Aims: To elucidate the effect of induced conformational changes on the native fluorescence of aqueous humic materials. Study Design: The conformation of dissolved humates was changed by adjustment of a variety of environmental factors and the resulting fluorescence emission, exci...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7991
Aims: This study aims at characterization of purified active ingredient isolated from commonly available botanical plant, Ocimum sanctum L. and to assess its potential for deployment in integrated disease management strategy of a staple food crop rice (Oryzae sativa L.) and rice...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/6609
Adsorption of Fe3+/Fe2+ from a polluted shallow well water onto a palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKSAC) has been studied. Batch experiment was adopted to study the Removal efficiency of Fe3+/Fe2+ on varying contact time, temperature, adsorbent loading and concentrations. Eq...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7149
Red mud is a solid waste residue of the digestion of bauxite ores with caustic soda for alumina production. Its disposal remains a worldwide issue in terms of environmental concerns. During the past decades, extensive work has been done by a lot of researchers to develop various...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7258
Cu(II) and Zn(II) salts were treated with 2,4-pentanedione to synthesize copper (II) acetylacetonate and zinc (II) acetylacetonate. These complexes were subsequently cross linked with succinate to produce corresponding bridged dimmers. The UV- visible spectrum of the complex show...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7529
The kinetics of reaction of methylene green with ascorbic acid was carried out spectrophotometrically in mixed solvent system by using aqueous 2- propanol ratios as a solvent in the presence of hydrochloric acid. The pseudo-first order rate constants were proposed on the basis of...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7136
Transition metal substituted heteropolymetalates exhibit different chemical and electrochemical properties. The complexes of transition metal ions with polyoxanions such as polytungstates are well known as outer-sphere electron transfer reagents. 12-tungstocobaltate (III) has th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/6880
Aims: To carry out reactions between hydrochlorides of 2, 3-tri(tetra)methylene-3, 4-dihydropyrimidine-4-ones and N-bromosuccinimide (and/or bromine), to determine way of reactions. Study Design: Official design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Organic Chemistry, Insti...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7060
The relaxed torsion potential of a hard-core Schiff bases of 1,3,4-oxadiazole liquid crystalline series has been studied by molecular modeling techniques. First, conformational search of the molecules was made at molecular mechanics MM+ in order to simplify calculations, so to fi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/6346
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare some biochemical parameters including [ceruloplasmin oxidase(CP), α – fetoprotein (AFP), interleukine-1 (IL-1), α2- macroglobulin (α2 – MG), α1 antitrypsin(α1 – AT)] and β-human gonadotropin(β -HCG)] in Iraqi women with...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/5452