This study aims to synthesizing Fe (II) nanoparticles with green synthesis method. For this purpose fungal isolate was chosen from the most potent four isolates and its metallotolerance ability towards Fe (II) was studied. Extracellular and intracellular biosynthesis of the nanop...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28674
Organic semiconducting oligomers containing three to nine heterocyclic units and based on 1,4-dimethoxybenzene, thiophene and thiazole have been studied by DFT and TDDFT at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level. The energy of each molecule, those of the frontier orbitals HOMO and LUMO, the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/29235
Polymeric drug delivery systems are new developed technology. They can be used to support patient’s compliance. They can help to maintain uniform drug levels and increase the safety margin for high-potency drugs. Then, they decrease the number of daily doses. Thus, in this study,...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28990
The aim of this work is to investigate synthesis conditions of water insoluble β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) nanospheres that could be useful as an adsorbent to remove very low concentration of p-nitrophenol (p-NP) from water. The effect of several parameters on β-CD polymer synthesis su...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/29198
Aim: This study was designed and implemented to produce instant breakfast cereals from the blends of sorghum and Bambara groundnut flour through extrusion cooking as a strategy to reduce phytic acid and polyphenol and improve the protein digestibility and solubility. Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28565
Edible clay from Enyigba in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State of Nigeria was analyzed for, Ca, Na, Mg and K, using AAS. The results showed that the sample contains 249.000+1.73 mg/g, 71.960+3.63 mg/g, 198.570+0.90 mg/g and 84.330+2.73 mg/g of the metals respectively. The analyses of the br...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26972
The synthesis of novel 1-amino-7-methyl-2,4,6,8,9-pent-azaphenoxazine (13) and 2-aldehyde-7-methyl-4-phenyl-3,4,6,8,9-pent-aza phenoxazine (17) is reported. The pent-aza compound (13) was prepared by suspending acetamidine hydrochloride (8) in ethanol and treated with anhydrous h...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25008
We report herein the simulation of Tricarbonyl (1-4-η-5-exo-N-X,X-dimethyl pyridino-cyclohexa-1,3-diene) iron complexes that were carried out on the theoretical ground state geometries, electronic, thermodynamic properties and vibrational frequencies using semi empirical PM6 met...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27275
The effect of the concentration of the amount of ammonium and calcium nitrate, the ratio of ammonia and nitrate nitrogen in the solution on the process of conversion of calcium nitrate formed during the processing of low-grade phosphorite with nitric acid has been studied. It has...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28146
In the present research work, cellulose fiber was isolated from cotton linter (CL) collected from local textile mills of Kushtia district, Bangladesh. To remove dirt and impurities, CL was pre-treated with NaOH and NaClO2. Fiber was treated with a number of chemicals such as dicu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28730
The use of harvested rainwater for domestic purposes is on the increase in Nigeria, as public water is inadequate as a result of population increase. This study sought to determine the quality of harvested rainwater from some settlements in Uyo, Nigeria, and assess the suitabilit...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27113
Francisco Sávio Gomes Pereira, Alexandre Ricardo Pereira Schuler, Ana Maria Ribeiro Bastos da Silva, Chesque Cavassano Galvão, Rafael do Nascimento Pereira, Nelson Medeiros de Lima Filho & Valdinete Lins da Silva·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
Turbidity and Acidity as Monitoring Parameters in the Purification of Moringa oleifera Oil for Biodiesel Production This study had as aim the analytical monitoring made during the purification applied to the mixed crude oil extracted from the Moringa oleifera Lamarck seeds by pre...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28799
Thermosensitive amino acid derivative with oligoethyleneoxy chains with tunable lower critical solution temperature (LCST) were prepared from L-methyl phenylalaninate and 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid derivative with oligoethyleneoxy chains. The solution properties and the effects of s...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28842
Single crystals of racemic calcium tartrate tetrahydrate, CaC4H4O6·4H2O, were grown at 308 K by a gel method using silica gel as the medium of growth. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were perfo...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/28258
Syzygium guineense leaf and bark are used for the treatment of tuberculosis, chronic diarrhea, cough, dysentery, malaria, amenorrhea, wounds, ulcers, rheumatism and infections. The various compounds in the n-hexane extract of the leaf were analysed by TLC and identified by GC-MS...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27372