Nitrite ions are one of the harmful compounds for human health. In addition to the available state, nitrite ions are converted from nitrate ions by the microbial reduction in the natural environment. When entering our body, they will react with haemoglobin to form methemoglobin b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45514
Averrhoa bilimbi is a tropical plant which is commonly known as Bilimbi. The plant has enormous economic importance since its leaves, flower, fruit, bark, seeds, roots or the whole plant are used to treat a variety of diseases in the alternative system of medicine. In the present...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44725
Industrialisation and unplanned urbanisation in different city areas of Bangladesh have greatly distorted the natural water resources. The present study was undertaken to evaluate ionic contamination level including heavy metals in effluents, surface and groundwater of Rangpur ci...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45061
Influence of abattoir wastes on physicochemical and microbiological properties of soil samples obtained from Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria were investigated using standard analytical and microbiological methods. Studied abattoirs and the control soils were in the sandy-clay-l...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44094
A novel modified walnut shell (MWNS) was prepared by the reaction between maleic anhydride and raw walnut shell (WNS) in ethyl acetate. MWNSs with different carboxylic acid groups values (MWNS1 and MWNS2) are obtained and characterised by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). The ef...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44606
Aims: The study was conducted to determine the biochemical composition and nutritional value of Gongronema latifolium leaf locally cultivated in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Study Design: The study involved sampling, identification of the plant, sample preparation, analy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/43389
Mustafa Lawar, Safia Badwe, Ismail Yalçin, Kayhan Bolelli, Hakan Sezgin Sayiner & Fatma Kandemirli·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2018
QSAR analysis of thiosemicarbazone derivatives exposing RNR inhibitory activities [1] was performed for 21 compounds. Among these compounds, 13 of them were reported with inhibitory concentration (IC50) in the l M range. The inhibitory concentration of those compounds was convert...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/42832
Firstly, [2-Methoxy-4-(3-methyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-one-4-yl)-azomethinphenyl] acetate molecule was optimized by using Density Functional Theory (DFT/B3LYP) and Hatree Fock (HF/ B3LYP) methods. Then, from this the most stable structure of the optimized molecule the hig...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/43438
Three new Mo(VI) peroxo complexes [MoO(O2)(Val)2(IQ)2], [MoO(O2)(Val)2(2-Apy)] and K[MoO(O2)(Val)2(8-HQ)], where Val = Valine, 2-Apy = 2-Aminopyridine, IQ = Isoquinoline, and 8-HQ = 8-Hydroxyquinoline were prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, conductivity, magnetic m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/42722
Mst. Sadia Afrin Dalia, Farhana Afsan, Md. Saddam Hossain, Md. Abdul Mannan, M. M. Haque & Md. Kudrat-E-Zahan·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2018
Some metal complexes of Zn(II), Mn(II) and Ni(II) ions with tetradentate N, O coordinating Schiff base ligand [2-bis(2-hydroxybenzylidene)}hydrazinecarboxamide], (C15H13N3O3) were synthesized. The Schiff base ligand was derived from the condensation of semicarbazide hydrochloride...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/42355
Aim: The aim of the present work is to develop alternative materials for the flue gas desulfurization process starting from local low-cost raw material in order to reduce the operating cost in a power plant. For this reason, bentonite and tonsil were used as a support, and Ca(OH)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/42236
Abuse of methamphetamine is one of the major social problem faced by many countries. Oral fluid as an alternative matrix for assessing drugs of abuse is gaining prominence. It is therefore essential to investigate assay performance and limitations of screening techniques for meth...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/41250
Selected metal complexes of Ni (II), Zn(II), Mn(II), Sn(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) ions were synthesized with three different synthesized Schiff base ligands. The ligands and metal complexes were isolated in the solid state from the reaction medium and characterized by molar conducti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/40913
Gali Ramesh, Marri Pradeep Kumar, Aveli Rambabu, Narendrula Vamsikrishna, Sreenu Daravath & Shivaraj .·Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences·2018
A series of [Co(LI)2] (1), [Ni(LI)2] (2), [Cu(LI)2] (3), [Co(LII)2] (4), [Ni(LII)2] (5) and [Cu(LII)2] (6) complexes where LI = 2-((E)-(5-(4-fluorophenyl)isoxazol-3-ylimino)methyl)-5-methoxyphenol and LII = 2-((E)-(5-(4-fluorophenyl)isoxazol-3-ylimino)methyl)-4-bromophenol, were...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/41465
Pentaerythritol diacrylate (PEDA) is synthesized by the esterification of pentaerythritol (PER) with acrylic acid (AA) using p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) supported on silica as a catalyst. Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/41480