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Endophytic fungi are source of promising biologically active metabolites for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications. This study is aimed at isolating and characterizing margaric acid from an endophytic fungus of Zingiber officinale and the determination of its larvicidal activity against Anopheles gambiae. An Arthroderma species was isolated from the rhizome of Zingiber officinale and identified based…

The water storage in Shika dam, Zaria-Nigeria is often adversely affected by sedimentation because of severe soil erosion in headwater catchments. The HEC-HMS model is a commonly used tool to simulate streamflow and sedimentation of various processes of the hydrological cycle, depending majorly on their characteristics. The objective of this study is to apply HEC-HMS…

Cancer has been a menace to public health. Among all cancers, breast cancer is the most common in women. This research investigated the preventive effect of tomato and carrot supplementation in wistar rat administered breast carcinogen, Dimethylbenz-[a]-anthracene (DMBA). Tomato and carrot were dried under shade and pulverized. Forty-eight female rats were randomly distributed into 8…

Sedimentation is a critical concern for Dams used for irrigation and water supply in Nigeria. This study evaluates the HEC-HMS model for simulating sediment yield and transport processes in Shika Dam, Zaria, Kaduna State. The daily continuous recording of rainfall-runoff and sediment discharge of Zaria (Shika) Dam was carried out for the period of two…

Malaria has been among the dangerous diseases not only in Nigeria but Africa as whole. Artemisia crop has an artemisinin, which is a strong anti-malaria drug. However, despite its importance in curing this disease, it is only produced under rain-fed but hardly produced under irrigation in Nigeria. The experiment consisted of three levels of irrigation…

Research Article Abstract Malaria has been among the dangerous diseases not only in Nigeria but Africa as a whole. Artemisia crop has an artemisinin, which is a strong anti-malaria drug. However, despite its importance in curing this disease, it is only produced under rain-fed but hardly produced under irrigation in Nigeria. The experiment consisted of…

It is evident that water table depth is one of the most important physical features of a cropped field, and that its measurement is vital for optimum management. The scarcity of such data in developing countries could be attributed to high cost of commercially available sophisticated devices and their limitations due to their deployment for…

This study entails the production of bioethanol from the peels of sweet potato of white cultivar variety obtained in Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria. Fresh cultivar with the proximate composition of 72% moisture content, 9.71% ash content, 24.52% crude fiber, 78.74% total carbohydrate and crude protein of 6.42% were hydrolyzed with 3% sulphuric acid solution at…

The leaves powered of Cassia sieberiana DC (Fabaceae) was extracted using ethanol and partitioned into various fractions. The crude ethanol extract and solvent fractions were screened for cytotoxicity using Brine Shrimp Test (BST). The ethyl acetate extract was found to be very active on BST at1. 175µg/ml. The extracts and solvent fractions were further tested…

Kaolinites are the most widely recognized clay minerals found in the topsoil complex and can occur as a result of weathered silicate rocks and mineral. This research investigates the adsorption of oil using kaolinite and its characterization. This is achieved by determining the effectiveness of kaolinite as oil adsorption material and feasibility of kaolinite re-adsorption…