The study is aimed at evaluating some medicinal plants used traditionally to treat tuberculosis and related symptoms. The stem-barks from 10 plants species were prepared using methanol by Soxhlet and was partitioned with n-butanol and water. The extracts were evaluated for the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2017/35097
This research work was designed to examine the antimicrobial activities of some medicinal and aromatic plants. The essential oils of Adansonia digitata, Arachis hypodaea, Capsicum frutecens, Gossypium hirsutum, Hisbiscus esculentus, Nicotiana tabacum L., Piliostigma reticulatum H...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24290
Heavy metals profile of ethanolic leaves extracts of some medicinal plants was carried out so as to ascertain the levels of Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb), Manganese (Mn) and Nickel (Ni) in Anogeissus leiocarpus, Bauhinia reticulata, Prosopis oblonga, Sterculia tomentosa ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2016/21520
This work was aimed at assessing minerals and trace element contents of termiteria and ten meter adjacent surface soils during dry and rainy seasons. The study area (Maiha), was stratified into east and west sampling locations from which a termiterium and its ten meter adjacent s...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/23195
This study investigated the effectiveness of immobilized Moringa oleifera bark (IMOB) for the removal of heavy metal ions from waste water. The concentration of residual metal ion concentration was determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The immobilization of...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/13712