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A careful analysis on the nutritive values of some varieties of local legume samples were carried out. These legumes include Bambara nut, Soybean, pigeon pea, African yam bean and...
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The presence of bioactive compounds namely saponin, alkaloids, tannins and Hydrolysable glucoside were determined qualitatively. On the three different species of Vernonia....
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This study investigated renal impairment in 30 type 2 diabetic subjects. From results, mean urine albumin (>2.70 0.4gIL) and glucose concentrations (16.66 ± i.80rnm01/L)...
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Water samples from Anya River were analysed for a period of three months (August — October) in order to determine levels of some physicochemical parameters and heavy metal...
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The cyanogenic potential, nitrate and nitrite contents of unconventional animal feed samples from six small holder livestock unit were assayed using spectrophotometric and...
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The effect of amendment with two types of termite mounds on the Potassium fixation characteristics of five South Eastern Nigeria soils derived from coastal plain sands was...
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Some local foodstuffs as frequently consumed by diabetics; unripe plantain, unripe cooking banana, both boiled and unboiled, bread fruit, banbara groundnut, African yam bean, cow...
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Cation exchange reaction is one of the numerous reactions that occur in soils. It is the reaction between exchangeable cations which takes place when one of soil...
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Antioxidants are important chemicals which have been used as food additives for a long time. Antioxidants are divided into two; Natural Antioxidants which are found naturally...
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The comparative study of several brands of paracetamol in Nigerian market was carried out. Tablets, c plet and capsule paracetamol were used for study. The parameters...
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In Nigeria, one of the methods for processing cassava (Ivianihol escit/enla cm/liz) for food is to ferment the roots in cold water and sieve it for cooking food such as fufu....
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Cassava, manihot esculenta Crantz is one of the most important root crops cultivated in the tropical Countries. In the past, Cassava was hardly known outside the tropics, but...
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Soaps are the alkali metal salts of long chain monocarboxylic acids represented, for example, by sodium palmitate,H (CH2)14 COONa. Sodium is the common caution of hard soap...
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Gas flaring according to Kaladumo, C. 0. K. (1996) can be defined as the disposal of natural gas to the atmosphere by burning the oil fields and refineries when no other use could...
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This project work was carried out to asccrLa1i-lancic(aIlparc the quality of drinking water in Uinudike Area - From the analysis carried out , I. t is shown that...
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Dried leaves of nymphaea alba were extracted with absolute ethanol. Partitioning of the crude extracts between chloroform and water (1:1), petroleum ether and aqeous methanol...
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The inhibitive and adsorption characteristics of ethanol extracts of Gnetum africana, Heinsia crinata, Lasianthera africana, Piper guinensis, and Vernonia amygdalina on the...
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In the present investigation, the plant Physoslima venenosum (Esere) was selected based on its poisonous strength as the typical Calabar people see it as "Ordeal poison". The...
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Phytoremediation potentials of Blyophyllum pinnatum and Starch ytarpheta indica were studied by cultivating raised samples of the plants on heavy metal contaminated soil. The...
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Nigeria has favorable agricultural conditions with respect to land and climate. These conditions support the growth and production of a wide range of tropical and sub-tropical...
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Heavy metal concentration of the soils, dust, water, sediment, plants and fish samples in the terrestrial and aquatic environment of Aba North, I and 2, Aba south 1 and 2 and Asa...
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The concentration of heavy metals in Imo-River was determined from source to tributaries using Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), to ascertain the influence of urbanization and...
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Metal contamination of soils is widespread across the globe as a direct consequence of atmospheric and industrial pollution, and the clean up of such soils is a difficult task...
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The reaction mechanism and effects of Cl2molecule adsorption on the electronic and geometric structure of small cationic neutral and anionic Au (n = I — 6) clusters has been...
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The inhibition of the corrosion of mild steel in HCI by Ampicillin and cloxacillin have been studied using weight loss, Gasometric, IR, and thermometric methods. The result shows...