Aims: The study is aimed to obtain acylated derivatives of polyprenols which were isolated from leaves of grape Vitis vinifera L. Study Design: Modification of natural compounds. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Sub...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2916
Aims: To assess the likelihood of occurrence of domino effect in a group of neighbouring companies in Msasa Industrial area. Study Design: A case study approach was used. Place and Duration of Study: Msasa industrial area, Harare Zimbabwe between June 2011 and June 2012. Methodol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2677
Dendrons with dodecyl terminal groups joined to benzyloxy moieties were attached to a cyclotriveratrylene core. The dendrimers were used in Bingel cyclopropanation reaction with the fullerene C60. The structure of the synthesized dendrimers was confirmed by 1H- and 13C-NMR, MALDI...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2467
Sulfonamides are known to represent a class of medicinally important compounds which are extensively used as antibacterial agents. Hence, a series of new N,N-diethyl amide bearing sulfonamides (2a-k) were synthesized via amidation of easily prepared benzenesulfonamide precursors...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2397
A novel method for the fabrication of high purity yttria, Y2O3, nano-particles is presented by thermal decomposition of salicylic acid-Y(III) nano composite as precursor. The nano composite was formed by a sonochemical method from the reaction between Y(III) nitrate hexahydrate,...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/1618
The linear equation ∆cHo = i + f (N - g), in which i and f are the factors of correlation, describing interdependence between then heat of combustion organic compounds and their number (N) valence electrons except for a number of lone electron pairs (g) heteroatoms in them, it ha...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2079
The composite activated carbons were produced using both lignocellulosic materials and urban waste plastics and their characteristics were investigated. The mixture of raw material was first carbonized at 600ºC in N2 atmosphere. The char obtained was then mixed with KOH (in the r...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2210
Aims: This study is aimed at using plant extracts to prevent corrosion of aluminium in acidic medium. The inhibition efficiency of different extracts of 1M HCl, ethanol and distilled water were determined. Study Design: Gravimetric method was used for the analysis. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2012/1835
Aims: To set up high adsorbent materials at lower cost from agricultural wastes in this case maize cobs and to characterize these materials. Study Design: Determination of the textural and physicochemical properties of the prepared materials. Place and Duration of Study: Technolo...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2012/1806
Aim: To develop and validate a simple HPLC method for the determination of perindopril erbumine (PDE) in bulk and tablets. Place and Duration of Study: Rainbow Pharma Lab, Hyderabad, India, between April and June 2012. Methodology: The separation of PDE was carried out on a Zorba...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2012/2045