Hibiscus sabdariffa (yakwua seed) is one of economic value in tropical and subtropical regions around the world due to diverse industrial, medical and food uses. In this work, oil was extracted from the seed of Hibiscus sabdariffa using normal hexane as extracting solvent. The ex...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i830184
Four common biochemical constituents of some vegetable leaves sourced from some abattoir waste – impacted soils and a Control within Uyo Metropolis in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria were assessed for their air pollution tolerance capacities using standard analytical protocols. Res...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i830183
Ecosystem undergoes drastic changes due to the anthropogenic activities. As a consequence of industrial development, increasing population growth and modernized agricultural practices water resources like limnetic zone and marine areas have undergone eutrophication. This resulted...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730182
An experiment was conducted at instructional farm Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya during kharif season, 2017 to find out a suitable chemical weed management practice in transplanted rice. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design having 12 treatments replicated thr...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730181
In India, various types of unexplored edible flowers are being utilized traditionally as food and medicine by the rural communities since ancient time only during their flowering time due to short post harvest life. These flowers are rich in phytochemical (e.g. polyphenolics, ant...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730180
Phthalate acid esters (PAEs) are widely used as plasticizers. However, they have the potential to migrate from plastic materials into the environment where they pose detrimental health impacts. Hence, they have gained wide attention. This study was therefore carried out to invest...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730177
Edible vegetable oil samples purchased in Akure, Nigeria, were subjected to physicochemical properties and trace metals analysis. The physiochemical parameters such as acid value, iodine value and saponification value were carried out by standard methods and the levels of the tra...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730178
Seven germplasm lines (IC No. 381538, 450535, 463380, 464140, 464186, 574807 and 578388) were categorised as best entries with resistance/ moderately resistant reaction at both vegetative (dead hearts) and reproductive (white ears) stages of the rice crop through field screening...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730179
Thejangulie Angami, Lobsang Wangchu, Prankanu Debnath, Pranabjyoti Sarma, Barun Singh, Amit Kumar Singh, Siddhartha Singh, B. N. Hazarika, Mayanglambam Chandrakumar Singh & Ashok Chhetri·International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry·2020
The present study was carried out with the aim to screen out the nutritional characteristics of three underutilized fruit species of the genus Spondias which are seen grown wild in the forest of the north-eastern region of India, as the detail information on nutrient composition...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730176
Pristine and oxygen functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes were used as adsorbent for removal of Methyl Orange (MO) dye. The adsorption was carried out under different pH values. The analysis of results indicated that the adsorption characteristics of the MO dye by pristine...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2020/v21i730175