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Potential biological applications of bio-based anacardic acids and their derivatives by Hamad, Fatma B, Mubofu, Egid B

“…Cashew nut shells (CNS), which are agro wastes from cashew nut processing factories, have proven to be among the most versatile bio-based renewable materials…”
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Polyamidoamine Dendrimers for Enhanced Solubility of Small Molecules and Other Desirable Properties for Site Specific Delivery: Insights from Experimental and Computational Studies by Shadrack, Daniel M, Swai, Hulda S, Munissi, Joan J E, Mubofu, Egid B, Nyandoro, Stephen S

“…Clinical applications of many small molecules are limited due to poor solubility and lack of controlled release besides lack of other desirable properties…”
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Synthesis of Polyamidoamine Dendrimer for Encapsulating Tetramethylscutellarein for Potential Bioactivity Enhancement by Shadrack, Daniel M, Mubofu, Egid B, Nyandoro, Stephen S

“…The biomedical potential of flavonoids is normally restricted by their low water solubility. However, little has been reported on their encapsulation into…”
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Preparation, Characterization and in Vivo Antimycobacterial Studies of Panchovillin-Chitosan Nanocomposites by Rwegasila, Edward, Mubofu, Egid B, Nyandoro, Stephen S, Erasto, Paul, Munissi, Joan J E

“…Chitosan (CS, molecular weight 20.2 kDa, degree of deacylation (DD) 73.31%) was successfully obtained by deacetylation of chitin extracted from shrimp ( )…”
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Valorization of rice husk silica waste: Organo-amine functionalized castor oil templated mesoporous silicas for biofuels synthesis by Elimbinzi, Elianaso, Nyandoro, Stephen S., Mubofu, Egid B., Manayil, Jinesh C., Lee, Adam F., Wilson, Karen

“…Rice husk is a rich source of waste silica which has potential for application in the preparation of porous materials for use as catalyst supports or sorbents…”
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Novel Xanthate Complexes for the Size-Controlled Synthesis of Copper Sulfide Nanorods by Al-Shakban, Mundher, Matthews, Peter D, Deogratias, Geradius, McNaughter, Paul D, Raftery, James, Vitorica-Yrezabal, Inigo, Mubofu, Egid B, O’Brien, Paul

“…We present a simple, easily scalable route to monodisperse copper sulfide nanocrystals by the hot injection of a series of novel copper­(I) xanthate…”
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Current and future trends in food waste valorization for the production of chemicals, materials and fuels: a global perspective by Lin, Carol Sze Ki, Koutinas, Apostolis A., Stamatelatou, Katerina, Mubofu, Egid B., Matharu, Avtar S., Kopsahelis, Nikolaos, Pfaltzgraff, Lucie A., Clark, James H., Papanikolaou, Seraphim, Kwan, Tsz Him, Luque, Rafael

“…Food waste is currently generated in significant quantities worldwide. While most of this has generally few uses different from landfilling or composting,…”
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Post harvest changes in physico-chemical properties and levels of some inorganic elements in off vine ripened orange (Citrus sinensis) fruits cv (Navel and Valencia) of Tanzania by Mbogo, Gloria P, Mubofu, Egid B, Othman, Ch, e, C

“…Two orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit varieties, Navel and Valencia, from Muheza in Tanga, were analyzed for their proximate composition (ash, acidity, crude fat,…”
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Morphological influence of deposition routes on lead sulfide thin films by Mlowe, Sixberth, Shombe, Ginena B., Akerman, Matthew P., Mubofu, Egid B., O'Brien, Paul, Mashazi, Philani, Nyokong, Tebello, Revaprasadu, Neerish

“…We report the structure of four coordinate orthorhombic bis(piperidinedithiocarbamato)lead complex and its use as single source precursor for the deposition of…”
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The synthesis, spectroscopy and X-ray single crystal structure of catena-[(μ-anacardato)-copper(II)bipyridine][Cu2{(μ-O2CC6H3(o-OH)(o-C15H31)}4(NC5H5)2] by Malik, Mohammad Azad, O'Brien, Paul, Tuna, Floriana, Pritchard, Robin, Buchweishaija, Joseph, Kimambo, Elianaso, Mubofu, Egid B

“…Hydrogenation of crude anacardic acid gave a transparent crystalline product on recrystallization. When reacted with copper nitrate in the presence of pyridine…”
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Castor oil as a potential renewable resource for the production of functional materials by Mubofu, Egid B.

“…Castor oil is increasingly becoming an important bio-based raw material for industrial applications. The oil is non-edible and can be extracted from castor…”
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Synthesis of Bifunctional Monomers by the Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Cardanol and its Derivatives by Mgaya, James E., Bartlett, Stuart A., Mubofu, Egid B., Mgani, Quintino A., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Pogorzelec, Peter J., Cole-Hamilton, David J.

“…A 1,2‐bis(di‐tert‐butylphosphinomethyl)benzene‐modified palladium catalyst has been used to synthesize bifunctional monomers of different chain lengths from…”
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Functionalized mesoporous organo-silica nanosorbents for removal of chromium (III) ions from tanneries wastewater by Gervas, Charles, Mubofu, Egid B., Mdoe, James E. G., Revaprasadu, Neerish

“…Organo-silica mesoporous materials with cyano functional groups were prepared by a one pot co-condensation of 2-cyanoethyltriethoxysilane (CETS) and…”
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Isomerization of anacardic acid: A possible route to the synthesis of an unsaturated benzolactone and a kairomone by Mgaya, James E., Mubofu, Egid B., Mgani, Quintino A., Cordes, David B., Slawin, Alexandra M., Cole-Hamilton, David J.

“…Crystalline unsaturated lactone, 8‐hydroxy‐3‐tridecyl‐1H‐isochromen‐1‐one (6) has been synthesized by isomerization of anacardic acid having heterogeneous…”
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Surfactant-assisted specific-acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions in aqueous media by Mubofu, Egid B., Engberts, Jan B.F.N.

“…Surfactant‐assisted specific‐acid catalysis (SASAC) for Diels–Alder reactions of dienophiles 1 and 4 with cyclopentadiene 2 in aqueous media at 32 °C was…”
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Specific acid catalysis and Lewis acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions in aqueous media by Mubofu, Egid B., Engberts, Jan B. F. N.

“…A comparative study of specific acid catalysis and Lewis acid catalysis of Diels–Alder reactions between dienophiles (1, 4 and 6) and cyclopentadiene (2) in…”
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