The effect of chronic exposure to petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) pollution on the concentrations of glucose, serum and liver malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyl and the histology of liver tissues of the native fowl (Gallus domesticus) from Egbema in the Niger Delta Area (NDA)...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/7336
The effect of sublethal contaminations (100 mg/dm3) of heavy metals such as mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) on soil enzyme and physicochemical properties was investigated after one hundred and twenty days. Soil sample without heavy metal contamination served as the contr...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/6341
Plastic waste has accumulated significantly in the environment as a result of urbanization and industrialisation. Due to their wide range of uses, plastics are present in many facets of our lives. This study was aimed at assessing the polyethene degradation potency of bacteria an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2026/v16i3494
This study was aimed at identifying and characterizing Polyethylene degrading bacterial isolates from a refuse dump in Amadi-Ama Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria. The microorganisms were isolated from plastic polyethylene wastes deposited in the soil of a refuse dump in Amadi-A...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2025/v15i6463
Haematological, hepatic and oxidative stress parameters in juvenile Clarias gariepinus exposed to a combined ternary mixture of naphthalene, phenanthrene and benzo[a]pyrene were investigated under static-renewal bioassay conditions. The test organisms were exposed to two levels o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2023/v22i4576