The ACTA MANILANA is the official publication of the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences of the University of Santo Tomas. It is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to cover research and development in all areas of the natural and applied sciences. It features research papers, short communications and review papers which have been peer-evaluated and recommended for publication.
The ACTA MANILANA is indexed and abstracted in the Web of Science Master Journal List (Clarivate Analytics), Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, and Google Scholar.
The Acta Manilana is the official publication of the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences of the University of Santo Tomas which aims to serve as a venue for the dissemination of the research findings in the diverse areas of the natural and applied sciences.
The Acta Manilana features peer-reviewed research articles, short communications and review papers in the following fields:
Editor-in-Chief
Fortunato Sevilla III, Ph.D.
Associate Editor
Mario A. Tan, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
Bernard John V. Tongol, Ph.D.
Section Editors:
Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, Dr. rer. nat. (Biological Sciences)
Christina A. Binag, Ph.D. (Chemical Sciences)
Agnes L. Castillo, Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Michael Francis D. Benjamin, Ph.D. (Engineering and Mathematics)
Manuscript Editor
Jose H. Bergantin Jr., Ph.D.
Web Editor
Seong Soo A. An, Ph.D.
Gachon University, South Korea
Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D.
Providence College, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Dominic C. Y. Foo, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
John Holdsworth, Ph.D.
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Chih-hao Hsieh, Ph.D.
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Bambang Kuswandi, Ph.D.
Universitas Jember, Indonesia
Arben Merckoçi, Ph.D.
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, Barcelona, Spain
Pornchai Rojsitthisak, Ph.D.
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Sangaraju Shanmugam, Ph.D. Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Bertram Emil Shi, PhD
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Stephen Stephenson, Ph.D.
University of Arkansas, U.S.A.
Mike Thiv, Ph.D.
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany
Agnes L. Castillo, Prima M. De Jesus,⁺Jovencio G. Apostol, Rowen T. Yolo and Maribel G. Nonato
ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.qhql3726
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Online Publication Date: June 2023
Hanane Mehiaoui, Salima Roudj, and Omar Hassaine
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ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.lgnv5021
Online Publication Date: June 2023
Nacima Midoun and Omar Hassaine
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ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.pbor8777
Online Publication Date: June 2023
Joe Anthony H. Manzano and Mary Beth B. Maningas
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ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.slha3330
Online Publication Date: June 2023
Ryan Karlo K. Ramos, Jameson A. Eusebio, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro and Mario A. Tan
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ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.sgko3881
Online Publication Date: JuLY 2023
HANNAH MAE P. PASTOR, LYRENNE MARIJON R. RAMOS, HANS IVAN D. RAFAEL*, AND CAROL M. ENCARNADO
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ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.71.2023.sgcf2173
Online Publication Date: August 2023
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