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Curcumin a Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Cyanide Probe in Aqueous System and Living Cells
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Article)Curcumin, 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-hepta-diene-3,5-dione, is a natural product obtained from the rhizome of Curcuma longa. Curcumin has been demonstrated to be a strong antioxidant with anticancer properties ... -
Currently Used Microbes and Advantages of Using Genetically Modified Microbes for Ethanol Production
( Elsevier , 2018 , Book chapter)Advancement in biotechnological methods has increased the potential for the commercial development of second-generation biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. In this regard, the methods related to pretreatment of ... -
Database Facilitated Screening with NMR Spectroscopy Analysis for Drug Detection
( IEEE , 2019 , Conference Paper)© 2019 IEEE. Drug detection plays the key role in the enforcement of drug regulations. Various detection methods for them are thus developed. However, in most investigations, the most time-consuming and tedious part is not ... -
Degradation of Diallyl Phthalate (DAP) by fenton oxidation: Mechanistic and kinetic studies
( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article)In this work, the degradation and mineralization of Diallyl Phthalate (DAP) in water by Fenton oxidation was investigated. The effects of different experimental parameters including the initial pH, the hydrogen peroxide ... -
Degradation of hydroxychloroquine by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)In this work, the degradation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) drug in aqueous solution by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes including electrochemical oxidation (EO) using boron doped diamond (BDD) and its combination ... -
Degradation-fragmentation of marine plastic waste and their environmental implications: A critical review
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article Review)This review critically evaluates the plastic accumulation challenges and their environmental (primarily) and human (secondarily) impacts. It also emphasizes on their degradation and fragmentation phenomena under marine ... -
Delicate Structural Control of Si-SiOx-C Composite via High-Speed Spray Pyrolysis for Li-Ion Battery Anodes
( American Chemical Society , 2017 , Article)Despite the high theoretical capacity, silicon (Si) anodes in lithium-ion batteries have difficulty in meeting the commercial standards in various aspects. In particular, the huge volume change of Si makes it very challenging ... -
Density functional theory study on the catalytic dehydrogenation of methane on MoO3 (010) surface
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Methane conversion offers hydrocarbon building blocks of high market value, which are easier to transport than natural gas. Under non-oxidative conditions, the process can also produce clean hydrogen fuel. In this study, ... -
Design and optimization of a luminescent Samarium complex of isoprenaline: A chemometric approach based on Factorial design and Box-Behnken response surface methodology
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)A chemometrically optimized procedure has been developed for the determination of isoprenaline (ISO) in the parent substance as well as in its respective pharmaceutical preparation. It is worth mentioning that although ... -
Design of Ni/La2O3 catalysts for dry reforming of methane: Understanding the impact of synthesis methods
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Fine-tuning of materials properties, particularly the catalytic properties, through innovative synthesis procedures has gained an increased research interest in the last decades. It is well known that synthesis procedures ... -
Design, structural, C–H….H–C supramolecular interactions and computational investigations of Cd(N∩N″)X2 complexes based on an asymmetrical 1,2-diamine ligand: physicochemical and thermal analysis
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Complexes [N∩N″CdX2] (X = Cl (1), I (2) and N∩N″ is N1,N1,N2-triethylethane-1,2-diamine) are reported. The desired complexes were prepared under identical synthetic conditions and characterized by ESI-MS, UV-vis, CHN-elemental ... -
Detecting Organic Nitrogen with 1H-15N HMBC Spectra
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)NMR spectroscopy has been the most important tool for organic chemistry research, providing detailed structure information. While 1H and 13C NMR spectra were frequently measured, 15N NMR spectra were relatively rare, even ... -
Determination of amitriptyline, imipramine and orphenadrine in antidepressant drugs by potentiometry, spectrophotometry and atomic absorption spectrometry
( Springer-Verlag , 1993 , Article)Methods are described for the determination of amitriptyline, imipramine and orphenadrine in some antidepressant drugs. They are based on a prior reaction with ammonium reineckate to form 1∶1 water-insoluble drugreineckate ... -
Determination of glafenine in dosage forms and serum by thin layer densitometry and high performance liquid chromatography
( Elsevier , 1997 , Article)New thin layer densitometry and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods are described for quantitative determination of glafenine in dosage forms in the presence of its photo-degradation products and in serum ... -
Determination of midodrine hydrochloride via Hantzsch condensation reaction: A factorial design based spectrophotometric approach
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2015 , Article)A set of experimental designs was executed to attain the optimal reaction parameters of chemical derivatization of midodrine hydrochloride (MD·HCl) in oral formulas via a Hantzsch condensation reaction. The process variables, ... -
Determination of total flavonoid content by aluminum chloride assay: A critical evaluation
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Flavonoids are important natural bioactive compounds. Quantitation of total flavonoid content (TFC) is widely performed using the aluminum chloride colorimetric assay against a flavonoid standard assuming equal responses ... -
Development of greener d-metal inorganic crosslinkers for polymeric gels used in water control in oil and gas applications
( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)Crosslinkable polymers, such as polyacrylamide (PAM), are widely applied for water control in oil and gas reservoirs. Organic and inorganic crosslinkers are used to formulate a gel with PAM. Although chromium has a high ... -
Development of Inorganically Cross-Linked Sulfonated Polyacrylamide Preformed Particle Gels for Conformance Control: Impact of Anionic Groups
( American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024 , Article)Modern oil and gas extraction faces challenges, notably from the surplus of produced water, hampering hydrocarbon recovery and raising environmental and economic concerns. A promising solution is the injection of preformed ... -
Development of Novel Reagents for Visualizing Latent Fingerprints
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Chemical composition of fingerprints includes the presence of salts, ions, fatty acids, lipids, amino acids, nucleobases, nucleotides, and nucleic acids. Many methods used to detect latent fingerprints on porous surfaces ... -
Discrimination of breast cancer from benign tumours using Raman spectroscopy
( Public Library of Science , 2019 , Article)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million cases and 522,000 deaths in 2012. Breast cancer is diagnosed by histopathological examination of breast biopsy material but this ...