Aim: In this study, the experiment was designed to investigate the effect of contamination of soil ecosystem with spent engine oil at various concentrations. Design: Soil samples were obtained from zoological garden University of Nigeria Nsukka while spent engine oil was obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/27605
Cytotoxicity of different concentrations of crude oil on Zea mays a widely cultivated crop in Nigeria was investigated for 21 days, using physicochemical and cytotoxicity assay. The experiment was conducted in green-house under controlled environmental conditions. The cytotoxic e...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2017/31376
The potential genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of water effluent from a pharmaceutical industry in Ogidi, Anambra State, Nigeria was evaluated using Allium cepa Linn assay. This is an alternate first-tier assay to experiments on animals for preliminary toxicity screening in accordan...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27604
This study investigates the strength properties of paper samples obtained from pulp blend of corn husk and kenaf bark. Soda pulping of kenaf bark and corn husk was carried out using 18% and 7% alkali respectively. Handmade paper sheets were produced from bleached pulp samples com...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10745