Improper treatment and disposal of wastewater from pharmaceutical companies can contaminate nearby water bodies and surrounding ecosystems as a result of the release of pollutants such as heavy metals. The aim of this study is to investigate the levels of heavy metals in wastewat...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4935
Aims: The present work evaluated the effect of organic acid concentration and reaction time on the recovery of Zn and Ni from waste printed circuit boards of cell phone. Study design: A survey research design was adopted. Place and Duration of Study: Materials and Energy Technol...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4934
Single molecule magnets (SMMs) have been extensively studied in last few years due to their wide range of potential applications in information storage, molecular electronics and quantum computing. In the early 1990s the storage of information at the molecular level became certai...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4933
Groundwater represents the main source of drinking water supply for the populations in the Agadez region, primarily through wells and boreholes. This study aims to evaluate the physico-chemical quality of groundwater in four communes of the region: the urban commune of Agadez and...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4932
Using sea water as a textile dyeing medium is an innovative and environmentally friendly approach that addresses the challenges associated with conventional fresh water dyeing methods. Dyes with one functional group were used in the work: Remazol red B and Ostazin blue H-BR. The...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4931
The remediation of surface water contaminated with diesel using the Fenton oxidative method was investigated at ambient temperature (28-34 °C) for effectiveness and optimum conditions were established using UV Spectroscopy. This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4930
This study investigates the water quality of selected boreholes in Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria, focusing on both the physico-chemical as well as the concentrations of heavy metals and their associated health risks. A cross-sectional analytical design w...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4928
The aim of this study was to determine the fatty acid composition of the plant's leaves. Diospyros mespiliformis is a plant used in traditional medicine for various therapeutic and cosmetic purposes. The plant's leaves, infused, decocted or applied as a plaster, are used to treat...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4927
This study presents a comparative analysis of marine paint formulated using standard raw (Epicoat1004) versus locally sourced Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) as binder. The liquid latex was used with other standard chemical as binder with equal ratio as the standard binder(epoxy). Sol...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4926
The pathways of toxic exposure are mostly from air, water, soil and food. Of all these pathways, soil remains the principal pathway toxic wastes like dyes and heavy metals are discharged into the food chain. Soil contaminated with heavy metals is now a universal challenge leading...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4925
Laura Divković, Aida Smajlagić, Emina Ahmetović, Samir Ćurić, Belkisa Djedović, Ajla Džafić, Amina Hasikić, Sumea Haušić, Hedija Starčević, Maida Šljivić Husejnović, Ermina Cilović Kozarević, Lamija Kolarević & Merima Ibišević·International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry·2025
This research investigates the efficiency of two methods for extracting bioactive compounds from fig leaves (Ficus carica) using different solvents. Dried fig leaves were used as extraction material. The focus is on Soxhlet extraction and Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) met...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4924
Rosaniline/Cyclodextrin covered ZnO nanocrystals are synthesized and characterized by various spectral and microscopic methods. The effect of different polarities of the solvents, α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) on RND was studied by various spectral methods. The...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i3921
Monitoring the presence of minerals in medicinal plants has become a health emergency due to the widespread consumption of herbal products and the risk of long-term bioaccumulation of heavy metals. This study aimed to determine the amount of heavy metals in the medicinal plant St...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i4923
Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the antioxidant activity of cinnamon extracts obtained using different solvents (ethanol, methanol, acetone, water) and their mixtures with water. Additionally, the phenolic and flavonoid contents were analyzed to investigate thei...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i3920
The stability of bioactive molecules is improved with microencapsulation by spray drying, providing protection against oxygen, water, or any agent. Sarcocephalus latifolius (sm.) Bruce is a medicinal plant widely used in traditional herbal medicine to treat several diseases such...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2025/v26i3919