Raseetha Siva
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Biography
Dr Raseetha Siva has completed her PhD from University of Otago, New Zealand. She is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She is diversified in the field of food chemistry, postharvest technology and mycology. Her current research interest is based of isolation of chlorogenic acid (CGA), a phenolic acid, which possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Her on—going research regarding cytotoxicity level and lipid profiling of CGA extract exhibited no toxicity effect on 3T3-L1 cells and found to reduce the lipid accumulation in cells. She has 11 undergraduates and 2 postgraduates working under her.