ACKNOWLEGEMENT
We acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology- Accelerated Science and Technology Human
Resource Development (DOST-ASTHRD) for the funding, Mr. Lucresio “Datu Lolong” Durango for sharing
his knowledge on traditional medicinal plants and for providing the plant samples, Prof. Edgardo C.
Aranico for the identification of F. nota, and Jay Carl M. Agbay of Tuklas Lunas Department Center (TLDC)
of MSU-IIT for the technical assistance in preparing plant extracts..