Azman Bin Abd Samad
Professor
Faculty of Bioscience & Medical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malaysia
Biography
I obtained my doctoral degree in Plant Science from the University of Nottingham in 2006. My research interests are micropropagation of local medicinal plants and manipulation of plant secondary products using tissue culture approaches. Till date, plant regeneration system of several medicinal plants including Melastoma decemfidum (Senduduk putih), Justicia gendarussa (Gandarussa) and Abrus precatorius (Akar saga) have been successfully established. Recently, a cDNA of polyketide synthase, pks from M. decemfidum has been cloned. Further studies such as characterization and cloning of the pks further elucidates its role in flavonoid biosynthesis.
Research Interest
Plant Tissue Culture; Plant Molecular Biology,
Publications
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Topik Hidayat, Shahkila Mohd Arif and Azman Abd Samad , Molecular diversity of selected mango cultivars based on DNA sequences of internal transcribed spacer region. Pakistan Journal Biological Sciences , Vol. 16 , 19: 1072-75 , 2013 .
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Hidayah Jamalnasir, Alina Wagiran, Noor Azmi Shaharuddin and Azman Abd Samad , Isolation of high quality RNA from plant rich in flavonoids, Melastoma decemfidum Roxb ex. Jack. Australian Journal of Crop Science , Vol. 7 , 7; 911-916 , 2013 .
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N. Sarju, A. Abd Samad, M. Abd Ghani and F. Ahmad , Detection and Quantification of Naringenin and Kaempferol in Melastoma decemfidum Extracts by GC-FID and GC-MS , Acta Chromatogr , 24(2), 221-228 , 2012 .
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Ayob Z, Abd Samad A, Mohd Bohari S.P , Cytotoxicity Activities in Local Justicia gendarussa Crude Extracts against Human Cancer Cell Lines. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering) , Vol. 64 , 2, 45-52 , 2013 .
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Javed, M.A. and Huyop, F.Z. and Ishii, T. and Samad, A.A. and Mahmood, T. and Haider, M.S. and Saleem, M , Construction of microsatellite linkage map and detection of segregation distortion in indica rice (Oryza sativa L.). Pak. J. Bot. , Vol. 45 , 6, 2085-2092 , 2013 .
