The use of medicinal plants to treat diseases is as old as mankind. Portulacea quadrifida (family:portulacea) commonly known as “chicken weed”, a traditional medicinal plant has been semi cultivated and used as traditional ...
(Oryza sativa L.) is a crucial staple crop that almost half of the world's population uses as their primary source of nutrition. Aflatoxins are harmful secondary metabolites of fungi that affect agricultural products before, ...
Nowadays, replacing petroleum-based or non-biodegradable plastics with biodegradable
polymers made from starch and different reinforcing materials has recently gained attention.
Consequently, there is a quest to search ...
In the textile industry, several dyes are utilized for colouring fabric products. The amount of dye
that is discarded from textile wastewater can range from 5% for basic dyes to 50% for reactive
dyes, which can cause ...
Teff is one of the most stable food crops that originated and diversified in Ethiopia. It
is highly preferred by Ethiopian people for consumption as food, especially since it has
good nutritional content and cereal ...
In recent years, green synthesis of silver nanoparticles for various applications has gained
remarkable attention from researchers due to its advantages than physical and chemical methods
of synthesis. In the present ...
Introduction: Ficus sycomorus (F. sycomorus), also known as fig-mulberry belonging to the
family of Moraceae. It is locally named as “Bamba‖ in Amharic. The plant contains different
groups of biologically active compounds ...
In this study, we investigated the green synthesis of ZnO NPs using the aqueous extract of Lupinus
albus L seeds and its potential for photocatalytic and antibacterial applications. Phytochemical
study of Lupinus albus ...
O. integrifolia is one of the medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of different
diseases. This study is intended to identify the phytochemical constituents and to evaluate the
antibacterial and antioxidant ...
A simple, versatile and selective cyclic voltammetry method for simultaneous determination of
paracetamol and amoxicillin on poly (DHRPCO)/GCE has been developed. The good potential
separation between the oxidation ...
The cobalt doped bismuth ferrite nano particles are synthesized via sol-gel route using nitrate of
iron and bismuth precursor in ethylene glycol as solvent and different amount cobalt ion as
dopant. The prepared ...
In Ethiopia 60-80 of the population suffers from water –borne and water related diseases due to
lack of safe drinking water distribution. The aim of this study was to determine the physico chemical quality of drinking ...
Nanocomposite materials based on metal nanoparticles and graphene oxide (GO) have gained
increasing attention for their wide range of potential applications in various material science fields.
In this study, GO ...
This study was conducted to analyze the major phytochemicals to evaluate the antioxidant
capacities by using, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activities)as well as to
determine the total phenolic, ...
Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are toxic to environment even in very small
concentration. Thus, a sensitive and selective sensor is required to determine such a very low
concentration. The purpose this work was ...
In this study three Iron(III) complexes with resorcinol and 2,2’-biphyridine, [Fe(RH)2(H2O)4]Cl
(1),[Fe(HR)2(H2O)2Bpy]Cl (2), and [Fe(RH)2(Bpy)2]Cl (3), where synthesized and characterized.
The complexes where synthesized ...
In particular, the East Gojjam and West Gojjam zones of the Amhara region are heavily planted
for coffee Arabica. However, the national and international markets have not been adequately
described or marketed for this ...
In this work, three ruthenium(III) complexes ([Ru(bpy)2Cl2]Cl, [Ru(bpy)2(HR)2]Cl and
[Ru2TA]Cl6 were synthesized from 2,2’-bpy, resorcinolate (HR) and tannic acid. The synthesis
was checked using qualitative and ...
In this study, synthesis and characterization of oligomer [Co21(phen)42(bipy)42]Cl42 and polymer
[Co100(phen)200(bipy)200]Cl200 complexes of Cobalt(II) (phen=1,10-Phenanthroline, bipy=4-4'-
Bipyridine) was done. The ...