Toxicology assessment of chemicals are crucial in ensuring the safety of these chemical ingredients in consumer finished products. Human eyes are very sensitive when exposed to foreign particulates and the potential to cause eye irritancy is one of the very first and important subject in irritancy test. Main Researcher: Nor ZulianaEmail: zuliana@mpob.gov.my

The technology involved a method to detect low levels of dimethyl sulfate in methyl ester sulfonate using a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometer method. Main Researcher: Bonnie Tay Yen PingEmail: bonnie@mpob.gov.my

The Caco-2 cell monolayer model can be conveniently used for the purpose of absorption screening (Zhou et al., 2012), particularly as an in vitro model of the intestinal barrier. This monolayer has been extensively used to determine the transport kinetics and metabolism of dietary compounds in vitro. As such, the Caco-2 monolayer is a useful […]

Geospatial technology which integrates remote sensing, geographical information system (GIS) and geolocation has been used for various application for oil palm plantation management. The technology improves the process of data acquisition, plantation mapping, soil profiling, database development, planning and decision making. Interdisciplinary data and information from agronomic data, breeding, smallholding, pest and diseases, crop physiology […]

Over the years, MPOB has identified many microbes that play essential role in the oil palm ecosystem. These microbes namely bacteria, fungi, virus and viroids play pertinent roles in the research field of plant pathology, entomopathology and biodiversity in oil palm. With so much of information available on these microbes, it important to centralise and […]