Protein has been isolated from Adenopus breviflorus seed flour and used as a supplement to the production of yoghurt. The chemical composition of the seed flour and protein isolate was determined using standard methods. The yoghurt so produced was analysed for its pH, total solid...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i230137
This paper presents the results of some physicochemical properties of cellulosic fabric obtained by esterification using 50 cm3 of oil extracted from the seed of Balanites aegyptiaca. The oil was extracted under reflux with hexane which gave 40% yield and 0.22% moisture content....
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i230136
Comparative study of the proximate and mineral components of five local spices (Denniettia tripetala, Monodora myristica, Piper guineense, Syzygium aromaticum, Xylopia aethiopica and) were investigated. The proximate composition revealed that the spices had considerable carbohyd...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i230135
The present study was carried out to investigated the presence of heavy metals (essential and non- essential); Pb, Fe, Cu, Mn and Cd in soils and vegetables such as Brassica oleracea, Brassica oleracea Acephala and Amaranthus palmeri. These soils and vegetables were collected ran...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i230134
The water quality of selected boreholes in Oredo, Egor and Ovia North-East Local Government Areas in Benin City metropolis was assessed in terms of their physical, microbial and chemical parameters. A total of nine water samples (three per local government) were collected from ra...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i230133
The phytochemical screening, anthelmintics, and characterization of Spermacoce verticillata crude ethanolic extracts were carried out using standard methods. The research is aimed at investigating the in-vitro anthelmintic activity of Spermacoce verticillata and Cochlospermum tin...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i130131
Aims: To develop a simple, efficient microwave-assisted synthetic method to prepare 1-Benzyl-3-[(4-methylphenyl)imino]-indolin-2-one and its Co(II) complex, characterize and ascertain their biological significance. Place and Duration of Study: School of Chemistry, Cardiff Univers...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i130130
In this article the relationship between the entropies of crystalline calcium compounds and copper, zinc and cobalt compounds were analyzed. Thermal capacity dependence of temperature for acidic phosphates of copper, zinc and cobalt, determining value of enthalpy and entropy of...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i130129
The remediation of surface water contaminated with domestic purpose kerosene (DPK) using Fenton’s oxidation was investigated at ambient temperature for effectiveness at optimum conditions established. Results obtained from optimization studies for the Fenton’s oxidation employed...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i130128
Songolo River receives daily domestic and industrial wastewaters from households, laboratories, small and medium size industries (SMEs) and the Loandjili hospital, which are discharged directly into it without prior treatment. The objective of this study is to evaluate the physic...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i130126
Corrosion behavior of welded joints of steel pipe category X70 produced by high-frequency welding, in different conditions, in which it is possible to initiate stress-corrosion cracking, hydrogen or sulfide cracking, was investigated. According to the results of electrochemical r...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v27i430124
This study assesses the levels of heavy metals and hydrocarbons in Tympanotomus fuscatus and the sediments of Qua Iboe River, Akwa Ibom State; the interest in the study area was due to the several industrial and oil exploration activities in the area. The heavy metals (HM) of in...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v27i430121
This research focused on the corrosion behavior of gray cast iron and aluminum in alkaline medium (0.5 M NaOH) with and without inhibitor (water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes extract) of varying concentrations of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25%. The corrosion rates of the metal samples...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v27i430120
Mohit B. Patel, Evan C. Garrad, Steven Korb, Saeedeh Negin, Michael R. Gokel, Sergey Sedinkin, Shanheng Yin & George W. Gokel·Chemical Science International Journal·2019
Aims: The aim of the study was to determine whether and to what extent any of a family of amphiphilic heptapeptide synthetic anion transporters (SATs) affected the growth or root morphology of Arabidopsis thaliana. Study Design: A. thaliana plants were grown from seedlings in PN...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v27i430119
Phenacyl triphenylphosphonium and p-nitrobenzyl triphenylphosphonium polymer bound salts with SbF6- counter ions, have been synthesized and examined as polymeric photoinitiators for the cationic photopolymerization of epoxide monomers such as cyclohexene oxide and vinyl monomers...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v27i430118