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Studies on the Degradation of Polyethylene /Banyan Dry Leaves

Introduction Plastics waste management remains a major environmental issue due to over population and rapid economic development. The complete degradation of plastics mainly polyethylene remains a challenge and the current work is focused on enhancing the biodegradation of polyethylene.  The photo degradation followed by biodegradation of PE could be enhanced …

Scale-Up of Pharmaceutical Crystallization: A Case Study of L-glutamic Acid Polymorphism

Introduction Crystallization is the main method of purification, separation and control of solid behavior in pharmaceutical industry [1-2]. During crystallization, the solid products normally crystallize in more than one crystal structure due to different conformation and packing arrangement of molecular in the crystal lattice, which is known as the polymorphism …

Seasonal Variation in Heavy Metal Distribution in the Sediments of Selected Dams in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Introduction  Monitoring the concentration of heavy metals in sediment is important since knowledge of trace metals level in surface waters gives vital information regarding their sources, distribution and degree of pollution. This is for the fact that sedimentation has been regarded as one of the most important fluxes in aquatic …

Synthesis of Three Progesterone Derivatives. Theoretical Evaluation of its Interact with Androgen Receptor and Cytochrome P450 17A1 Enzyme

Introduction Prostate cancer is one of the main health problems worldwide [1,2]; it is important to mention that several drugs have been used for the treatment of this clinical pathology such as flutamide [3], apalutamide [4], bicalutamide [5], abiraterone [6], leuprolide [7], gosereline [8] and others; however, some of these …

Fixed Bed Column Study of Hazardous Rose Bengal Dye from Wastewater Using Waste Material De–Oiled Soya

Introduction Rose Bengal [IUPAC name 4,5,6,7-Tetrachloro-3,6’-dihydroxy-2,4,5,7-Tetraiodospiro (isobenzofuran-1 (3H), 9-(9H) xanthen)-3-one] is popularly known as Acid Red 94, Food Red Dye 105, Bengal Rose or Red No.105 (Fig. 1). It is a well known fluorescein class of halogen containing highly water soluble, anionic dye.  It is widely used in liver function …