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Assessment of Water Quality in Pangani, Kayole and Dandora Boreholes in Nairobi County, Kenya

Fardowsa Abdullahi Roble, Amir Okeyo Yusuf, Godfrey Angoe Wafula & Farida Hussein Were · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

This study was done to assess the physical-chemical properties of some boreholes in Pangani, Dandora and Kayole in Nairobi County, to assess the content of some heavy metals in some boreholes in Pangani, Dandora and Kayole and to determine the bacteriological quality of the water...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4313

Estimation of Selected Metals in the Tissues of Prostate Carcinoma Patients

Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Nayab Sabir, Anmol Bhatti, Hassan Nawaz, Menahil Khalid, Khalid Hameed & Minahil · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

It Indicated that the Prostate cancer is common it affects nearly one-third of male over the age of 45. For two fundamental reasons, prostate cancer (PCa) is a serious health issue and a good prospect for tissue-scale, individualized modeling of cancer progression. In vivo valida...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4312

Sugarcane Bagasse Based Adsorbents and their Adsorption Efficacy on Removal of Heavy Metals from Nakuru Industrial Wastewater: Optimization, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects

Ezekiel Kipkorir Lang’at, Josiah Ouma Omolo & Peter Olengo Ongoma · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Currently, researchers are seeking to reduce heavy metal contamination from the environment, using agricultural waste materials like rice husk, groundnuts shells among others. The study focused on the removal of Cu(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Ni(II), and Cr(III) ions from aqueous soluti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4311

Comparative Evaluation of Ethylene Glycol and Diethanolamine Modified African Pear Seed Oil as Pour Point Depressants for Waxy Crude Oil

AKPAN, U.E. & Achugasim. O. · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

The pour point depression of a Nigeria waxy crude oil was investigated using modified African pear seed oil. Waxy Crude oil sample collected from a marginal field in Delta state. African pear seeds sourced from Choba Port Harcourt were extracted from their oil content and the oil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4310

Pour Point Depression of Waxy Crude Oil Using Unmodified African Pear (Dacryodes edulis) Seed Oil

AKPAN, U.E. & Achugasim. O. · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

The pour point depression of a Nigeria waxy crude oil was investigated using unmodified African pear seed oil. Crude oil sample collected from a marginal field in Delta state was analyzed for its physiochemical parameters such as; specific gravity, API, kinematic viscosity, pour...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4308

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Combretum micranthum Leaves and Decoctions: Implications for Human Health

Ramatoulaye Diouf, Maty Mossane Diouf, Aïssatou Alioune GAYE & Alioune Fall · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Combretum micranthum is a well-known medicinal plant in Africa and the decoction of its leaves is used as a drink or to treat various diseases such as malaria, high blood pressure and liver disorders, among others. Due to its high consumption by all sections of the Senegalese pop...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4309

A Review on Recent One Pot Multi-Component Synthesis and Biological Properties of a Class of New Class of Chromenes, Coumarines, Chromeno-Pyrimidines, Pyrido-Pyrimidine and Quinazoline Heterocycles

Sourav Dey, Koushik Chakraborty & Pranab Ghosh · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

The chromenes, coumarines, pyrido-pyrimidine and quinazoline cores possesses a vast number of biological activities such as anticancer, anti-malarial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-tubercular activities and the conventional classical synthetic methods have harsh conditions ha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4307

XRD Studies on Metamorphic Changes of the Dissimilarly Graphitized Carbonaceous Materials

Anant Babu Marahatta · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

One of the unique yet functional properties of the carbonaceous materials is an irregular change in their internal heterogeneity and graphene layouts upon graphitizing themselves. The precise investigations of such type phase transitions inclusive of reshuffling/restructuring of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4306

Optimization of Tantalite Ore Dissolution Using Hydrofluoric-sulphuric Acid and Shrinking Core Model

Agho, Timothy Imuetinyan, Okuo, James Majebi & Emeribe, Favour Oluchi · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Aim: This study investigates the dissolution of tantalite mineral from granitic pegmatite in Okpella, Northern Edo State, Nigeria. Study Design: Elemental and mineral composition analysis of tantalite ore sample from Okpella was carried out using X-ray fluorescence and X-ray diff...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4305

Boosting Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Using Tin Based Compounds

Chinaecherem Tochukwu Arum, Simon Bbumba, Moses Kigozi, Ibrahim Karume, Muhammad Jawad, Ivan Kiganda, Hussein Kisiki Nsamba, John Ssekatawa & Muhammad Ntale · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Herein, we reviewed lead (Pb) free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using Tin (Sn) compounds (FASnI3, CsSnI3) as alternative materials that are stable, cheap, and environmentally benign. These devices have an efficiency of 13 %, but when compared to the 25.7 % of Pb, it is still low...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4304

Winkler Titration Assessment of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) in Oka Creek, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State

Victoria Bennett & Douye Parkinson MarkManuel · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Aim: The aim of study was to investigate the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels in water samples from the Oka Creek. Study Design: Qualitative study design. Place and Duration of Study: Water samples were collected from the Oka Creek, located in Toru-Orua in Sagbama Local Gov...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4303

Identification of Major Interfering Substances for Heavy Metal Determination in Northern Sea Areas of Sri Lanka

Anoja. N, R. C. L. De Silva & J. Prabagar · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

This study investigated the physicochemical characteristics of seawater from five locations along the northern Sri Lankan coast, encompassing areas with varying degrees of anthropogenic activity. The analysis revealed significant variations in several parameters, potentially infl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4302

Comparing Synthetic and Natural Antioxidants in Vegetable Oils: Effects on Oxidation and Oil Quality

Ronoh Doreen Jeruto, Laureen Awuor Onyango, Alice Nakhumicha & Solomon Omwoma · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Globally there is a huge attention towards natural products and in this case natural antioxidants. The attention has been driven by consumer demands and documented detrimental effects of synthetic antioxidants on human health. In view of this, this review has evaluated a range of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i4301

Eradication of Chromium (VI) by Employing (Equisetum hyemale) Biomass

María José González Padilla, Adriana Rodríguez Pérez, Juan Fernando Cárdenas González & Ismael Acosta Rodríguez · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Aims: Currently, a great alternative to try to bioremediate contaminated sites, mainly of heavy metals, is the use of natural biomass, with highly satisfactory results, among which are: fungi, bacteria, algae, agricultural waste of plants, and others. Our objective was analyzing...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i5300

Synthesis of Novel Perovskite-organic Hybrid Materials for High-efficiency Photovoltaic Devices

Arum Chinaecherem Tochukwu, Simon Bbumba, Moses Kigozi, Ibrahim Karume, Maximillian Kato, Hussein Kisiki Nsamba, Ivan Kiganda & Muhammad Ntale · Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · 2024

Herein, we reviewed the synthesis methods of perovskite organic hybrid materials for high-efficiency photovoltaic devices. Perovskite material has a chemical structure of ABX3 that resembles that of CaTiO3. In this type of material, A is an organic cation, B represents a metal ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajacr/2024/v15i5299