Medicinal plants are valuable natural sources for the development of potentially safe drugs. The biological activities associated with these plants are due to the presence of certain phytochemicals that act individually or synergistically. Thus, this study examined the phytochemi...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i430170
Garcinia kola (bitter kola) plays an important role in Africa ethnomedicine and traditional hospitality. Proximate and phytochemical composition of G. kola seeds as well as the effects of ethanolic and n-hexane extracts on the serum electrolytes of albino rats were studied using...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i430151
The aim and objective of this work is to synthesize a greener alkyd resin by substituting petroleum based epoxides in alkyd resin modification. Chemical transformation of the existing functional group present in neem oil via epoxidation, epoxy functionality was inserted and used...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26431
A portion of neem oil was epoxidized using per acid generated in-situ. Polyesterification of crude neem oil (CNO) and epoxidized neem oil (ENO) was carried out using glycerol and phthalic anhydride to synthesize two different alkyd resins; crude neem oil modified alkyd resin (CNO...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/26098