The quality of groundwater and spring water in the Pala locality, influenced by both natural processes and human activities, is a major issue in the supply of drinking water to the city of Bobo Dioulasso. The geological context is mainly composed of Sotouba sandstone. This influe...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i5872
Consumption of arsenic-contaminated water is the cause of major problems such as melanosis, hyperkeratosis and cancer. To mitigate this pollution, this study was carried out using analytical methods to prepare chemically treated laterite (TL) and chemically doped laterite with fe...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i5871
In general, nature of chemical reactions are studied by separating the products followed by analyzing the products using different methods like spectroscopic method, chromatohgraphic method etc. The objective of the present study is to investigate nature of chemical reactions usi...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4870
This study investigates the kinetics and equilibrium of phenolic derivative detoxification from aqueous solutions using activated carbon derived from coconut husk (CHAC). Phenolic compounds, prevalent in industrial wastewater, are highly toxic to humans and aquatic life. The remo...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4869
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in exploring natural alternatives to synthetic tannins, driven by concerns over sustainability and environmental impact. Natural tannins offer several advantages, including biodegradability, renewability, and lower environmental...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4867
Chitosan nanocomposites represent a promising class of materials formed by combining chitosan with various nanomaterials. This innovative approach leverages the advantageous properties of both chitosan—a biopolymer known for its biocompatibility, natural abundance, high film-form...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4868
A comparative research was performed on two medicinal leaves: Jatropha tanjorensis and Bryophyllum pinnatum collected from Angalabiri community, Nigeria, to ascertain the proximate content, mineral composition, and secondary metabolite profiling in the leaves. The proximate analy...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4866
Euphorbia hirta L. is an herbaceous plant used in traditional medicine to treat several diseases. In the present work, different fractions of Euphorbia hirta L. hydroalcoholic extract were investigated for their anti-diabetic properties on α-glucosidase’s inhibition activities. C...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4865
Soil samples from flood affected areas and non-affected areas of different farmlands in Obunagha, Bayelsa State, Nigeria; were collected for this study. The study was conducted to evaluate the physicochemical properties, and pollution indices of flooded and non-flooded farmlands...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4864
The neutral hetero-trinuclear compound 3d-4f, [Cu(II)La(III)Cu(II)] was obtained with the “brick by brick” method and it crystallizes in the monoclinic system with a space group of P2/n. The asymmetric unit of the structure of [Cu2(μ-L2)La(NO3)2] contains two molecules of the did...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4863
This study focuses on the increasing global demand for Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) and its production from corncob through Catalytic Hydrogenation. The process was optimized using Design of Experiment (DOE) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Physiochemical properties of the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4862
The reaction of 3-chloro-benzoyl chloride and 2-aminobenzothiazole in the presence of potassium thiocyanate yielded a yellowish solid C15H10ClN3OS2 (1). Reaction of 1 with cobalt chloride yield a yellowish solid C14H11ClN2O2S (2) which gives crystal suitable for X-ray analyses. T...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i4861
Heavy metals such as copper are not only a problem for air pollution: they are bio persistent, disrupt ecosystems, damage soils, surface waters, forests, and crops, and accumulate in the food chain. The aim was to propose effective methods for quantifying and decontaminating wast...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i3860
Alstonia Scholaris leaves after treatment with 0.01 M NaOH was used for the adsorptive removal of safranine. As the initial safranine concentration increases from 20 mg/L to 80 mg/L the dye removal increases up to 91 % in 60 min contact time at optimum pH of 8. Pseudo second orde...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i3859
Isolation and characterization of glucocorticoid steroid was carried out on the leaf of Rauvolfia vomitoria. Initial phytochemical screening of the sample revealed the presence of saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, steroids, triterpenoids and cardiac glycoside and were qua...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2024/v25i3858