrying capacity (10 tons) has been designed for precision lifting of turbine shaft and its bearing cases for their proper alignment at Ghorasal Power Plant. The work was unique of its kind in Bangladesh, since it was the first venture of installation of a new power plant using local technology and expertise. …”
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Design of QFT-based self-tuning deadbeat controller by Mansor, Hasmah, Mohd Noor, Samsul Bahari

“…The output response that is fast, robust and adaptive is expected. Using a grain dryer plant model as a pilot case-study, the performance of the proposed method has been evaluated and analyzed. …”
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Assessment on functionality and viability of β cells following repetitive dosage administration of ethanolic extracts of andrographis paniculata on streptozotocin-induced diabetic... by Kasmuri, Abdul Razak, Ahmad, Mariam, Sadikun, Amirin, Asmawi, Mohd Zaini

“…Conclusion: This study revealed that the plant extracts showed an ability to promote the growth or rejuvenate the STZdestructed β cells and in turn lower the blood glucose level.…”
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A potential resource for bioconversion of domestic wastewater sludge by Molla , Abul Hossain, Fakhru’l-Razi, Ahmadun, Abd-Aziz, S, Hanafi, M M, Roychoudhury, P K, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…Twenty seven filamentous fungal strains representing five genera; Aspergillus, Penicillium, Trichoderma, Myriodontium and Pleurotus were isolated from four sources; domestic wastewater sludge cake (SC) from IWK (Indah Water Konsortium) wastewater treatment plant, palm oil mill effluent compost from Sri Ulu palm Oil Processing Mill, compost of plant debris, and fungal fruiting bodies from a rotten wood stump. …”
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