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Essential oil and fatty acid profile of epicarps and seeds of Zanthoxylum chalybeum plant.
(Makerere University, 2019-09-13)
Zanthoxylum chalybeum plant is the most important plant used in the tropical Africa as a spice and medicine. This study evaluated the fixed oils and essential oils in the epicarp and the seed of the plant. Fixed oil was ...
Field study report of the Semliki Basin Ntoroko.
(Makerere University, 2019-05-28)
This report explains the thirteen days of field study in Semliki basin in Ntoroko district in S.W Uganda. The Semliki Basin hosts sediments that represent the Middle Miocene to recent, which are described from outcrop and ...
Zinc-slurry preparation and characterization for a zinc-air redox-flow battery
(Makerere University, 2019-05-15)
The Zinc air redox flow battery is one of the redox flow batteries which are promising candidates for large scale energy storage. The battery comprises of a separate tank containing active species in which the energy ...
Performance evaluation of effluent treatment of GBK diary industry
(Makerere University, 2019-05)
GBK Dairy industry is among the most polluting of the food industries in Mbarara municipality in regards to its large water consumption. Dairy is one of the major industries causing water pollution. Considering the increased ...
An investigation into the extent of heavy metal contamination in pharmaceutical drugs and herbal medicine manufactured in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-06)
The purpose of this study was to analyse pharmaceutical drugs and herbal medicine for the extent of heavy metal contamination in them. Comparison was done between each pharmaceutical drug and its herbal alternative, made ...
A geologic mapping report of area c, gayaza isingiro district, western uganda.
(Makerere University, 2019-05-29)
The geological mapping exercise was carried out in Gayaza, Isingiro district in western Uganda with the main objective of acquiring skills in geological mapping where acquisition, processing and interpretation of field ...
Optimisation of bioplastics from sweet potato starch using gycerol as the plasticiser
(Makerere University, 2019-05)
This project was aimed on the optimisation of bio-plastic using sweet potato starch. The process started by extraction of starch from smashed sweet potatoes which was dried in the oven at 80°C for 24hours. Then 20g of ...
Efficiency of maize cobs in the removal of oil and grease from synthetic wastewater.
(Makerere University, 2019-08-17)
There are several pollutants that can harm our environment. Oil and grease (O&G) are one of the examples of such pollutants that cause severe environmental problems. The potential of using maize cobs a typical agro-based ...
Determination of the level of led in leaves and tomato fruits grown in the wetlands and flat areas of Kampala]
(Makerere University, 2019-08-29)
The objective of this study was to determine the level of lead in leaves and tomatoes fruits
grown in the wetlands of Kampala and flat areas as the control sites (Lubigi of Bulenga and that of Nansana and Ssumbwe respectively) ...
Levels of aflatoxins in non-processed and processed diary products
(2019)
Aflatoxins are a group of structurally related mycotoxin compounds produced by Aspergillus fungi that grow on wide variety of crops. Aflatoxins are naturally occurring carcinogenic substances. High level of aflatoxins ...