Heterobranchus bidorsalis in Pollution Prone Fishes in aquatic environment accumulate metals in their tissues many times greater than present in sediment and water. Three organs: gills, muscles, and bones were collected from Gymnarchus niloticus and Heterobranchus bidorsalis for...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21591
Saponins are high molecular weight glycosides with a wide variety of biological activities and pharmaceutical applications. Saponins are widely distributed in plants and interact biologically with active cellular structures. It seems that saponins in different classes may have di...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/20638
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