Dr. Azman Bin Abdul Samad
Senior Lecturer
Dept. of Biotechnology and 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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Abd Rahman Jabir Mohd Din, Fauziah Iliyas Ahmad, Alina Wagiran, Azman Abd Samad, Zaidah Rahmat, Mohamad Roji Sarmidi (2016). Improvement of efficient in vitro regeneration potential of mature callus induced from Malaysian upland rice seed (Oryza sativa cv. Panderas). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 23(1) Supplement: S69-S77
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Farah Izana Abdullah, Lee Suan Chua, Zaidah Rahmat, Azman Abd Samad and Alina Wagiran (2016). Plant genomic DNA extraction for selected herbs and sequencing their internal transcribed regions amplified by specific primers. Natural Product Communications. 11(10): 1491-1496
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Sulaiman Mohammed, Azman Abd Samad and Zaidah Rahmat (2016). Long-Day flowering regulation network in rice by RFT1 gene: A review. Cell and Molecular Biology: Open Access. 2(2): 1-14
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Zahidah Ayob, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Siti Pauliena Mohd Bohari, Farediah Ahmad & Azman Abd Samad (2017). Detection of Naringenin and Kaempferol in Justicia gendarussa Leaf Extracts by GC-FID. Sains Malaysiana 46(3): 457–461
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Nusrat Jahan, Muhammad Arshad Javed, Fazilah Abd Manan, Samiullah Khan, Azman Abd Samad and Mudassir Israr Zaidi. (2017). Comparative Study of Physiological and Growth Parameters for Sodium and Iron Toxicities in Upland and Lowland Cultivars of Oryza sativa L. Pak. J. Bot., 49(SI): 249-254
