Fatogoma Diarrassouba, Affoué Lucie Bede, Ahissan Donatien Ehouman, Mabintou Kalo, Kafoumba Bamba & Nahossé Ziao·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
This study evaluated selected molecular properties of five primaquine-derived compounds (PQ_1–PQ_5) with reported antimalarial activity using density functional theory (DFT). The investigation considered global chemical reactivity descriptors derived from frontier molecular orbit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i6488
Supramolecular complexes assembled through noncovalent and host–guest interactions have become a central design strategy in nanomedicine, offering reversibility, stimuli-responsiveness and dynamic structural adaptation that covalent constructs cannot easily reproduce. This critic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i6489
Dame Gadiaga, Aïssatou Alioune GAYE, Adama Sy, Bineta Diome, James Orton, Ibrahima Elhadji Thiam, Simon Coles, Ousmane Diouf & Mohamed Gaye·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
A mononuclear manganese(II) complex of N′-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)isonicotinohydrazide (H₂L) was synthesised and characterised to examine its structural features and DPPH radical-scavenging activity relative to the free ligand. The ligand was prepared by condensation of i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i6486
Background: Substituted 2-azetidinones are of interest as β-lactam frameworks for synthetic and antibacterial investigations. Aim: This study examined the synthesis, characterisation, antibacterial responses and predicted protein interactions of eight derivatives. Methods: Schiff...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i6487
Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe (Zingiberaceae), commonly called white turmeric or zedoary, is a chemically complex rhizomatous species used in Asian traditional medicines and increasingly investigated as a source of volatile and non-volatile bioactive constituents. This criti...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5485
The utilisation of agricultural residues as reinforcement in polymer composites offers an approach for developing value-added materials from renewable resources. This study evaluated alkali-treated cassava tuber fibre as a reinforcing filler in urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin compos...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5484
Anicet Frédéric Binaki, Bob Wilfrid Loumouamou, Hubert Makomo, Jerry Sakala Mackita, Fahoziath Disu Kofoworola, Jean Mathurin Nzikou & Thomas Silou·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
Alchornea cordifolia seed oil is naturally enriched in a C20 epoxy fatty acid, but solvent comparisons may be misleading when extract composition is treated as equivalent to target-mass recovery. This study applied an explicit mass-balance approach to a batch-extraction screening...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5481
Boroxine-linked covalent organic frameworks are difficult to form mechanochemically because dehydrative condensation generates water that can hydrolyse newly formed B₃O₃ linkages. This study examines whether deliberate preconditioning of 1,4-benzenediboronic acid (BDBA) can enabl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5482
SAEED ALI NAJI Zinab, DOKA DAOURA Amadou, HADJ Mimoun, ROGER ANNE Cécile, G. F. Camila, CHAIBOU O. M. Imrana, R. G. Diego & MANZOLA Abdou Salam·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
This study evaluated the physicochemical, mineralogical, structural and textural characteristics of three natural bentonite samples collected from Adoua (BN-G₁), Mougia (Madaoua) (BN-G₂) and Bouza (BN-G₃) in the Tahoua region of Niger, with the aim of assessing their potential re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5483
Saidakhon B. Khaytmetova, Gulnoza A. Khalilova, Sevara R. Makkamboeva, Dilnoza A. Amonova, Abbaskhan S. Turaev & Bahtiyor I. Muhitdinov·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
Background: Fungal β-glucans are structurally diverse polysaccharides whose linkage patterns and branching characteristics influence their physicochemical properties. Fomes fomentarius contains chemically heterogeneous polysaccharide fractions; however, fraction-specific structur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5480
Modern materials chemistry is highly effective at designing predefined structures, but target-driven strategies necessarily explore only structures that can be specified in advance. This Perspective proposes a complementary discovery framework in which reaction history is treated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5479
Issouf Soro, Manchondenin Soro, Ludovic Akonan, Niaré Adama, Boris Davy Bekono, Raymond Kre N’guessan & Eugene Megnassan·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with cholinergic dysfunction, and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) becomes increasingly relevant as disease pathology progresses. This study aimed to design sulfenylated 5-aminopyrazole (APS) analogues as potential...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5478
Kpan Oulai Jean-Gautier, TOE-BI Kahou Katel Kizito, Tohouri Priva, Ogbre Sandrine Ida Ursula, Gnamba Franck Maxime & Oga Yéi Marie Solange·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
Rapid and unplanned urbanisation in Sub-Saharan African cities exerts severe pressure on urban aquatic ecosystems due to the lack of adequate sanitation systems. This study evaluates the hydrochemical quality and organic pollution levels of surface water in the Téguéré River catc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5477
Seka Yapoga Jean, Kpidi Yapo Habib, Konan Kouadio Eugène, Kouassi N’guessan Louis Berenger & Yapo Ossey Bernard·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2026
The aim of this study was to assess the environmental impacts associated with the activities of an incinerator installed in a hospital in Abobo. The study involved weighing medical waste, measuring the quantities of gases released into the environment, and collecting and weighing...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5475
Piper nigrum L. and Piper cubeba L. are aromatic pepper species recognised for their phytochemical diversity. This study compared the phenolic composition of six pepper accessions collected in Côte d’Ivoire, including two P. nigrum cultivars, Lompung (LG) and Muntok (MK), and fou...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2026/v16i5476