Volume 62

ACTA MANILANA

ISSN:0065-1370

Volume 62: 2014

ACTA MANILANA publishes research and innovation in the different branches of the natural and applied sciences. It reports significant development in the discipline, and novel applications, unconfined by the traditional coverage of the disciplines.

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Specific IgE against the house dust mite Suidasia pontifica as a risk factor for asthma and allergies in the tropics

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Jennifer Maries G. Yap, Maricar W. Ching, Rogelio S. Cruz, & John Donnie A. Ramos

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.lghm5611


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Occurrence and diversity of myxomycetes (slime molds) in Polillo Island, Quezon Province, Philippines

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Alexandra T. Viray, Doxa Dave S. Rotap, Louise L. Migraso, Nicole Cezra I. Sibbaluca, Emilio Christian V. Escobar, Anthony T. Buaya, & Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.rjbh7786


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First record of the invasive Arctodiaptomus dorsalis (Marsh, 1907) (Copepoda:Calanoida:Diaptomidae) in Lake Lanao (Mindanao Island, Philippines)

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Ephrime B. Metillo, Alyza M. Masorong, Sittie Aisah N. Macabangkit, Jill Rosette U. Licayan, Dino T. Tordesillas, & Rey Donne S. Papa

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.pkhk5338


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Enhancement of some culture conditions for optimizing growth and lipid production in the diatom Nitzschia palea

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Lawrence Victor D. Vitug & Susana F. Baldia

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.egrm9555


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The first report of a Salmonella enterica serovar Havana phage and its lytic activity at storage temperature of processed chicken

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Ramon Arvin Noriel B. Santos, Mary Anne Claudine S.P. Avena, Rose Elaine J. Gumafelix, Gillian Anthony A. Mamuric, Anna Kristina D. Pastoral, & Donna May D. Papa

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.fiot9793


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Nutritional composition analysis of Ficus odorata (Blanco) Merr.: a road to its prebiotic potential

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Librado A. Santiago & Anna Beatriz Mayor

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.xzfn5803


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Anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial constituents from the leaves of Villaria odorata

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Mario A. Tan, Regina Belen P. Callanta, Carlo Chris S. Apurillo, Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, & Mafel C. Ysrael

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.omcg5902


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Fabrication of carbon black- and graphene-supported PtSn electrocatalyst for glucose oxidation: electrochemical and surface studies

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Mark Kenneth C. Gonzales, Hao Yuhn C. Hsu, Harris M. Fulo, & Bernard John V. Tongol

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.xgpv7375


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Molecularly imprinted potentiometric sensor for surfactant based on electrosynthesized polyaniline

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Francis G. Biñas & Fortunato Sevilla III

ARTICLE DOI: https://doi.org/10.53603/actamanil.62.2014.esfw5424


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    • Reviving the Philippine shrimp industry: molecular diagnostics and therapeutics
    • Natural products-based discovery of antitubercular agents from Philippine medicinal plants — A review
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