11 articles in this issue
Ali Muhammad Soomro, Raj Kumar Oad, Shahabuddin Memon, Imdadullah Qureshi
The present study deals with the bioactivity assessment of 5,11,17,28-tetrakismorpholinomethyl25,26,27,28-tetrahydroxycalix[4]arene (3) against a variety of microorganisms including Gram Positive; Staphylococcus albus ATCC 10231, Streptococcus viridans AT... see more
Muhammad Qasim Samejo, Shahabuddin Memon, Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger, Khalid Mohammed Khan
The essential oils from leaves and stems of Aerva javanica was extracted through dry steam distillation and the chemical composition of the oil was determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Total nineteen compounds were identified, repre... see more
Sarfraz Arain, Najma Memon, Muhammad T. Rajput, Syed T. H. Sherazi, Muhammad I. Bhanger, Sarfaraz A. Mahesar
Physico-chemical characteristics of two Bauhinia seed varieties (B. variegata and B. linnaei), were evaluated for commercial exploration. Physico-chemical characteristics of the oils for both varieties were demonstrated and mean values found to be refract... see more
Sumaira Khan, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Nida Fatima Kolachi, Hassan Imran Afridi, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Abdul Qadir Shah, Sham Kumar, Faheem Shah
The aim of this study was to evaluate the mobility and transport of Aluminum (Al) by shoot and grain crops (wheat and maize) grown on two different agricultural soil irrigated with water have high (lake water) and low levels (canal water) of Al. The total... see more
Ghulam Qadir Shar, Liaquat Ali Shar, Pirbho Mal Makhija, Shamroz Bano Sahito
Maize and Millet Research Institute (MMRI) situated in Yousuf wala, District Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan was selected to grow nine different hybrids/cultivars of millet for study to comprehend the variable concentration of macro, micro and trace and toxic e... see more
Abdalrahman B. Fadhil, Mohammed M. Dheyab, Kareem M. Ahmed, Marwa H. Yahya
Biodiesel fuels were prepared from a special type of frying oil namely spent fish frying oil through two step transesterification viz. acid-base catalyzed transesterification. Hydrochloric acid and potassium hydroxide with methanol were used for this purp... see more
Mahmoud S. Said, Zaheda A. Najim
Quantum chemical calculations were carried out to explain how the electronic state and reactivity indices of some methylated benzo [a] anthracenes vary with position and number of methyl substituent in molecules. The global reactivity descriptors such as ... see more
Zulfiqar A. Tagar, Najma Memon, Siraj uddin, Nazar H. Kalwar, Muhammad S. Kalhoro, Yasmeen Junejo, Syeda Sara Hassan
In the present investigation, we report a new one phase, one pot method for synthesis of 3.5 ± 0.7 nm average sized gelatin capped gold nano particles (Gel-AuNPs) using strong reductant NaBH4 in aqueous system at room temperature. Size controlled Gel-AuNP... see more
Naseem Zahra
Lead is known to be toxic for human’s body systems i.e. nervous, digestive and skeleton system even if it is present in low levels. The rapidly increasing population is appending many problems concerning water pollution. The presence of lead metal in drin... see more
Nagham N. Habeb, Theia'a N. Al-Sabha
H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) has been applied to the simultaneous determination of o-aminophenol (oA) and p-aminophenol (pA) isomers in binary mixtures. The method is based on the Schiff's base formation of aminophenols with 1,2-naphoquinone s... see more
M. Jamaluddin Ahmed, Tasnima Zannat
A very simple, ultra-sensitive, highly selective and non-extractive spectrophotometric method for the determination of trace amounts copper(II) has been developed. Salicylaldehy debenzoyl hydrazone (SAL-BH) has been proposed as a new analytical reagent fo... see more