Aims: To evaluate the level of elemental pollution in roadside dust. Study Design: Dust samples were collected along Thika highway at Roysambu and at Thika town. Place and Duration of Study: Department of chemistry, government of Kenya laboratories, from July to December 2016. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35744
This research is aimed at evaluating the impact of activities carried out in automobile repair sites on quality of soils in the area. To achieve this target, soil samples were collected from five sampling points in each of the three selected sites (Apo, Kugbo and Zuba) to a depth...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36065
The efficiency of fat and sterol production by Aspergillus nidulans was evaluated. The fungus was grown in media containing various carbon and nitrogen sources. Some agricultural waste materials namely, corn cob, rice husk and potato peels were also used as sole carbon sources fo...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35197
The synthesis of 4-phenylazo phenol by coupling anthocyanins extracted from Delonix regia flowers with diazotised aniline is presented in this paper. Also reported here is the reduction of 4-phenylazo phenol to yield 4-aminophenol and coupling of 4-aminophenol to phenol and 2-nap...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35020
Response surface methodology was used to model the effect of temperature, NaCl concentration and pH on the production of protein from Mucuna pruriens seeds. The analysis of response surface graphs showed that the optimal parameters correspond to a temperature of 27°C, a concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35376
In this work, two series of poly (ethylene adipate) (PEA) samples with broad and narrow molecular weight distribution (MWD) were prepared by the polymerization between adipic acid and ethylene glycol. An accurate and swift method, one-point method, was used to determine the intri...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35258
Aims: This study was designed to synthesis of Naphthopyrans and xanthenes derivatives in green chemistry approach. Methodology: New 13-aryl-indeno[1,2-b]naphtha[1,2-e]pyran-12(13H)-ones and tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthen-11-ones were obtained by multi-component reaction of 2-naphthol,...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35380
Studies of the presence of heavy metals were carried out on some vegetables and crops harvested from farms in Ebocha, Egbeda and Igbo-Etche in Rivers State, Nigeria. These farms are located in communities where oil exploration activities are ongoing. The samples were prepared by...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/33724
The reaction between amino acids and metal ions has been used as a model for transferring the metallic ions to body tissues. How stable these complexes are formed is our concern. The stability constants of the complexes between L-aspartic acid (Asp) and Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/34611
Dyes are coloring materials used extensively in common consumer products. A large amount of dye effluent is produced mainly by textile industry. These dye effluents need remediation as they are damaging water bodies and biological organisms including human beings. Polyurethane is...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/34270