May 2022

Defining green economy aspects for eco-friendly industrial approaches; their linkages across the sustainable innovation paradigm

Green economy is a sustainable concept that has set the pace for industrial innovations across the globe. This is reflected in manufacturing, processing, and production industrial processes. There is a paradigm shift in the definition and understanding of green economy (GE) linkages to industrial symbiosis (IS), industrial ecology (IE) and clean development mechanism (CDM). We hypothesize in this study by responding to...

Author(s): Innocent Ngare, Dorcas Otieno, Duncan Omwami, Emma Ogutu, Lamech Opiyo, Salome Gikonyo and Edwin Otieno  

June 2022

Phytochemical study of the extracts of oilseeds of Staudtia kamerunensis var. gabonensis (Warb.) from Gabon and evaluation of their antiradical activity

The report focused on phytochemical tests and evaluation of the antiradical activity of seed extracts of Staudtia kamerunensis var. gabonensis. The successive extraction of seed powders from S. kamerunensis var. gabonensis was carried out by maceration at room temperature with solvents of increasing polarities: Cyclohexane, trichlorethylene, acetone, ethanol and distilled water. The antiradical activity was measured by...

Author(s): Medza M’Ella Darina Livia, N’Negue ép Mezui-Mbeng Marie Andrée, Edou Engonga Prosper, Mengome Line Edwige, Engone Obiang Nestor and Aboughe-Angone Sophie