Aim: To assess the quality of drinking water sources in Ado-Ekiti and environs, Nigeria, using Water Quality Index (WQI). Study Design: Experimental study design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Ekiti State University, Ekiti State, Nigeria, between Januar...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22445
Batch studies were conducted for kinetics and equilibrium studies on biosorption of Acid Blue 225 (AB 225) dye from aqueous solution by Azolla filiculoides. The biomass used as adsorbent in this work was initially characterized by SEM and BET. The effect of parameter including ad...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22821
Proximate analysis, elemental analysis and phytochemical analysis were conducted on leaves and roots of S. dulcificum (miracle fruit). The results of proximate analysis of the leaves sample showed the following compositions: protein (6.62±0.02)%, crude lipid (12±2.00)%, crude fi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/20456
Egharevba Henry Omoregie, Ibrahim Jemilat Aliyu, Ebere Uchechukwu Doris, Okhale Samuel Ehiabhi & Kunle Oluyemisi Folashade·Chemical Science International Journal·2015
The essential oils of medicinal and aromatic plants remain a veritable tool in the management of ailments in ethnomedicine. Essential oils from medicinal plants had also been reported to possess various pharmacological activities, and have found relevance in food and industrial a...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22944
Aims: To investigate and compare the efficiency and synergistic effect of carbon and sand filter column setup in the treatment of a pulp and paper mill effluent. Study Design: This study presents a report on preliminary laboratory investigation on the treatment of a pulp and pape...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/18929
New pyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxamide derivatives were synthesized by the amidation reactions of some amines, an amino alcohol and an amino acid ester with (S)-1-(phenylcarbamoyl)pyrrolidin-2-carboxylic acid, which was obtained from the reaction of L-proline with phenylisocyanate. Ac...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23201
This research describes the synthesis and spectral analysis of new N-substituted nalidixic acid hydrazide derivatives. New compounds were obtained by the substitution reaction of nalidixic acid hydrazide with trisubstituted s-triazines. The structure of all synthesized compounds...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23144
The quality assessment of surface water used for irrigation within the vicinity of a Hospital liquid waste treatment plant in Zaria, Nigeria was conducted. A total of thirty-three (33) water samples were collected from four sampling sites in the study area. These samples were exa...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23127
Hydrothermal treatment is an environmentally friendly technique with a wide range of applications such as extraction, hydrolysis, and wet oxidation of organic compounds. In this work, water under hydrothermal conditions was used to extract b-glucan from Ganoderma lucidum (G. luci...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22842
In the present study, the Jordanian zeolite was modified with cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMA-Br), and this organo-zeolite was used to remove the nitrate ion (oxyanion). Batch experiments were carried out using zeolite at different parameters; isoth...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22053
Zinc oxide nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by alkaline precipitation method from zinc formate dihydrate and sodium hydroxide using sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) as a surface active agent. In another experiment, the zinc salt was heated at 600°C for comparison with the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22660
Aims: The main objective of the study was to isolate biomolecules from Sacoglottis gabonensis, and also to identify its antimicrobial active principles. Study Design: Chromatographic separation of biomolecules from the stem bark extract of S. gabonensis and spectral...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22314
The cytotoxicity data of 46 naphthylisoquinoline derivatives that will inhibit 50% of cell growth (pIC50) were used to develop quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR). 433 molecular descriptors was obtained from DFT (B3LYP/6-311+G*) level of calculation for each mole...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22639
In this work the synthesis of intermetallic Mg2Cu is presented. Elemental particles of magnesium with a purity of 99.8% and Cu 99.9% were mixed in desired quantity to reach a nominal composition of 40-60 and 80-20 wt% for magnesium and copper in each composition respectively. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22845
In-situ atmospheric monitoring of carbon monoxide (CO) was carried out in ten homes where n-butane gas, kerosene stove and firewood were used as cooking fuels respectively. Of the ten houses, four houses surveyed used n-butane gas only as the fuel type, four other houses used ker...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22075