The use of different plant parts for the prevention and cure of ailments, infections and diseases as an alternative to the use of orthodox medicine is gaining more attention. Moreso, resistance to orthodox drugs has been confirmed in various literature. The free radical scavengin...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/38036
The ammonium acetate and formate ionic liquids (ILs) were synthesized in the neutralization reaction with different cations of alkanol amine and alkyl amine with formic and acetic acid as an anion. Thin layer Chromatography monitored the reaction and the synthesized six ILs was c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/38877
This study was conducted to determine the concentration of major and trace elements in samples of Guiera senegalensis from the vicinity of a Kaolin milling plant in Alkaleri Bauchi State. Twenty four samples were collected (12 samples each in both dry and wet seasons) at differen...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/38777
Aims: Carbohydrate stands out among the various classes of food synthesized by plants. It has the highest proportion in cassava tuber which is a staple root crop in many developing countries, especially in West Africa. This research is aimed at determining the sugar contents in c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/37112
Soil contamination by heavy metals is of great concern with respect to human health risks, groundwater contamination, phytotoxicity to plants, adverse effects on microbial activity and diversity, long-term effects on soil fertility and depreciation of land. Soil samples were obta...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/37635
Aims: It was aimed to provide understanding of the properties of recycled fibers from Old Corrugated Container (OCC) and to explore boric acid and sodium borohydride effects for improvement of the properties of secondary OCC pulps. Study Design: In order to control past and the s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/36885
The paper from secondary fibers has generally considered to be used in corrugated cardboard production. For this purpose, Sack Corrugated Test (SCT) and Corrugated Medium Tests were used to determine the strength resistance behaviors. The highest CMT value of 73.5 N was found wit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/36886
In our quest to exploit the biomasses in our local environment for an efficient water treatment at the level of hazardous aqueous ions removal, we furthered here by immobilizing the stem bark biomass of Ficus asperifolia in a stable polymer matrix of calcium alginate. The sorptio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/36462
The coupled static approximation is modified for the first time to make it applicable to multi-channels problem of the collision of the proton by alkali atom. The possibility of producing more hydrogen during the proton-alkali atom collision is investigated. The formation of hydr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/36394
Md. Abdul Mannan, Zahidul Islam, Md. Jakir Hossen, A. B. M. Hamidul Haque, Md. Kudrat-E-Zahan, Shahed Zaman & Debashish Talukder·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2017
Objective: This present study has been undertaken to evaluate the antimicrobial, antifungal and cytotoxic properties of four different fractionates such as petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and dia-ion resin adsorbed fractions of Abroma augusta leaf extract. Methodology:...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2017/35638