Browsing by Subject "carbohydrates"

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    • Algae-type chlorella a super food? 

      Buban, Charles E. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2014, on page B4)
      Chlorella is a type of algae that grows in freshwater. It contains large amounts of chlorophyll, a pigment that plants and other organisms utilize to absorb light and use its energy to to produce life-sustaining carbohydrates ...

    • Carrageenan as fertilizer? Test yield positive results 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2015, on page B4)
      Rice field trials on the use of a carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) in Brgy. Balatong have increased crop harvest by more than 65 percent. The trial was conducted by a team led by Dr. Gil Magsino of the National ...

    • Carrageenan from seaweeds: A breakthrough that boosts rice productivity 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST) (Panay News, December 28, 2015, on page C5-C7)
      Carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) has recently been found to increase rice yield by more than 65 percent. Carrageenan is an indigestible polysaccharide (carbohydrate) extracted from edible seaweeds. It is mainly ...

    • Cultured ‘green food’ developed for fish growers 

      (The Manila Times, August 2, 2018, on page B6)
      Although defatted soybean meal is the most common, low-cost food for fish, it is not the natural diet for them because it lacks key nutritional compounds. Besides plankton, the natural food for fish is algae that an ongoing ...

    • DOST finds good rice fertilizer in seaweeds 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, October 20, 2015, on page C2)
      Apart from the uniqueness of edible seaweeds as a highly nutritious food commodity, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has found out that it can also provide a natural fertilizer capable of increasing rice ...

    • Not just coal; seaweeds, too 

      (Panay News, January 17, 2018, on page 9)
      It's Not only coal that may be considered a money maker for the municipality of Caluya. In fact, the residents of Caluya themselves are directly reaping the financial bounty of seaweed production in the only island ...

    • Seaweed Farming in Caluya 

      (Panay News, March 4, 2018, on page 9)
      What if Semirara Island runs out of coal? Will Caluya cease to bask in its reputation as richest municipality of the Philippines? No because Caluya is now the fifth largest seaweed producer in the country.

    • UST researchers bare potential anti-cancer properties in local seaweed 

      (The Manila Times, April 25, 2019, on page E4)
      A University of Santo Tomas (UST) research group, headed by National Research Council of the Philippines-Pharmaceutical Science Project member and UST Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Office Administrator Prof. Ross ...