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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Traditional Rastrineobola argentea Sundrying Process Practiced along the Shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2015-01-26)
Quality of fish depends on its texture, odour and hinges on duration of harvesting and processing. Traditional sun-drying free-to air of Rastrineobola argentia who’s effectiveness and efficiency to reduce moisture content ...
Optimizing Zeolitic Catalysis for Environmental Remediation
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015-05-01)
This chapter discusses the effects of chemical and physical properties of zeolites as they affect the catalytic efficacy and applications of the zeolites in environmental remediation. Heterogeneous catalysts, where zeolites ...
Evaluation of enhanced soil washing process with tea saponin in a peanut oil–water solvent system for the extraction of PBDEs/PCBs/PAHs and heavy metals from an electronic …
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015-11)
Problems associated with PBDEs/PCBs/PAHs and heavy metals mixed contaminated sites have received wideattention. To address the associated environmental concerns, innovative remediation techniques are urgently needed
Does powder and granular activated carbon perform equally in immobilizing chlorobenzenes in soil?
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)
The objective of this study is to compare the efficacies of powder activated carbon (PAC) and granular activated carbon (GAC) as amendments for the immobilization of volatile compounds in soil. Soil artificially-spiked ...
Bioactive carbazole alkaloids from Alysicarpus ovalifolius (Schumach)
(The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry, 2015-12-01)
Phytochemical and biological evaluation of the stem bark of Alysicarpus ovalifolius led to the
isolation of three carbazole alkaloids identified as mohanimbine (1), koenimbine (2) and
koenidine (3) along with quercetin ...
Elucidating the causes of low phosphorus levels in ferralsols of Siaya County, Western Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2015-09-01)
Low available soil phosphorus (P) is one of the factors limiting crop production in western Kenya.
Availability of soil P depends on amount of apatite, addition of P fertilizers, P fixing potential of a soil,
soil water ...
An investigative study of dwarf mango (Boribo Muyini) seed kernel extract against inflammatory agent Staphylococcus aureus
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)
Alternative herbal medicine has been used to treat various infections from centuries. Natural plants contain
Phyto constituents having similar chemical properties as of synthetic antibiotics. Boribo Muyini a typical
Tanzanian ...
Anticancer activity of Eugenia jambolana seeds against Hep2 cell lines
(ResearchGate, 2015)
Cancer is a life-threatening disease and leads to high rates of mortality worldwide, after cardiovascular disease,
is the second leading cause of death. Investigations for finding new plant based anticancer compounds ...
Evaluation of malaria spread in relation to poor environmental conditions at Kibaha district (Tanzania)
(Open Access Science Research Publisher, 2015)
Communicable diseases cause a lot of out- patient attendance resulting to huge allocation of funds by both
Governmental and Non – governmental organizations in combating them. A cross section study was conducted
at Maili ...
Biosorption for lead (II) ions from aqueous solutions by the biomass of Spyridia filamentosa algal species found in Indian Ocean
(Journal of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2015)
Biosorption of heavy metals is an efficient cost effective method for removal of heavy metal ions from
industrial wastewater. Studies have shown that algal species biomasses have high uptake of heavy metal ions.
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