Background: The impression given in the literature was that the net interaction potential energy, V is the difference between Coulombic-Coulombic and total weaker interaction energies. It is proposed however, that in aqueous solution all particles with full formal charges and par...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2020/v5i130123
Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL), a natural phenolic liquid, was extracted from cashew nut shells using acetone and derivatized using Ethanolamine (EA) and Diethanolamine (DEA) in varying molar ratios via a one-pot process into anacardic acid-based ethanolamine esters and evaluated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430122
This study was carried out to determine the ascorbic acid content of some fruits samples sold in Makarfi local market. Six fruits samples were randomly selected and used for the study. The samples were thoroughly washed and rinsed with distilled water. 500 g of each fruit sample...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430121
Oil composition of Clarias gariepinus collected from various locations were studied and compared. Oils contained in the fishes were extracted using Soxhlet extraction method. The physiochemical properties of the oils were determined using official methods of analysis while the fa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430119
Copper (II) complex of the ligand, thiophene-2-aldehyde semicarbazone was synthesized and characterized. Their structures were explored on the basis of CHN analysis, conductance and magnetic susceptibility measurements, spectral studies (FT-infrared and ESI-MS) and thermogravimet...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430116
The levels of heavy metals (Mn, Ni, Pb, Cr, Zn and Fe in mg/kg) in roadside soils from two main motor parks (Gombe Terminus and Tashan Dukku) in Gombe, Nigeria were assessed with respect to distance from the motor parks. The metals concentrations were determined by atomic absorpt...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i430118
Aims: To employ valorized waste materials from Tilapia ruweti scales for removal of heavy metals from areas with major boating activities and high numbers of jetties at the Okavango delta, Botswana. Study Design: Biowaste materials were Identified, valorized and then optimized fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i330115
The chronic human health effects of the 17 US Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA] priority pollutants of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs] were investigated and characterized in petroleum contaminated wastewater discharged indiscriminately into the surface water of Okpo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i330114
Mohammed Hadi Al–Douh, Elham Abdalrahem Bin Selim, Edrees Muhammad Tahir, Sabah Ahmed Abdo Esmail, Yaman Ahmed Naji & Hassan Hadi Abdullah·Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research·2019
The biophysical interactions between the human serum albumin HSA and three synthesized diazo dyes 1-3 have been investigated by thermodynamic parameters and molecular docking technique. The binding constants Kb were calculated and the compounds were ranked according to their dock...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i330113
This research aims to determine the efficiency of gouramy nursery time by providing chromium feed. Chromium feed is carried out by adding lemna meals containing chromium to commercial feed with Cr concentration of each treatment at 0 ppm; 1.3 ppm; 1.5 ppm; and 1.7 ppm. Based on p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2019/v4i330112