Fused pyrimidines,2,4,6,8-Tetrahydro-5-(4/-ethylphenyl)-10-aryl-2,4,6,8-tetraoxo-5H,10H-pyrido[2,3-d:6,5-d/]dipyrimidines, were prepared in good yield through a simple, clean and three-component one-pot cyclo-condensation reaction of a barbituric acid, aromatic aldehyde and 4-eth...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39709
Aims: The following study is aimed to prepare five derivatives of 2-thiobarbituric acid under microwave irradiation (MWI) and conventional heating method and investigate their biological activities. Study Design: A classic white ProLine Microwave (720 W, 2450 MHz) with nine power...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40562
This work presents the results of sorption studies of orange G and phenol Red dyes onto palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKS-AC). The adsorbent was prepared by chemical activation using zinc chloride. The effect of various parameters such pH, initial ion concentration, contact...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39338
The response of maize (Zea may L.) to heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn) contamination was investigated in field experiments to predict the potential of the plant to extract metal toxicants. Experimental field was amended with increasing loads (2–10 kgha-1) of either metal salt...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39958
Nuclear medicine is a powerful diagnostic technique capable of detecting inflammatory points in human disease by using radiolabeled compounds. The ideal compound for imaging infection should be specific for an infected site with minimal side effects, low marrow, gut and renal upt...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/40170
The use of technology in agriculture has paved ways for new farming techniques across the globe and the benefits cannot be overemphasised. These benefits include an increase in the quality and quantity of crops produced, minimising cost of farming, providing suggestions for promp...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39653
Background and Aim: Chitin, a naturally occurring polysaccharide was isolated from the shells of crabs. The chitin was chemically modified to give alkali chitin, carboxymethyl chitin, highly deacetylated CM chitosan and highly deacetylated chitosan. The highly deacetylated chito...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/38599
The toxic pollutants released from oil and gas activities typically takes years of clean-up and reclamation. Hence, creating the need for new nano-materials that can function as adsorbents, filter membranes, and coating materials, which offer a molecular level of control in separ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39683
The ligand S-(5-methoxy-1H-benzimidazole-2-yl) thiophene-2-carbothioate (BTC) and its Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) metal complexes have been synthesized, structurally characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic tools (Uv-vis, FT-IR, NMR, Lc-mass). The powder XRD analy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39565
Demulsifier is one of the crude oil production chemicals that constitute the contaminants in the resulting produced water that is usually discharged into the marine environment. Most commercial demulsifiers list the toxic effects of individual components of their formulations whi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39105