Soft drinks are consumed in Nigeria due to their easy availability, distinct taste and ability quench thirst. However, the high demand can reduce production quality possible heavy metal contamination, leading human poisoning death. This study evaluated some components of 100 soft investigated presence contaminants ascorbic acid concentrations. The Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Manganese, Nickel Chrom...

Bacterial acetone carboxylase catalyzes the ATP-dependent carboxylation of acetone to acetoacetate with the concomitant production of AMP and two inorganic phosphates. The importance of manganese in Rhodobacter capsulatus acetone carboxylase has been established through a combination of physiological, biochemical, and spectroscopic studies. Depletion of manganese from the R. capsulatus growth m...

Targeted improvement of the low efficiency of water oxidation during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is severely hindered by insufficient knowledge of the electrocatalytic mechanism on heterogeneous surfaces. We chose LiMn2 O4 as a model system for mechanistic investigations as it shares the cubane structure with the active site of photosystem II and the valence of Mn3.5+ with the dark-stab...

The physico-chemical properties of ripe fruits of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) were determined. The water content, ash, crude fat, proteins, total phenols, sugar, and the content of vitamin C were determined in ripe strawberry tree fruits. Fruits contain 46.7 % of water, 23.5 % of soluble solids, 0.48 % of ash, 118.61 mg/100 g of potassium, 20.63 mg/100 g of sodium, 36.05 mg/100 g of calc...

The role of manganese in the human body as well as its toxic effects as a potent neurotoxic metal are discussed. At present, emphasis is being placed on the study of susceptibility to manganese poisoning because manganese is a potential atmospheric pollutant, if lead in gasoline is to be replaced by Mn. Mn is a potent antiknock agent. Anemic individuals who show increased iron and manganese int...

The photoinduced oxidation of tetra(N-methyl-4-pyridyl)porphyrinmanganese(III) has been achieved in homogeneous solution. The manganese porphyrin was used as an electron donor in a three-component system with tris-(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) as the photosensitizer and chloropentaamminecobalt(III) as the electron acceptor. The photooxidized manganese porphyrin is unstable in aqueous solution,...

A&met-Non-stoichiometric manganese dioxide prepared electrochemically at room temperature and suspended in dilute sulphuric acid is used to oxidise isosafrole to piperonal in 54% isolated yield. The manganese dioxide-manganese@) sulphate system can be recycled electrochemically at high current density. It has the further advantage that water-soluble materials derived from the chemical oxidation...

electric arc furnace dust (eafd) of ferromanganese production units, in the form of slurry, contains tar, alkalies, manganese, zinc, iron, silica, calcium, aluminum and other elements. a hydrometallurgical route based on solvent extraction technique was investigated for selective separation of manganese from the dust. leaching of the eafd resulted in an aqueous feed containing 4 g/l of manganes...