Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0668388

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DI0668388

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The genetic basis for bioactivity in the traditional medicine plants of Australia. A plant species that produces a bioactive compound usually produce the compound in very small amounts. To allow for marketable levels of production of the bioactive compound, numerous amounts of plants would need to be removed from the environment. This not only removes the limited supply of possibly rare types of plants from the environment but also denies the use of this plant by traditional people. Locating and using the genes responsible for producing these bioactive compounds will allow their sustainable biosynthesis.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2006

End Date: 31-03-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development

Funding Amount: $87,458.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Pharmacology Not Elsewhere Classified | Microbiology | Mycology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Biological sciences | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Mycology | Pharmacology Not Elsewhere Classified | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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