Professor, Dr. Tran Dang Xuan (second, left) and Dr. Nguyen Van Quan (second, right) talk with graduate students at Hiroshima University about momilactones A and B. Photo: Duc Thinh/ VNA
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Professor Tran Dang Xuan is honored in the discipline of Plant Science and Agronomy.
He has published more than 200 articles in international scientific journals and found momilactone A and momilactone B in rice that have inhibitory effects on cancer and diabetes.
Among the 78 scientists of Hiroshima University ranked, Professor Xuan is the sole foreigner.