Worowo (Senecio biafrae) is a semi-wild, indigenous and nutritious vegetable.
Demand for worowo is increasing due to its nutritional values, thus necessitating its
domestication for increased production. However, there ...
Plant seeds are sources of readily available nutrients and raw materials for man and industries,
respectively. Although commonly regarded as wastes, flours, oils and spent cakes from these seeds
can be used in animal ...
Oxidative-stress, inflammation and glycation processes cause cell damages in the human
body and may lead to aging and different disease conditions. Drugs that ameliorate oxidative
stress can solve several disease ...
Blighia sapida (Bs), Lecaniodiscus cupanioides (Lc) and Paullinia pinnata (Pp) (family
Sapindaceae) are ethno-medicinal plants used as antimicrobial and antioxidant agents in the
treatment of fevers, skin infections, ...
Increasing release of harmful metal(II)/metal(III) into the environment has led to a search
for ligands with high sensitive and selective abilities to detect these ions. Studies on
metal(II) are known but there is need ...
Diabetes and oxidative stress are responsible for an upsurge in the number of
neuropathies, retinopathy, nephropathy, cancer, cardiovascular dysfunction and
mortality world-wide. Traditionally, Calophyllum inophyllum and ...
The resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobial agents has resulted into a huge challenge in the cure of infectious diseases. Some currently used synthetic antimicrobial drugs have side effects such as skin irritation ...
The use of synthetic drugs for management of diseases such as diabetes is associated with medical challenges such astoxicity, cost and availability. Previous studies have reported the use of stems, leaves and barks of ...
Inorganic corrosion inhibitors are frequently used in protecting metals from acidic solutions often employed in industrial processes. However, their applications have been limited by high cost of production and toxicity.Thus, ...
Dermatophytosis is a fungal infection caused by dermatophytes which invade the keratinised tissue of humans or animals. Reported cases of skin irritation and increased epidermal thickness associated with some existing ...
The increasing world population has led to shortage in protein supply which necessitated the quest for new protein sources, particularly from legume. Legumes, naturally do not possess suitable functionality for application ...
Organic π-conjugated materials with Nonlinear Optical (NLO) properties have
attracted interest because of their applications in optoelectronic devices. They are
preferred to their inorganic/organometallic analogues ...
Chewing sticks are the common means of maintaining oral hygiene in Africa. The roots of Mezoneuron benthamianumare commonly used as chewing stick in the southwestof Nigeria. However, their usage in preventing dental caries, ...
Infertility and sexual dysfunction exert psychological tolls on humans. This is characterised by
anxiety and debilitating feeling of inadequacy. Hence, use of aphrodisiacs and sex enhancing
drugs is common among people ...
Recycling of Waste Lead-Acid Batteries (WLABs) by smelting produces high leaded materials which are harmful to the health of the populace. Hydrometallurgical process offers a better alternative of converting these materials ...
Available drugs used in the treatment of wounds, diabetes, whooping cough, jaundice and ear aches have side effects. Croton megalocarpoides and Physalis angulata are used in ethno-medicine for treatment of these diseases ...
The continuous burning of fossil fuels has increased the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, leading to global warming. Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to fuels using titanium (IV) oxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) ...
Metal complexes are important precursors of antimalarial, antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Although pyrimidinyl ligands are known to exhibit biological acivity, studies on metal(II) complexes of some pyrimidines have ...
Pyrolysis of xanthates (organo sulphur compounds) provides valuable synthetic
routes to higher yield of olefins which has become an attraction in polymer chemistry.
Thermal decomposition of unsubstituted xanthates has ...
Petroleum migration from source rock to the reservoir is one of the most critical geological processes responsible for the accumulation of hydrocarbon in sedimentary basins. The differential fractionation of dibenzofurans ...