List of Publications

1. Lim Y Y and Drago R S. Donor properties of a free radical base. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1971, 93, 891894.
2. Lim Y Y and Drago R S.The influnce of solvent on ion association. II. Proton NMR of
[NBu4][CoBr3(PPh3)]. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 84-90.
3. Lim Y Y Lim and Drago R S. Lewis acidity of antimony pentachloride, Inorg. Chem., 1972, 11, 202-204.
4. Lim Y Y and Drago R S. Lewis basicity of a free-radical base. II., Inorg. Chem., 1972, 11, 1334-1338.
5. Tan T C and Lim Y Y. Proton magnetic resonance study of [NMeBu3][ CoBr3(PPh3)]. Inorg. Chem.,
1973, 12, 2203-2206.
6. Lim Y Y. Base adducts of bis(ethylxanthato)nickel(II). Aust. J. Chem., 1974, 27, 213-216.
7. Chua K L and Lim Y Y. A correlation between isotropic contact shifts and Taft -values for some
pyridine base adducts of nickel(II)bis(O-alkyldithiocarbonates) and bis(-diketonates). J. Chem.
Soc.,(Dalton), 1975, 1917-1920.
8. Tan T. C., Chua K. L. and Lim Y. Y. Hydrogen-1 NMR studies of the ion association of some
unsymmetrically substituted tetraalkylammonium tribromo(triphenylphosphine)-cobaltate(II) complexes in
various solvents. J. Chem. Soc.(Dalton), 1976, 863-866.
9. Lim Y Y, Smith E A and Symons M C R. Di-tert-butylnitroxide as a probe for studying water and
aqueous solutions. J. Chem. Soc.(Faraday), 1976, 72, 2876-2892.
10. Lim Y Y. Effects of variation of the halides on the isotropic shifts of triphenylphosphine in
trihalo(triphenylphosphine)cobaltate(II) anion. J. Chem. Soc.(Faraday Trans. II), 1977, 73, 446-448.
11. Lim Y Y. Proton magnetic resonance study of [NMeR3]2[CoBr4] where R=n-butyl and n-octyl in various
solvents. J. Coord. Chem., 1978, 8, 105-107.
12. Lim Y Y and Fendler J H. Spin probes in reversed micelles. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of
2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-1-oxy derivatives in benzene in the presence of dodecylammonium propionate
aggregates. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100, 7490-7494.
13. Lim Y Y and Fendler J H. Characterization of surfactant vesicles as membrane mimetic agents. I.
Interactions and reactions of sodium 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyl-oxy-3-carboxylate spin probe in
sonicated dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1979,101, 4023-4029.
14. Lim Y Y. Proton NMR studies of the effects of variation of anionic complexes on the ion pair
geometry. Proc. of the Conferences on Chemical Research in Malaysia, 1979, 77.
15. Tsao N Y and Lim Y Y. Effects of substituents on ion association properties. NMR studies of
substituted pyridinium tribromo(triphenylphosphine)cobaltate(II) complexes in nitrobenzene. Aust. J. Chem.
1980, 33, 689-694.
16. Tsao N Y and Lim Y Y. Effects of substituents on ion association properties. II. 1H-NMR studies of
substituted pyridinium and tetraalkylammonium bis(4-methylbenzene-1,2-dithiolato)cobaltate(II) in nonaqueous solvents. Aust. J. Chem. 1981, 34, 2321-2329.

17. Lim Y Y. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of Lewis acid-base interactions. Part III. Effects of axial
ligand strength on the proton isotropic contact shifts of the equatorial ligand in the acid-base adducts of
bis(2,2,6,6-tetramathyl-3,5-heptanedionato)nickel(II). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1984, 86, L1-L3.
18. Lim Y Y. Spectrophotometric and electron spin resonance studies on acetylacetonato(N,N,N,Ntetramethylethylenediamine)copper(II) tetraphenylborate in various solvents. Aust. J. Chem., 1987, 40, 121127.
19. Lim Y Y Metal complexes as color indicators for solvent parameters. J. Chem Educ., 1987, 64, 904.
20. Lim Y Y. Spectrophotometric and ESR studies of [Cu(tmed)(-dik)]BPh4 (tmed= N,N,N,Ntetramethylethylenediamine, -dik= -diketonate) in various solvents. Proc. of Asian Chemical Congress
87 Seoul, Korea, 1987, 223.
21. Lim Y Y, Drago R S, Babich M W, Wong N and Doan P E. Thermodynamic studies of donor binding to
heterogeneous catalysts. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 169-174.
22. Goh L Y, Khoo S K and Lim Y Y. Equilibrium studies on metal-metal bond dissociation in the
[(C5Me5)Cr(CO)3]2 dimer by use of NMR spectroscopy. J. Organometallic Chem., 1990, 399, 115-123.
23. Goh LY and Lim Y Y. Determination of metal-metal bond energies in [CpCr(CO)2L]2 complexes
[L=CO, P(OMe)3] by NMR spectroscopy. J. Organometallic Chem.,1991, 402, 209-214.
24. Gan LH, Lim Y Y and Yew K L. Studies on a new type of surface-active copper(II) complexes,
acetylacetonatochloro(N,N,N-trimethyl-N-alkylethylenediamine)copper(II): An ESR, spectrophotometric
and kinetic investigation. J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 1991, 145, 10-16.
25. Lim Y Y. Studies on a new type of surface active mixed copper(II) chelates. Proc. of 4th Asian
Chemical Congress, Beijing, China, 1991, 556.
26. Goh LY, Lim Y Y, Tay M S, Mak T C W and Zhou Z Y. Selenolato chromium complexes. Synthesis,
thermolytic, degradation and crystal structure of [Cr(Cp)(CO)3(SePh)] (Cp=5-C5H5). J. Chem.
Soc.(Dalton), 1992, 1239-1242.
27. Goh LY, Lim Y Y, Tay M S, Chen W, Zhou Z Y and Mak T C W. Cyclopentadienyl chromium
chalcogenide complexes. Synthesis of [CpCr(EPh)]2E (E=S, Se) and their Cr(CO)5 adducts. Crystal
structures of [CpCr(SePh)]2Se.1/2C6H6 and [CpCr(SePh)]2Se[Cr(CO)5]. J. Organometallic Chem.,1992,
441, 51-61
28. Lim Y Y, Tan E H L and Gan LH. Anionic effects on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl diphenyl
phosphate in surface active [Cu(R-tmed)X2] and [Cu(R-tmed)(acac)X] complexes where R-tmed=
N,N,N,N-tetramethylethylenediamine and X=halide or nitrate. J. Colloid and Interface Science, 1993, 157,
442-446.
29. Lim Y Y and Tan E H L. Rate enhancement of the autooxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol in
micellized copper(II) solutions. J. Molecular Catalysis, 1993, 81, 1-5.
30. Lim Y Y. Tan E H L and Foong P C. Autooxidation of catechols in solutions of copper(II) surfactants
and hydrated metal ions in sodium dodecyl sulphate. J. Molecular Catalysis, 1993, 85, 173-181.
31. Lim Y Y, Chen W, Tan L L and Lim K H. Synthesis, Spectroscopic and X-ray crystal studies of mixedchelate copper(II) complexes containing a novel -diketonate ligand. Polyhedron, 1994, 13, 2379-2385.

32. Lim Y Y, Chen W, Tan L L, You X Z and Yao T M. X-ray crystal, magnetic and spectroscopic studies
of dicopper mixed-ligand complexes containing bridged bis(-diketonate) and tetramethylethylenediamine
ligands. Polyhedron, 1994, 13, 2861-2866.
33.Lim Y Y, Fong H Y and Tan L H. Effects of sodium dodecylsulphate on the autooxidation of 3,5-ditert-butylcatechol in solutions of hydrated transition metal ions. J. Mol. Catalysis, 1995, 97, L1-L2.
34. Lim Y Y. Micellar and Kinetic properties of some surface active mixed copper(II) chelates. Fifth
Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (Guangzhou, China) 1996, 457.
35. Lim Y Y and Tan E H L. Micellar properties of some surface active mixed copper(II) chelates. Colloids
and Surfaces A: 1996, 106, 167-173.
36. Lim Y Y, Lim K H and Khan M N. Effects of copper(II) mixed micelles on tert-butylcatechol and
hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyldiphenylphosphate in mixed micellar systems. Colloids and Surfaces, 1997, 121,
239-245.
37. Lim Y Y, MacLachlan D J, Smith T D, Jamis J, Pilbrow J R and Song R T. A study of the active sites of
the mesoporous molecular sieve MCM-41 and related zeolitic materials using FTIR, CW-ESR and pulsed
ESR spectroscopic probes. Aust. J. Chem. 1997, 50, 53-60.
38. Lim Y Y and Lim K H. Interaction of aqueous solutions of a surface active copper(II) complex with
several common surfactants. J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 1997,196, 116-119.
39. Chandramalar A V M, Chan C Y and Lim Y Y. Effects of amphoteric acids on the rheological properties
of zirconium oxide colloidal suspension. Malaysian J. Chem., 1998, 1, 24-27
40. Chandramalar A V M, Lim Y Y and Leong Y K. The effects of cis-trans conformation of cyclohexane
multi-carboxylic acids on colloidal forces in dispersions: steric, hydrophobic and bridging. Colloids and
Surfaces, 1999, 160, 199-205
41. Ship C P, Zainudin A and Lim YY. Effects of aminocarboxylate ligands of surface-active copper(II)
complexes on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyldiphenylphosphate. J. colloid and Interface Sci. 1999, 217,
211-213.
42. Chandramalar A V M, Kua S K, Chan C Y, Lim Y Y and Leong Y K. Flow behaviour of titanium
dioxide dispersions in the presence of 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose. Colloid and Polymer Sci., 2000, 278(5),
485-489.
43. Kaur G and Lim Y Y. Association of a surface active copper(II) complex with -cyclodextrin. Mal. J.
Chemistry, 2000, 2, 51-54.
44. Lim Y Y and Liew L P. Effects of Aminoacids on the Autooxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol in the
presence of surface active copper(II) complexes. J. Colloid & Interface Science, 2002, 255, 425-427.
45. Lim Y Y. Autooxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol in copper(II) micellar solutions. Malaysian J.
Chemistry, 2002, 4, 48-52.
46. Leong Y K, Ong B C, Tan J H, Lim Y Y, Chandramalar A V M. Surface forces arising from adsorbed
ionic co-polymers with hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments in colloidal dispersions. J Rheology, 2003,
47, 59-69.
47. Lim Y Y, Ginny Lim T T and Liew L P. Autooxidation of some polyphenols in various copper(II)
solutions. Malaysian Journal of Chemistry, 2005, 7, 32-37.

48. Chan E W C and Lim Y Y. Antioxidant activity of Thunbergia laurifolia tea. J. Tropical Forest Science,
2006, 18, 130-136.
49. Pushpamalar V, Langford S,, Ahmad M and Lim Y Y. Optimization of Reaction Conditions for
Preparing Carboxymethyl Cellulose fro Sago Waste. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2006, 64, 312-318.
50. Lim Y Y, Lim T T, and Tee J J. Antioxidant properties of several tropical fruits: A comparative study.
Food Chemistry, 2007, 103, 1003-1008.
51. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y and Chew Y L. Antioxidant activity of Camellia sinensis leaves and tea from a
lowland plantation in Malaysia. Food Chemistry, 2007, 102, 1214-1222.
52. Lim Y Y and Quah E P L. Antioxidant properties of Portulaca oleracea. Food Chemistry, 2007, 103,
734-740.
53. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y and Lim T Y. Total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of leaves and
rhizomes of some ginger species in Peninsular Malaysia. Gardens Bulletin Singapore, 2007, 59, 47-58.
54. Lim Y Y and Murtijaya J. Antioxidant properties of Phyllanthus amarus extracts as affected by different
drying methods. LWT-Food Science and Technology, 2007, 40, 1664-1669.
55. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, and Omar M. Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of leaves of Etlingera
species (Zingiberaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Food Chemistry, 2007,104, 1586-1593.
56. Chew Y L, Lim Y Y, Omar M and Khoo K S. Antioxidant activity of edible brown, green and red
seaweeds from the tropical region. LWT-Food Science and Technology, 2008, 41, 1067-1072.
57. Lim C Y, Lee F T and Lim Y Y. An investigation on the effects of corrosion on metallic paint coating
on mild steel substrate exposed to various corrosive environments. Malaysian J. Chem., 2007, 9, 40-50.
58. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, Wong L F, Lianto FS, Wong S K, Lim K K, Joe C E, and Lim T Y, Antioxidant
and tyrosinase inhibition properties of leaves and rhizomes of ginger species. Food Chemistry, 2008, 109,
477-483.
59. Lim T Y, Lim Y Y and Yule C. Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-tyrosinase activities of
four Macaranga species. Food Chemistry, 2009, 114, 594-599.
60. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, Wong S K, Lim K K, Lianto F S and Yong M Y. Effects of different drying
methods on the antioxidant properties of leaves and tea of ginger species. Food chemistry, 2009, 113, 166172.
61. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, Ling S K, Tan S P, Lim K K, and Khoo M G H. Caffeoylquinic acids from
leaves of Etlingera species (Zingiberaceae). LWT, 2009, 42, 1026-1030.
62. Chew Y L, Goh J K, and Lim Y Y. Assessment of in vitro antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic
composition of selected medicinal herbs from Leguminosae family in Peninsular Malaysia. Food Chemistry,
2009, 116, 13-18.
63. Lai H Y, Lim Y Y, and Tan S P. Antioxidant, tyrosinase inhibition and antibacterial activities of the leaf
extracts from medicinal ferns. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. 2009, 73, 1362-1366.
64. Wong S K, Lim Y Y and Chan E W C. Antioxidant properties of Hibiscus: Species variation,altitudinal
change, coastal influence, and floral colour change. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 2009, 21, 307-315.
65. Wong L F, Lim Y Y., and Omar M. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Alpinia species. Journal
of Food Biochemistry, 2009, 33, 835-851.

66. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, Chong K L, Tan J B L, Wong S K. Antioxidant properties of tropical and
temperate herbal teas. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2010, 23, 185-189.
67. Lai H Y and Lim Y Y. Blechnum orientale Linn- A fern with potential as antioxidant, anticancer and
antibacterial agent. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2010, 10:15
68.Chan E W C, Lim Y Y and Nor Azah M A. Composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils from
leaves of Etlingera species (Zingiberaceae). International Journal for the Advancement of Science and Arts,
2010, 1, 1-12.
69. Wong S K, Lim Y Y, Abdullah N R and Nordin F J. Antioxidant, antiproliferative and antiplasmodial
activities of leaf extracts of five Apocynaceae species. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
2011, 11:3
70. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, and Tan S P. Standardised herbal extract of chlorogenic acid from leaves of
Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae). Pharmacognosy Research, 2011, 3, 178-184.
71. Chew Y L, Chan E W L, Tan P L, Goh J K, and Lim Y Y. Preliminary assessment on phytochemical
content, polyphenolic composition, antioxidant and antiobacterial activities of Leguminosae medicinal
plants in Peninsular Malaysia. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2011, 11:12
72.Wong S K, Lim Y Y, Abdullah N R and Nordin F J. Antiproliferative and phytochemical analyses of leaf
extracts of ten Apocynaceae species. Pharmacognosy Research, 2011, 3, 100-106.
73. Chan E W C, Lim Y Y, and Wong S K. Antioxidant properties of ginger leaves: An overview. Free
Radicals and Antioxidants, 2011, 1, 6-16.
74. Lai H Y and Lim Y Y. Evaluation of Antioxidant Activities of the Methanolic Extracts of Selected Ferns
in Malaysia. International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 2011, 2, 442-447.
75. Chong K L, and Lim Y Y, Effects of Drying on the Antioxidant Properties of Herbal Tea from Selected
Vitex species. Journal of Food Quality, 2012, 35, 51-59.
76. Pushpamalar V, Langford S, Ahmad M and Lim Y Y. Preparation of Carboxymethyl Sago Pulp
Hydrogel from Sago Waste by Electron Beam Irradiation and Swelling Behaviour in Water and Various pH
Media. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013, 128, 451-459.
77. Pushpamalar V, Langford S, Ahmad M, Hashim K B and Lim Y Y. Adsorption Characterization of
Ca2+, Na+ and K+ on Irradiation Crosslinked Carboxymethyl Sago Pulp Hydrogel. Journal of Applied
Polymer Science, 2013, 128, 1828-1833.
78.Wong S K, Lim Y Y and Chan E W C. Botany, uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of selected
Apocynaceae species: A review. Pharmacognosy Communications, 2013,3(3), 2-11.
79. Wong S K, Lim Y Y, Ling S K and Chan E W C. Caffeoylquinic acids in leaves of selected
Apocynaceae species: their isolation and content. Pharmacognosy Research, 2014, 6, 67-72.
80. Lim T Y, Lim Y Y and Yule C M. Bioactivity of Macaranga leaves in tropical peat swamp and nonpeat swamp environments. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 2014, 26, 134-141.
81. Wong S K, Lim Y Y, Ling S K and Chan E W C. Antiproliferative activity of Valaris glabra Kuntz
(Apocynaceae). Pharmacognosy Magazine, 2014, 10, S232-S239.
82. Tan J B L, Lim Y Y and Lee S M. Rhoeo spathacea (swartz) stearn leaves, a potential natural food
colorant. J Functional Foods, 2014, 7, 443-451.

83. Loh J Y, Lim Y Y, Harmin S A, and Ting A S Y. In vitro assessment on intestinal microflora from
commonly farmed fishes for control of the fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda. Turk J Vet Anim Sci., 2014,
38, 257-263.
84. Chew Y L, Lim Y Y, Stanslas J, Ee G C L, Goh J K. Bioactivity-guided isolation of anticancer agents
from bauhinia kockiana korth. Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med., 2014, 11(3), 291-299.
85. Tan J B L, Yap W J, Tan S Y, Lim Y Y, Lee S M. Antioxidant content, antioxidant activity and
antibacterial activity of five plants from the Commelinaceae family. Antioxidants, 2014, 3(4), 758-769.
86. Tan J B L, Lim Y Y and Lee S M. Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Rhoeo Spathacea (Swartz)
Stern leaves. J Food Sci and Technology, 2015, 52, 2394-2400.
87. Tan J B L, Lim Y Y. Critical analysis of current methods for assessing the in vitro antioxidant and
antibacterial activity of plant extracts. Food Chemistry, 2015, 172, 814-822.
88. Tan J J Y, Lim Y Y, Siow L F, Tan J B L. The effect of polyphenol oxidase on the antioxidant activity
of dried Morus alba leaves. J Food Preservation and Processing, 2015, 39, 28112819.(doi:10.1111/jfpp.12532; 2015).
89. Tan J B L, Lim YY. Antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibition activity of the fertile fronds and rhizomes of
three different Drynaria species. BMC Research Notes, 2015, 8: 468.
90. Saik A Y H, Lim YY, Stanslas J, & Choo W S. Lipase-catalyzed acylation of quercetin with cinnamic
acid. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation (In Press)
91: Karthik D, Saravanan M, Lim Y Y, & Pushpamalar J. Electron beam radiation mediated green synthesis
of silver nanoparticles using carboxymethyl sago pulp obtained from sago waste. Polymer, 2016, 86, 147156. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.01.048
92. Loh, JY, Lim, YY and Ting ASY. Bacteriocin-like substances produced by Lactococcus lactis subsp.
lactis CF4MRS isolated from fish intestine: Antimicrobial activities and inhibitory properties. International
Food Research Journal. (Accepted)
93. Yule C M, Lim YY, and Lim TY. Degradation of Malaysian peatlands decrease levels of phenolics in
soil and in leaves of Macaranga pruinosa. Frontiers in Earth Science,2016, 4:45. doi:
10.3389/feart.2016.00045
94. Lai HY, Lim YY, and Kim KH. An antioxidative, antibacterial and anti-cancer proanthocyanidin from
fern Blechnum orientale. Pharmacogonosy Magazine (In Press).

Patents filed:
1.

2.

Antioxidative, antibacterial and anticancer proanthocyanidins from Blechnum

orientale Linn.- method of preparation and application thereof. (Filing date: 21
March 2013; Application number: PI2013000995).
Preparation of food colorant from Rhoeo spathacea leaves. (Filing date: 9 Sep 2014;
Application number: PI2014702542)

Conference papers: (delivered by Lim YY)

1. Proton NMR studies of the effects of variation of anionic complexes on the ion pair geometry,
Conferences on Chemical Research in Malaysia, 1979.
2. Spectrophotometric and ESR studies of [Cu(tmed)(-dik)]BPh4 (tmed= N,N,N,Ntetramethylethylenediamine, -dik= -diketonate) in various solvents, Asian Chemical Congress 87 Seoul,
Korea.
3. Copper(II) complexes of bistratamide A and trisoxazoline, Malaysian Chemical Conference89, Kuala
Lumpur.
4. Studies on a new type of surface active mixed copper chelates, Fourth Asian Chemical Congress,
Beijing, China, 1991.
5. Studies on surface active mixed copper(II) chelates, IRPA (RM-5) National Seminar, Penang, 1991.
6. Catalytic properties of surface active copper complexes, 5th Asian Chemical Congress93, Kuala
Lumpur.
7. Spectroscopic and catalytic properties of mixed-chelate copper(II) complexes containing a novel diketonate ligand, 4th Eurasia Chemical Conference94, Kuala Lumpur.
8. Micellar and Kinetic properties of some surface active mixed copper(II) chelates, Fifth Eurasia
Conference on Chemical Sciences , Guangzhou, China, 1996.
9. Hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyldiphenylphosphate in the presence of micellized copper(II) complexes,
Proceedings of Malaysian Chemical Congress 99, Kuching, 8-10 Nov. 1999.
10. "Autooxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol in copper(II) micellar solutions", Malaysian Chemical
Conference (p41) Nov, 2001, Penang.
11. Lim Y Y & Chan E W C. Caffeoylquinic acids and chlorogenic acid standardised herbal extract from
leaves of Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae), 23-25 Dec 2011, Beihai (Guangsi), China.

(Note: The above list does not include poster papers, which were prepared by my co-workers or
students in several conferences)
Some recent paper/poster presented by students and associates:
12. V. Pushpamalar, S.J. Langford, M. Ahmad and Y.Y. Lim, 27 th Australasian Polymer Symposium
Proceedings, p43, 2004.
13. E.W.C. Chan & Y.Y. Lim,.Altitudinal Variation in Antioxidant Activity of Leaves of Etlingera Giseke.
4th International Symposium on the family Zingiberaceae, 3-6 July 2006, Singapore Botanic Gardens,
Singapore.
14. Y. L. Chew and Y. Y. Lim Comparison of antioxidant activity of three diabetes treating medicinal
plants and the effects of various treatments, Seminar on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2006, FRIM, 12-13
September 2006.
15. E.W.C. Chan & Y.Y. Lim, Bioactivities and chemical constituents of leaves
of some Etlingera species in Peninsular Malaysia*5th International Symposium on the family Zingiberaceae,
6-9th July 2009, Xinhuangbanna, Yunan, China.

16.Pushpamalar V., Langford S.J., Ahmad M., & Lim Y.Y. Biodegradation of carboxymethyl cellulose from
sago waste by using Trichoderma reesei cellulose. 30th Australia Polymer Symposium Proceedings, pp 426427. 30 Nov- 4 Dec 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
17..Pushpamalar V., Langford S.J., Ahmad M., & Lim Y.Y. SEM structural studies on hydrogel prepared by
electron beam irradiation from sago waste. First International Conference on Multifunctional. Hybrid and
Nanomaterials Proceedings, p A3.1.19. 15-19 March 2009, Da Vinci Tours, France.
18. Lai H.Y., Lim Y.Y., & Kim K.H. W9-3 fraction isolated from Blechnum orientale: A potential
anticancer agent for colon cancer. UK-Malaysia symposium on drug discovery and development for cancer.
24-25 Feb 2010, Subang, Selangor.
19. Chia P.Y., Sit N.W., Lim Y.Y. & Khoo K.S. Purification and characterization of phloroglucinol, an
antioxidant from the marine algae Padina antillarum. Second International Conference on natural product
and traditional medicine. Aug 21-23,2010, Xian, China.
20. Lai H.Y.,& Lim Y.Y., Antioxidant properties of some Malaysian ferns. Proceedings of 2011 3rd
International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE 2011),

Singapore, 23-25 September, 2011, pp. xxx-xxx

21. Tan J.B.L. & Lim Y.Y. Tradescantia spathacea leaves, a potential functional food and colorant. 4TH
International conference on natural products for health and beauty, 28-30 November 2012, Chiang Mai,
Thailand.
21. Chung F.F. L., Chan K.C.L., Lim Y.Y., & Li B.F. L. The therapeutic potential of Cerbera odollam
methanolic leaf extracts and their fractions in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancer and the
effects of treatment on Estrogen Receptor alpha-related pathways in breast cancer cell lines. CTRC-AACR
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium of conference, 4-8 December 2012, San Antonio, USA.
22. Tan J.J.Y., Lim Y.Y., Siow L.F. & Tan J. B.L. Effects of oven drying on the antioxidant properties of
selected herbs. International Conference on Food Innovation (Organised by School of Industrial Technology
Universiti Sains Malaysia), 27 29 August, 2014 PARKROYAL Penang Resort Penang, Malaysia