8 articles in this issue
Sarfaraz Ahmed Mahesar, S. N. Shah, S. T. H. Shirazi, S. M. Nizamani
The influence of refining processes on the physicochemical properties including fatty acid composition of cottonseed oil (CSO) was studied. Physicochemical properties were determined by standard AOCS and IUPAC methods. The obtained results of physical par... see more
Nisar Ahmed Kanhar
Lambda-cyhalothrin (LC), synthetic pyrethroid pesticide is used to control a wide range of pests in variety of agricultural fields. Pesticides are potentially harmful environmental pollutants and pose serious threat to human health. Very limited options a... see more
Shazia Akhtar
Soil pollution by toxic metals such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr) and copper (Cu) is major problem in different agricultural areas of Pakistan especially Gujranwala and Lahore. The objective of this study was to assess the accumulat... see more
Tariq Mahmood Ansari
Biodiesel being a renewable energy resource possesses compositional variability based on the type of feedstock. Biodiesel is considered a cleaner burning fuel and can be used as pure B100 or blended with petro-diesel. In this study, biodiesel was prepared... see more
Mohammad Nafees
Paper manufacturing industry is characterized by large amount of water consumption and hencehigh rate of wastewater generation which is concern to water pollution. This study considers thecharacterization of paper mill effluents for recovery in the form o... see more
Q. Masooda
The mechanism of the degradation of the Reactive Red 239 and Reactive Blue 19 by Fenton reagent was studied by advanced oxidation process in aqueous medium. The spectroscopic technique was adopted for the measurements of dye concentration. Moreover they w... see more
A. A. Inyinbor, F. A. Adekola, G. A. Olatunji
A novel, fibrous and multifunctional group surface bioadsorbent was prepared from the waste of Irvingia gabonensis (Dika nut-DN) seed. The bioadsorbent potential in cheap environmental remediation was tested using aqueous copper solution as adsorbat... see more
Murad Ali Khan, Rumana Saeed, Saima Gul, Mohammad Afzal Kamboh, Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Syed Tufail Hussain Sherazi
The present study describes the extraction and identification of essential oil constituents from Rosa damascena wild rose as well as effect of season and climatic conditions of selected regions (KPK, Pakistan). Essential oil constituents were extracted us... see more