Soil contaminated with toxic metals can result to very serious environmental hazard. As a result of this problem, the study was carried out to investigate the concentration of heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd) and ...

Small hive beetle Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) is an invasive pest and kleptoparasite of social honey bees. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, in both the forest and savannah ecozones where it exists ...

Soil and water contaminated with toxic metals and micro-organisms can result to serious environmental hazards. As a result of these problems, this research was carried out to investigate the physicochemical properties, ...

Investigations were conducted on the levels of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Pb and As) and nutrient elements (Zn, Na, Ca and K) in six cowpea varieties (Oloyin, Drum, Sokoto local, Niger white, Ife brown and Ife bpc). The estimated ...

Bacterial contamination in three abattoirs- Onyearugbulem, FUTA junction and Aule abattoirs all in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State was studied. Bacteria contamination of the butchering tables, butcher’s ...

This study investigated the effects of powders and ethanolic oil extracts of five plants, Cleistopholis patens (Benth.), Lantana camara (Linn.), Morinda lucida (Benth.), Plumbago zeylanica (Linn.) and Thevetia peruviana ...

Malaria, a mosquito-borne, protozoan disease, is an important health problem of developing countries, especially Africa. Malaria accounts for nearly 110 million clinically diagnosed cases per year, an estimated 300,000 ...

Trehalase is an enzyme that breaks down or hydrolyzes trehalose into glucose. In this study, the impact of ecological zones on the activity of trehalase in Sitophilus zeamais was investigated. Also, the inhibitory effects ...

An alternative method of preparing plantain dough (‘Amala’) from fresh unripe plantain was assessed and compared with the conventional method which involves the use of dried plantain flour using proximate, mineral, ...

Anacardium occidentale (L.) shell oil, Jatropha curcas (L.) and Ricinus communis (L.) seed oils were extracted using n-hexane and tested as wood protectant against subterranean termites using Triplochiton scleroxylon ...