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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2009年第3期2卷 7-14页

作者： festus bc okoye Patience O.Osadebe Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of NigeriaNsukka410001Enugu StateNigeria

Objective:Alchornea floribunda leaves are widely used in ethnomedicinal management of inflammatory disorders. The present work is aimed at investigating this folkloric ***:The anti-inflammatory effect of the leaf extracts and fractions was investigated in experimental animal models of acute and chronic inflammation. The possible mechanisms by which the two most active fractions,hexane(HE) and ethyl acetate(EF) exert their effects were also ***:The crude extract(200 mg/kg) showed moderate inhibition of egg albumen-induced edema in rats(%edema inhibition = 54.69) at 4 *** and EF showed very high activity(%edema inhibition of 81.25 and 67.19 respectively at 200 mg/kg) at 4h as compared to the control. Both fractions ameliorated arthritis induced by formaldehyde in *** 400 mg/kg,HE evofeed a significant irritation of gastric mucosa in ***(200 mg/kg,p.o.) significantly inhibited leucocytes(%inhibition = 36.79) migration in vivo,but could not stabilize heat and hypotonicity-indueed lysis of human erythrocyte at 200 and 400μg/mL in *** investigation revealed the presence of terpenoids and steroids in HE and flavonoids,tannins and saponins in ***:These results suggest that the leaves of Alchornea floribunda possess anti-inflammatory activity in acute and chronic *** activity may derive from a combination of inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis and leucocytes *** phytochemical constituents detected in HE and EF may account for the anti-inflammatory activity.

关键词： Alchornea floribunda Anti-inflammatory Arthritis Leucocytes migration Membrane stabilization Plant extracts

Calcium and phosphorus contents of body parts of some domestic animals used as meat source in Nigeria

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2010年第5期3卷 395-398页

作者： Edith U Ebeledike Godwin IC Nwokedi Okechukwu O Ndu festus bc okoye Izuchukwu S Ochiogu Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry Faculty of Physical SciencesUniversity of Nigeria Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Nigeria Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Nigeria Department of Veterinary Obstetrics and Reproductive Diseases Faculty of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Nigeria

Objective:To investigate the calcium and phosphorus contents of four domestic animals used as sources of meat in ***:The calcium contents of the body parts of the animals were determined using atomic absorption *** phosphorus contents were determined colorimetrically using the molybdenum blue ***:The calcium and phosphorus contents were significantly higher in the bone samples than in the other animal parts investigated (P<0.05).The calcium contents of all the edible parts were higher in chicken than in the other *** calcium and phosphorus contents were detected in the faeces of chicken and goat, and that of cattle and goat,*** calcium and phosphorus contents were detected in the urine ***:phosphorus ratios calculated for the bones of chicken,cattle and goat were ***:In conclusion,calcium and phosphorus contents of the animal parts vary significantly and their relative contents may be related to the animal’s *** parts may be the preferred dietary source of these *** study highlights the need for routine investigation of the mineral contents of food,which is necessary for proper nutritional guidelines.

关键词： Calcium Phosphorus Domestic animals Atomic absorption spectrometer

Phytochemical analysis,hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of Alchornea cordifolia methanol leaf extract on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic damage in rats

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 2012年第4期5卷 289-293页

作者： Patience O Osadebe festus bc okoye Philip F Uzor Nneka R Nnamani Ijeoma E Adiele Nkemakonam C Obiano Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of NigeriaNsukka41001Enugu StateNigeria

Objective:To investigate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activities of Alchornea cordifolia (***) leaf ***:Various solvent fractions of the methanol extract of the leaf of the *** ***(Fam:Euphorbiaceae) were evaluated for hepatoprotective activity by carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in *** degree of protection was measured by using biochemical parameters such as serum glutamate oxalate transaminase(SGOT/ AST),serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase(SCPT/ALT),alkaline phosphatase(ALP) and total *** in vitro antioxidant activity of the extract was also evaluated by the I,I-diphenyl 2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) free radical scavenging *** extract was subjected to preliminary phytoehemical ***:The ethyl acetate and chloroform fractions,at a dose of 300 mg/kg,produced significant(P<0.05) hepatoprolection by decreasing the activities of the serum enzymes and bilirubin while there were marked scavenging of the DPPH free radicals by the *** effects were comparable to those of the standard drugs used for the respective experiments,silymarin and ascorbic ***,flavonoids,saponins and tannins were delected in the phylochemical ***:From this study,it was concluded that the plant of *** possesses hepatoprotective as well as antioxidant activities and these activities reside mainly in the ethyl acetate and acetone fractions of methanol leaf extract.

关键词： Alchornea cordifolia Antioxidant Carbon tetrachloride DPPH model Hepatoprolective Phytochemical analysis

Distribution, health and ecological risk assessments of trace elements in Nigerian oil sands

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Acta Geochimica 2024年第1期43卷 59-71页

作者： Odunayo T.Ore festus M.Adebiyi Department of Chemistry Obafemi Awolowo UniversityIle-Ife 220005Nigeria Department of Chemical Sciences Achievers UniversityOwoNigeria

The Nigerian oil sands represent the largest oil sand deposit in Africa, yet there is little published information on the distribution and potential health and ecological risks of trace elements in the oil resource. In the present study, we investigated the distribution pattern of 18trace elements(including biophile and chalcophile elements) as well as the estimated risks associated with exposure to these elements. The results of the study indicated that Fe was the most abundant element, with a mean concentration of 22,131 mg/kg while Br had the lowest mean concentration of 48 mg/kg. The high occurrence of Fe and Ti suggested a possible occurrence of ilmenite(Fe TiO_(3)) in the oil sands. Source apportionment using positive matrix factorization showed that the possible sources of detected elements in the oil sands were geogenic, metal production, and crustal. The contamination factor, geo-accumulation index, modified degree of contamination, pollution load index, and Nemerow pollution index indicated that the oil sands are heavily polluted by the elements. Health risk assessment showed that children were relatively more susceptible to the potentially toxic elements in the oil sands principally via ingestion exposure route(HQ > 1E-04). Cancer risks from inhalation are unlikely due to CR 1E-04). The high concentrations of the elements pose serious threats due to the potential for atmospheric transport, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability.

关键词： Biophile Chalcophile Oil sand Risk assessment Trace element

Impact of Large Language Models on Scholarly Publication Titles and Abstracts:A Comparative Analysis

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Journal of Social Computing 2024年第2期5卷 105-121页

作者： Phoey Lee Teh Chukwudi festus Uwasomba the Department of Cyber and Computing Wrexham UniversityWrexhamLL112AWUK the School of Computing and Computing STEM FacultyThe Open UniversityMilton KeynesMK76AAUK

Artificial Intelligence(AI)tools become essential across industries,distinguishing AI-generated from human-authored text is increasingly *** study assesses the coherence of AI-generated titles and corresponding abstracts in anticipation of rising AI-assisted document *** main goal is to examine the correlation between original and AI-generated titles,emphasizing semantic depth and similarity measures,particularly in the context of Large Language Models(LLMs).We argue that LLMs have transformed research focus,dissemination,and citation patterns across five selected knowledge areas:Business Administration and Management(BAM),Computer Science and Information Technology(CS),Engineering and Material Science(EMS),Medicine and Healthcare(MH),and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences(PBS).We collected 15000 titles and abstracts,narrowing the selection to 2000 through a rigorous multi-stage screening process adhering to our study’s *** shows that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that LLM outperforms human authors in article title generation or articles from the LLM era demonstrates a marked difference in semantic richness and readability compared to those from the ***,it asserts that LLM is a valuable tool and can assist researchers in generating *** LLM’s assistance,the researcher ensures that the content is reflective of the finalized abstract and core research themes,potentially increasing the impact and accessibility and readability of the academic work.

关键词： semantic alignment cosine similarity patterns large language models technology impact

Innuendoes of Sterilisation Drilling in Surface Mining Operations—A Case Study

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International Journal of Geosciences 2024年第5期15卷 458-477页

作者： Richard Gyebuni festus Kunkyin-Saadaari Isaac Ekow Anaman Department of Mining Engineering University of Mine and Technology Tarkwa Ghana Mining Engineering Department Ghana Manganese Company Tarkwa Ghana

Surface mining operations play a crucial role in meeting the world’s increasing demand for mineral resources for the advancement of technology and debauched expansion of economies. The search for and exploitation of these mineral resources are therefore important for the sustainability of the mineral extraction industry. To this end, efficient mine planning must incorporate sterilisation drilling and effective waste rock management principles in the search and exploitation of these minerals. In this article, sterilisation drilling is being reviewed vis-a-vis the establishment of waste and tailings dump locations, backfilling of open pit excavations and mine closure giving critical attention to the minerals and mining laws of Ghana. Subsequently, a detailed case study of a surface mining operation that successfully incorporated sterilisation drilling in determining waste dump location in its mine planning process has been presented in this study. The findings indicate that the proposed waste dump location could present a potential mining prospect in the future based on enhanced milling capacity/technology and improved mineral commodity price;underscoring the significance of sterilization drilling in the sustainability of the mining industry.

关键词： Sterilisation Exploration Backfilling Waste Dump Cutoff Grade

Exploring a New Lifetime Distribution for Modelling the Waiting Time of Bank Customers

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Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics 2024年第1期12卷 194-209页

作者： Simon A. Ogumeyo Jacob C. Ehiwario festus C. Opone Department of Mathematics Delta State University of Science and Technology Ozoro Nigeria Department of Statistics University of Delta Agbor Nigeria Department of Statistics Delta State University of Science and Technology Ozoro Nigeria

The fitting of lifetime distribution in real-life data has been studied in various fields of research. With the theory of evolution still applicable, more complex data from real-world scenarios will continue to emerge. Despite this, many researchers have made commendable efforts to develop new lifetime distributions that can fit this complex data. In this paper, we utilized the KM-transformation technique to increase the flexibility of the power Lindley distribution, resulting in the Kavya-Manoharan Power Lindley (KMPL) distribution. We study the mathematical treatments of the KMPL distribution in detail and adapt the widely used method of maximum likelihood to estimate the unknown parameters of the KMPL distribution. We carry out a Monte Carlo simulation study to investigate the performance of the Maximum Likelihood Estimates (MLEs) of the parameters of the KMPL distribution. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the KMPL distribution for data fitting, we use a real dataset comprising the waiting time of 100 bank customers. We compare the KMPL distribution with other models that are extensions of the power Lindley distribution. Based on some statistical model selection criteria, the summary results of the analysis were in favor of the KMPL distribution. We further investigate the density fit and probability-probability (p-p) plots to validate the superiority of the KMPL distribution over the competing distributions for fitting the waiting time dataset.

关键词： KM-Transformation Power Lindley Distribution Data Fitting Moments Quantiles

Investigation of Groundwater Quality with Borehole Depth in the Basin Granitoids of the Ashanti Region of Ghana

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Journal of Water Resource and Protection 2024年第5期16卷 381-394页

作者： Bernard Ofosu Augustine Kofi Asante festus Anane Mensah Umar-Farouk Usman Naa Korkoi Ayeh Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Division CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute Kumasi Ghana

The dependence of groundwater quality on borehole depth is usually debatable in groundwater studies, especially in complex geological formations where aquifer characteristics vary spatially with depth. This study therefore seeks to investigate the relationship between borehole depth and groundwater quality across the granitoid aquifers within the Birimian Supergroup in the Ashanti Region. Physicochemical analysis records of groundwater quality data were collected from 23 boreholes of public and private institutions in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, and the parametric values of iron, fluoride, total hardness, pH, nitrate, and nitrite were used to study the groundwater quality-depth relationship. The results showed that the depth-to-groundwater quality indicated a marginal increase in water quality in the range of 30 to 50 m, which is mathematically represented by the low-value correlation coefficient (r2 = 0.026). A relatively significant increase occurs in the depth range of 50 to 80 m, which is given by a correlation coefficient of r2 = 0.298. The mean percent parameter compatibility was 74%, 82%, 89%, and 97% at 50, 60, 70, and 80 m depths, respectively. The variations in groundwater quality per depth ratio ranged from 1.48, 1.37, 1.27, and 1.21 for 50, 60, 70, and 80 m depth, respectively. The recommended minimum borehole depth for excellent groundwater quality is suggested with a compatibility per meter depth ratio of 1.37. This results in a range between 50 and 70 m as the most desirable drilling depth for excellent groundwater quality within the granitoids of the Birimian Supergroup of the Ashanti Region in Ghana.

关键词： Groundwater Quality Borehole Depth Birimian Supergroup Granitoid Aquifers Ashanti Region

Effects of Effluent from a Dumpsite on the Physicochemical Properties of River Achichum in Bamendakwe, Northwest Cameroon

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Journal of Environmental Protection 2024年第9期15卷 934-947页

作者： Mofor Nelson Alakeh Keuwo Tiayong Francois Nchofua festus Biosengazeh Mikwa Cyprian Chunkang Njoyim Estella Buleng Tamungang Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture National Higher Polytechnic Institute (NAHPI) The University of Bamenda Bambili Cameroon Department of Chemistry Higher Teacher Training College The University of Bamenda Bambili Cameroon Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering (RUNOCHEE) Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Dschang Dschang Cameroon Clean Water Institute Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry School of STEM Calvin University Grand Rapids Michigan USA

This study was aimed to assess the effects of effluent from a dumpsite on the physicochemical properties of river Achichum in Bamendakwe in the Bamenda I municipality, Northwest Region of Cameroon. The quality of water used for domestic purposes by the population of this area is mostly appreciated through its organoleptic assessment while no attention is paid to the physicochemical and microbiological properties. Samples (upstream, effluent, and downstream) were collected in the months of September 2022 and February 2023 and examined for organoleptic, physicochemical and bacteriological characteristics using standard methods. The river was contaminated to different extents by nitrates (28.56 - 149.91 mg/L), sulphates (246.89 - 725.42 mg/L) and heavy metals (0.01 - 0.04 mg/L for lead and 0.98 - 2.15 mg/L for aluminum). This contamination could be due to an inflow of the untreated effluent into the river. The river contained a high pollution level of lead and aluminum. Bacteriological investigations revealed that all the analyzed samples from the river contained indicators of faecal pollution such as Enterobacteria spp., E. coli, Streptococcus spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Vibrio spp. Consequently, its utilization exposes consumers to health risks. Thus, water from the river should be treated prior to consumption.

关键词： Effluent Upstream Downstream Water Quality Faecal Contamination Bamendakwe

Profiling the effects of microwave-assisted and soxhlet extraction techniques on the physicochemical attributes of Moringa oleifera seed oil and proteins

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Oil Crop Science 2023年第1期8卷 16-26页

作者： Ngozi Maryann Nebolisa Chukwuebuka Emmanuel Umeyor Uchenna Eunice Ekpunobi Immaculeta Chikamnele Umeyor festus Basden okoye Nanomedicines and Drug Delivery Research Group Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical TechnologyFaculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityAwka422001Anambra StateNigeria Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry Faculty of Physical SciencesNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityAwka422001Anambra StateNigeria c Department of Pharmacognosy and Traditional Medicine Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityAwka422001Anambra StateNigeria Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityAwka422001Anambra StateNigeria

There is a constant search for biomaterials from natural products like plants for food and industrial *** work embodied in this report aimed at investigating the effects of microwave-assisted and soxhlet extraction(MAE and SE) techniques on the functional physicochemical quality characteristics of Moringa oleifera seed oil and proteins extracts. M. oleifera seeds were ground to fine powders and oil was extracted by microwave-assisted and soxhlet extraction techniques using petroleum ether. Quality attributes including yield percent, moisture content,iodine, saponification, specific gravity, viscosity, p H, thiobarbituric acid, acid and peroxide values were measured. Mineral and vitamin contents, chemical/functional groups, fatty acid(FA) composition, and reducing power of the oil were evaluated. Metabolomics of protein extracted from the defatted powders were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR). M. oleifera oil from MAE and SE methods had good yield(34.25 ± 0.0%,28.75 ± 0.0%), low moisture content(0.008 ± 0.0%, 0.011 ± 0.0%), non-drying and unsaturated, moderately saponified, less dense(0.91 ± 0.01, 0.92 ± 0.02 g m L^(-1)), had Newtonian flow, were weakly acidic, showed good content of FAs, recorded strong potential for long shelf-life, showed stability against oxidative rancidity and enzymatic hydrolysis, had very rich deposits of micro-and macro-nutrients as well as water-soluble and lipidsoluble vitamins, and functional groups in the oil were reflective of its content of long-and medium-chain triglycerides(LCT and MCT). Monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids(MUFA and SFA) were detected and the oil has excellent ferric ion reducing power. NMR metabolomic assay revealed the presence of nine essential amino acids(EAAs) in the protein extract. MAE technique is a feasible and acceptable alternative for high throughput extraction of M. oleifera oil with high yield and excellent quality attributes. The study revealed that MAE did not impart any r

关键词： Moringa oleifera seed Oil Microwave-assisted extraction Soxhlet extraction Quality attributes GC-MS assay Metabolomics Reducing power