Aims: To evaluate cellulolytic potential of locally isolated Aspergillus species and emphasis the importance of screening on qualitative bases. Also, to enhance cellulase production by optimizing the process parameters of the solid state fermentation of Vigna mungo with the isola...
Aim: To illustrate the thyroid hormone profile in young adult students at moderate altitude in Rwanda. Study Design: A population-based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted among healthy university students living at Butare, Rwanda (altitude...
Aims: The effect of petroleum exploration and exploitation activities on the phytochemical and nutritional composition of African breadfruit (Treculia africana) and Bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranean) harvested from polluted and unpolluted environment were studied. Study Desi...
The present investigation deals with the utilization of synthetic goethite and two red soils obtained from AHALA-NSAM and NKOLOFANE as adsorbent for the removal of copper from waste water. The synthetic goethite was characterized by IR, XRD and BET where the red soils were charac...
Citric acid production from hydrolysed corn starch was optimized in this study. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for the analysis of the simultaneous effect of substrate concentration, broth pH and fermentation temperature on the concentration of citric acid produc...
Present research is aimed towards designing and development of environmental protection plasticizers using the fractionation heavy component in the industrial production of corn stalks as raw material. The plant-based rubber oil (PBRO) plasticizers are the reactants of the dihydr...
The study evaluated high-value African cassava varieties for primary somatic embryogenesis using axillary meristems (AM) and immature leaf lobes (LL) on picloram-based medium. The study was conducted at the Central Biotech Lab, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT...
Aims: This study was aimed at screening fungal isolates from degrading wood samples for β 1,4-xylosidase production, selecting the best isolate based on the screening test to produce the enzyme through solid state fermentation of some wood shavings and determining optimum product...
Aim: The aim of this in vitro study was to analyze the shear bond strength of composite resin using two different curing light sources: halogen light (control group) for 20 or 40s, and Argon laser (test group) for 10 or 15s. Study Design: This study was carried in the Department...
Aims: The microbial diversity, fermentation dynamic and the predominant micro-organisms involved in the fermentation of African oil bean (Pentaciethra macrophylla Benth) seeds to “Ugba” traditional African food in Eastern Nigeria were investigated by analyzing the microbial commu...