Chemicals from the abdominal glands of African weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) were extracted with petroleum ether and fifteen pheromonal compounds were characterised using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Technique. The compounds analysed include decane (8.81%), u...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14255
The kinetics of the reduction of 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)phenazothionium chloride (MB+) by benzenethiol in aqueous solution has been investigated in the acid range 0.3≤[H+ ≤ 0.9 mole dm-3, ionic strength (µ) of the reaction medium in the range: 0.4 ≤ µ ≤ 1.0 mole dm-3 (NaNO3) and...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/11703
Corrosion behavior of V2AlC and Cr2AlC materials have been investigated in 0.01N Ca(OH)2 at pH=11.7 using Potentiostat to estimate corrosion parameters. The results show that V2AlC material has more noble potential and lower current density than Cr2AlC over temperatures include 3...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14902
The present work involves a rapid and reproducible HPLC method which was developed and validated for the estimation of the drug cefdinir in the bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage forms. Tinidazole was used as an internal standard. In this method, the estimation was done by using...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12275
The total heavy metal concentrations of some environmentally toxic metals in sediments of the Pennington River System, Bayelsa state, Nigeria was examined. The concentrations of heavy metals in each fraction were determined using a ANALYST 400 Perkin-Elmer AAS. The mean concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14696
The study was carried out to investigate the comparative nutritional value and physicochemical properties of home-made apple juice and mixed fruit juice (apple, banana and pear) with commercial 100% apple juice. The principal component analysis model revealed the complete differe...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14943
This study investigates a comparative assessment of two adsorbents: Bamboo-based Activated Charcoal (BBAC) and Bamboo dust (BD) in the removal of lead(ll) and cadmium(ll) ions from aqueous solutions. Maximum Pb(II) and Cd(II) removal was observed at pH 6.0. The Langmuir, Freundli...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14425
This study determined the Pb pollution levels of lead (Pb) in Ibadan. Until 1970, Ibadan was the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa and the current largest city in West Africa. Dust samples were randomly collected from selected sites, cleaned, air-dried and sieved. Pb level was d...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/10566
Health and environmental consequences of conventional flame retardants necessitated the incorporation of new plant based flame retardants. According to Australlian Plant Society all Acacia species can be used as fire retardants which lead to the selection of the leaves of Acacia...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12506
Infrared spectra of ammonium doped rubidium and cesium sulfate and selenate matrices, M'2M''(XO4)2∙6H2O (M' = Rb, Cs; M'' = Mg, Co, Zn; X = S, Se), are presented and discussed in the region of both the asymmetric bending modes n4 of the ammonium ions and the water librations. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12307
Aims: To develop and validate two assay methods for the determination of total and free formaldehyde content in cosmetics by Colorimetric and High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) methods, respectively. Study Design: Colorimetric and HPLC methods. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12385
This paper describes a batch(direct spectrophotometer) and flow injection spectrophotometric for indirect determination of amoxicillin (AMX). The method involves addition of a known excess of N-bromosuccinimde (NBS) to AMX in acidic medium, the residual amount of oxidant (NBS) re...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13150
Aims: To study the photocatalytic method for decreasing the concentration of Cu(II), Cd(II), Cr(VI), and Pb(II) in the solutions. Study Design: The photocatalytical process was proceeded for single solutions containing respective Cu(II), Cd(II), Cr(VI), and Pb(II) ions. Reaction...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13807
Aims: To report the extent of contamination of floodwater by physicochemical parameters (total suspended solids, total dissolved solid, chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, nitrate, nitrite, chloride and sulphate and heavy...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12649
The kinetic investigations of the redox reaction between malachite green, MG+, and hypochlorite ion, ClO–, were carried out in aqueous HClO4 medium at [H+] = 1x10–3 mol dm–3, µ = 0.1 mol dm–3, T = 25±1°C. The reaction showed a stoichiometry of 1:2, which conforms to the equati...