4 Flashcards
greatly help in the economic
development of a country.
Scientists
▪ Among the contributors in recording medicinal
plants.
▪ Known to be the first local botanist to record
more than 200 plants that thrived in the
Philippines.
▪ Names or benefits of plants during this era was
known
Ignacio Mercado
1648-1698
▪ “Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory”
▪ Won the first prize during the World Fair in Paris,
France in 1889.
Anacleto del Rosario
1860-1895
▪ Invented the formula for producing a pure kind of
alcohol from tuba in a nipa palm.
▪ Extracted castor oil from the palma christi,
literally the “palm of Christ” (castor bean), a native
plant in the Philippines
Anacleto del Rosario
1860-1895
Anacleto del Rosario
Invented the formula for producing a pure kind of
alcohol from ____ in a ___.
tuba;nipa palm
▪ Extracted castor oil from the ____
literally the “palm of Christ” (castor bean), a native
plant in the Philippines
palma christi
▪ Was a Filipino medical doctor who studied
beriberi in infants in the Philippines.
Manuel Guerrero
1877-1919
is a deficiency of thiamine: shortness
of breath during physical activity; waking up
short of breath; rapid heart rate, swollen lower
legs
Beriberi
▪ He studied in the Philippines and the US for his
PhD in Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and
Morphology from the University of Chicago in
1923
▪ Filipino botanist claimed to be the inventor of
Quink ink used by The Parker Pen
Company(???)
Francisco Quisumbing
1893-1967
is pioneer in the study of
Philippine medicinal plants where he made
tremendous contribution.
Eduardo Quisumbing
▪ Was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National
Scientist, and inventor.
▪ He was known as the father of video-conferencing;
invented the first two-way videophone.
▪ He was also one of the country’s pioneer
aeronautical engineer having invented an airplane
engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel.
Gregorio Zara
1902-1978
developed “Enriched Rice,” a rice
variety fortified with vitamin B1, which helps
prevent beriberi.
▪ His discovery helped reduce the cases of beriberi
in the Philippines and in other countries.
Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr.
1904 –1988
▪ Filipino biochemist and a National Scientist of the
Philippines.
▪ is credited for his research in alternative
fuel.
▪ He researched on the production of **ethyl ester
fuels **from sugarcane and coconuts and devised a
method of extracting residual coconut oil through
chemical means.
Julian Banzon
1908-1988
▪ A Filipino agriculturalist and National Scientist of
the Philippines awardee, known as “the Father of
Philippine Plant Breeding.
▪ He was awarded several international honors
and distinctions for his outstanding achievements
and improvements of rice, corn and other
economic plants.
Dioscoro Umali
1917-1992
▪ Was a Filipino biologist who was named a
National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014.
▪ Known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries
and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic
ecosystems of the Philippines.
Angel Alcala
1929-2023
▪ Alcala published more than ___ peer-reviewed
articles and books and his biological
contributions to the environment and
ecosystems
200
▪ Was a Filipino inventor and horticulturist best
known for inventing a way to induce more flowers
in mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate
▪ Barba was proclaimed a National Scientist of the
Philippines in June 2014.
Ramon Barba
1939 –2021
- Most important medical invention
- Invented out of the strain of Streptomyces
erythreus - Aguilar was not credited for the discovery (US
Company)
Erythromycin (1952)
who
Erythromycin (1952)
Abelardo Aguilar
MAKESHIFT INCUBATOR
*Dr. Fe del Mundo: Pediatrician and scientist
- 1st Female, and Asian -Filipino = Harvard Medical
School - August 6, 2011 (99 yr old) = cancer
- 1st Female, and Asian -Filipino = Harvard Medical
School - August 6, 2011 (99 yr old) = cancer
Mole Remover
*Rolando Dela Cruz
*2000 (International Invention , Innovation, Industrial
Design and Technology Exhibition) KL, Malaysia
*Rolando Dela Cruz
*Cashew (Annacardium occidentale)
Mole Remover
BANANA KETCHUP
Maria Orosa = Taal, Batangas
University of Seattle (Washington D.C.) =
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Food
Chemistry
