FILIPINO INVENTIONS

1. ELECTRIC JEEPNEY
The Electric Jeepney (E-Jeepney) is a recent development in the Philippines that provides a
sustainable, clean form of public transportation.

The Electric Jeepneys aim to demonstrate that there are climate-friendly alternatives to the
current polluting modes of public transportation in the Philippines. The iconic jeepney
remains, but without wasteful and carbon emitting diesel, and while providing increased
incomes to the vehicles' drivers.
Compared with traditional jeepney, E-jeepney is more cost-effective; has 87% lower
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; does not produce smog; reduces air pollution and its
associated health effects; and is more preferred by the majority of the riding public due to its
safety, environment-friendly, and comfortable ride.
 2. ERYTHROMYCIN
DISCOVERY

In the year 1949, a Filipino scientist

rose to fame after discovering an
antibiotic derived from a strain of
bacteria found in his own property.
While testing samples of soil from his
own backyard, Dr. Abelardo Aguilar
isolated a strain of bacteria which lead
to the development of Erythromycin, a
broad-spectrum antibiotic used
universally today.

Erythromycin is used to treat and

prevent a wide range of infections in the body. These infections include infections of the
respiratory tract and skin; acute pelvic inflammatory disease, pertussis, Legionnaire’s disease
and syphilis. It is also prescribed as a replacement drug for patients allergic to penicillin.
Erythromycin is classified as a macrolide antibiotic and works by killing bacteria or preventing
further growth.

Unfairly, the company Eli Lily Co. filed for both patent protection and the U.S. Patent without
giving Dr. Aguilar any royalties nor credit for his discovery. Subsequently, he fought for what
was due to him in what would become a 40 year long, fruitless battle that ended when he
passed at the age of 76.rythreus which produced Erythromycin as its metabolic products.

3. BAMBOO MEDICAL INCUBATOR

Fortunately, a solution came in the form of the first Filipino invention on this list: the bamboo
incubator, widely credited as the brainchild of Dr. Fe del Mundo. This makeshift device is
relatively inexpensive and easy to reproduce, making it ideal for use in rural communities and
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In 1941, to help rural communities without electricity, she designed the bamboo incubator, a
makeshift incubator that utilized two wicker laundry baskets of varying sizes. She put hot water
bottles in the space between the baskets to regulate the temperature of the infants then added

a hood
and
oxygen.

4.

MOLE REMOVER

Dela Cruz is an award-winning Filipino scientist and inventor. Back in 2000 he developed a
patented formula that allows to remove deep grown moles or warts. Its formula was derived
from the one growing on the Cashew tree (Annacardium occidentale) extracted in the
Philippines, which is common and known as “kasoy”.
 5. BANANA CATSUP
Banana catsup
Banana ketchup is a popular Philippine fruit ketchup
condiment made from banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Its
natural color is brownish-yellow but it is often dyed red to
resemble tomato ketchup.
Food technologist Maria Ylagan Orosa is credited with
inventing banana ketchup. During the 1930s, Orosa
dedicated herself to bolstering the Philippines by working to
create dishes that could replace popular imported foods.

6. MAKAPUNO
Emerita de Guzma: makapuno
the makapuno coconut embryo
An outsanding contribution of Dr. de Guzman is her series of work on the growth and
development in vitro of the makapuno coconut embryo. As a result of this effort, she has
revolutionized the old ratio of the makapuno-bearing nuts in the tropics which produce only 3-5
makapuno nuts in every receme bearing 14-19 nuts.

Dr. Emerita de Guzman elected as Academician in 1980 gave an excellent contribution in her
series of job on the enlargement and progress in vitro of the makapuno coconut embryo. As an
outcome of this, she has transformed the old ratio of the makapuno-bearing nuts in the tropics.
Dr. de Guzman produced 100 percent all makapuno-bearing in the raceme on which before
produce only 3-5 makapuno nuts in every raceme bearing 14-19 nuts.
The endosperm of macapuno coconuts are jelly-like and fill almost the entirety of the central
cavity in coconut seed

Macapuno or coconut sport is a naturally occurring coconut cultivar which has an abnormal
development of the endosperm. The result of this abnormal development is a soft translucent
jelly-like flesh that fills almost the entire central cavity of coconut seeds, with little to
no coconut water.[1] Macapuno was first described scientifically from wild specimens in 1931
by Edwin Copeland. They were cultivated commercially in the Philippines after the development
of the "embryo rescue" in vitro culture technology in the 1960s by Emerita V. De Guzman. It has
become an important crop in coconut-producing countries and is now widely used in the
cuisines of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
Macapuno remained rare and expensive, despite being valued as a traditional delicacy, because
macapuno seeds are non-viable. While the embryos of macapuno seeds are normal, the
surrounding abnormal endosperm can not support their germination, thus rendering macapuno
seeds effectively sterile.[6][10] Traditional propagation of macapuno involved taking the viable
(normal) seeds from the same racemes as macapuno seeds and planting them.[11] While
macapuno yields could be increased by planting macapuno-bearing palms close together or in
isolation, the chances of the phenotype reoccurring in the fruits of the progeny was very low, at
only 2 to 21%.[6]
Mass propagation of macapuno seedlings only became possible through the development of
"embryo rescue" in vitro culture technology by the Filipina plant physiologist Emerita V. De
Guzman of the University of the Philippines in the 1960s.[4][6][12] By extracting ("rescuing") the
embryo inside macapuno seeds and culturing them in vitro, she was able to increase macapuno
yields per palm to 75 to 100%.

7. KARAOKE