Hydrogel which can swell rapidly and retain large volumes of water in their swollen structure have shown a significant contribution for wound healing. More recently, hydrogel synthesized by radiation polymerization and grafting have been reported which did not require any crossli...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i318999
This research is aimed at the proximate chemical analysis of Momordica balsamina seeds with some properties of the oil. The results of the study showed that the seeds has high percentage of crude lipids, (38.77±0.15%) crude carbohydrates, (31.46±0.14%), crude proteins, (20.25±0.1...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i318998
Background: Bacterial infections are at the origin of a number of serious pathologies, including meningitis, bronchopneumopathies, typhoid fever and especially diarrhea, which are still a real public health problem for the child population in developing countries. In most of thes...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i318997
Chalcones are useful intermediates in the synthesis of heterocyclic compound and the unique reagents in organic synthesis. The usual approach to obtain chalcones is through Claisen-Schmidt condensation. Several novel heterocyclic chalcone analogs have emerged. Chalcones are multi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i318996
Determination of heavy metal contents in edible clay (kaolin) from Enyigba in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State of Nigeria was carried out using Atomic absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The quantitative analysis of heavy metal analyzed in the edible clay sample were 0.012 mg/kg for Co, 0...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i218995
Aim: To screen the Kenyan Ganoderma lucidum for phytochemicals and to investigate it's potential in the management of some disease-causing microbes. Study Design: Hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extraction; phytochemical study and anti-microbial activities were analysed on Ken...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i218994
This work deals with the prediction of the antiproliferative activity of eighteen (18) substances derived from bis-5-arylidene rhodanine against human hepatoma tumor line (Huh-7D12). By applying the functional density theory (DFT) method to the B3LYP / 6-31G (d, p) level, theoret...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i218993
In this work, a series of poly(Hexanediol adipate)(PHA) samples (103＜Mn＜104) with narrow molecular weight distribution were prepared by the polymerization between adilic acid and 1,6-hexandiol. End-group analysis was applied to determine the number average molecular weight (Mn)...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i218992
Mustafa Lawar, Safia Elbadwe, Ismail Yalçin, Kayhan Bolelli, Hakan Sezgin Sayiner & Fatma Kandemirli·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2019
The pKa values were calculated for some acetoxy group molecules using CBS-Q method which is one of the Complete Basis Set methods to find accurate energies. The acetoxy group molecules were also planned by Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) to study their effect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i218991
The medicinal herb Brachystelma togoense schtlr (Apocynaceae) is used traditionally for treatment of ailments. The secondary metabolites, phaeophytin a, α-amyrin and lupeol were isolated from the CH2Cl2 and MeOH extracts of Brachystelma togoense. The structures were elucidated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2019/v6i118990