The increase incidence in diabetes-and obesity-related diseases in developed and developing countries has driven serious efforts towards the discovery of adipogenic differentiation-inhibitory compounds in natural products. Mangostins and triterpenoids from Garcinia have been reported to contain a wide range of bioactivities. However, its antidiabet

The pollution of aquatic ecosystems in Malaysia has emerged as a major ecological problem coinciding with rapid industrialization and urbanization. The contamination often contributed by industries bearing heavy metals, such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Pb can cause significant ecological and environmental problems. Due to their high solubility in water

The government of Malaysia nowadays is heavily investing on both rail and road-based public transportation projects in and around Klang Valley (KV). The investment is expected to induce a change in the travel mode of the users from private transport to public transport. Research showed that multiple external factors affect transit usage. The common

Ghulūw (Religious extremism) is an ongoing issue which has been debated from the past and continues to the present day. It is astounding how something associated with religion can lead a person far from religion for doing something that is forbidden itself. Therefore, to understand the reality of this concept of ghulūw in this modern world, this

Sustainable technology means technology is capable of being maintained over a long span of time; independent of shifts in both hardware and software. Effective implementation and use of Health Information Systems (HIS) for years to come are crucial as sustainable HIS. Numbers of studies have discussed various factors contributes towards barriers fo

This paper examines the current administrative structure that deals with informal fishing villages in Selangor aiming to identify the governance issues of these communities from the local-, district-, state- and federal-level perspectives. Data collection techniques employed were field observations conducted through site visits, in-depth interviews

A passively Q-switched erbium-doped fibre laser is experimentally implemented, using molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) as saturable absorbers. The results testify that a WS2-based Q-switched fibre laser generates more stable pulse trains, if compared with the MoS2-based saturable absorber. The wavelength region where the Q-sw

Therapeutic agents, namely drugs (i.e. Active pharmaceutical ingredient, API), biopharmaceutical (e.g. protein/peptide/macromolecules) and natural products (e.g. Nigella sativa oil, alpha mangostin) may have drawback of either highly water-soluble or highly lipophilic. These two extreme properties can mask the actual efficacy of the agents regardle

Drug-drug combinations in a single dosage form have become a routine approach to get synergistic effect and improved compliance. However, such combinations usually do not reduce overall side-effects or adverse effects. Here, we attempted fusion between contemporary and natural products aiming to see synergistic effects and reduction in the toxicity

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen. It causes a wide range of infections in the hospital setting as well as in the community environment. A broad variety of infections, ranging from minor pyodermas to life-threatening infections can be caused by S. aureus. The adaptive power of S. aureus to antibiotics lead to the emergence of methicil