{"title":"Spectrophotometric Estimation of Lanthanum with Alizarine Red S and Triton X-100 -Applications to Water Samples and Urine","authors":"Ahmad G. Ismael, Salim J. Mohammed","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.178572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.178572","url":null,"abstract":"This method involves the development of a highly sensitive spectrophotometric procedure to estimate lanthanum in an aqueous medium. The procedure involved the treatment of lanthanum with Alizarine Red S as chromophor reagent in presence of neutral surfactant (Triton X-100). At pH4.5, a soluble red complex was produced and exhibited absorption peak with maximum absorption at 523nm. The calibration graph was linear and compatible to Beer's law over the range of concentration 0.125 to 10.0 µg.ml -1 with determination coefficient (R 2 =0.9994). The apparent molar absorptivity of the complex La-ARS was found to be 0.7222x10 4 l.mol -1 .cm -1 which corresponds to the sensitivity of Sandell’s index of 1910.0 µg.cm -2 . The stoichiometric of the complex was studied and it is equal to 1:2 (La: ARS). The values of LOD, LOQ and the range of recovery percentage were estimated and found to be 0.04182, 0.04434 µg.ml -1 and 96.1% to 103.5%, respectively. The precision (RSD) was also calculated and found to be in the range 0.469 to 1.612. The proposed procedure has been applied successfully for the determination of lanthanum in natural waters and urine sample.","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91539188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioplastic Degradation, Production and Genetic Improvements of Bioplastic Producing Strains: A review","authors":"Rayan M. Faisal, R. Alsaffar","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.178577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.178577","url":null,"abstract":"Plastics have been polluting the environment for a long time due to their persistence in all ecosystems and especially in the marine ecosystem. Until now, the best candidate found to substitute these products are the bioplastics. This is due to the presence of bacteria that can degrade them in nature and the similarities they show in their structure to petroleum-based plastics. These polymers are represented by polyhydroxy alcanoates (PHAs) and are produced naturally by bacterial cells as reservoir compounds for carbon and energy. Many PHA-producing microbial strains have been isolated worldwide including bacterial and fungal genera which could be used to produce bioplastics commercially. However, the major obstacle behind preventing the prevalence of bioplastics is their raw material cost. As a result, many studies have been conducted to produce PHAs, and their derivatives from waste raw materials. This will help to eliminate the cost of bioplastic production and simultaneously save the environment from an unfavorable accumulation of such wastes. Genetics has played an essential role in reducing the cost of bioplastics by manipulating microorganisms to produce more efficient bioplastic producers. Disrupting some genes and introducing others has been found to be helpful for the accumulation of PHAs in microbial producers.","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87472551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karam Abd Al- Aziz, M. Hamood, Laith Najam, Ayman Al Sawalha, Howaida Ahmed
{"title":"Shielding Properties of Al- Cu- Pb Alloys by XCOM and Experimental Data","authors":"Karam Abd Al- Aziz, M. Hamood, Laith Najam, Ayman Al Sawalha, Howaida Ahmed","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.178582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.178582","url":null,"abstract":"The current study, the efficiency of many binary and triple aluminum alloys was examined for the alloy’s samples consisting of (Al-Cu-Pb). These alloys were manufactured in the laboratories of the physics Department and the manufacture of melting furnaces as well as the design of casting molds","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"23 24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88653278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physiological Effects of Biological Control Aureobasidium pullulans on Barley Varieties Infected with Rhizoctonia solani","authors":"Thuraya Al-zubaidy, Hadeel A. Al-Ameri","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177288","url":null,"abstract":"In a greenhouse experiment, barley varieties infected with R. solani showed a significant decrease in plant height, number of leaves, spike number, and number of grains in spike while the treatment of these varieties with biological control Aureobasidium pullulans showed a significant increase in plant height, number of leaves, number of spikes, and number of grains in spike compared to untreated one. moreover, of biological control A . pullulans to R . solani induced a significant improvement in vegetative growth, In the treatment with biological control A . pullulans in addition to R. solani , the highest rate of plant height was found in Aswad two rows variety and reaching 38.81cm. in the second reading, up from 16.52 cm. in the first reading. Among Rehan white six rows that received the treatment with R. solani alone, the lowest plant height, reached 22.08 cm. in the second reading, and it increased from the first reading. Ebaa 265 White six rows variety produced the most number in the treatment with biological control A. pullulans added to R. solani , reaching 8.66 leaves per plant., In the Nour white two rows variety, the lowest leaf rate was 6.6 leaves in the treatment R. solani alone. Aswad two rows variety exhibited the highest spike of barley when treated with biological control A. pullulans alone, reaching 5 spikes in the first, second, and third readings. Among the three readings, there were no spikes in Samir White variety when treated with R. solani alone. the average grains number in spikes, the highest rate was in the treatment of sterilized soil with formalin (control) in Aswad two rows variety which amounted to 7.67 grains in the second reading, up from 7.2 grains in the four reading. Biological control A. pullulans were added to R. solani in the variety Ebaa 265 White six rows, as it, and increased from 4.6 grains in the first to 9.8 in the second reading.","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85634092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sumaya A. S. M. Al-Hamdoni, A. Al-Rawi, E. Oparaji
{"title":"Effect of Lubanum and Potash Alum on Co-aggregation and Biofilm Formation of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola and Tannerella forsythia","authors":"Sumaya A. S. M. Al-Hamdoni, A. Al-Rawi, E. Oparaji","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177287","url":null,"abstract":"Porphyromonas gingivalis , Treponema denticola , and Tannerella forsythia can co-aggregate in a more stable and resistant multispecies biofilm. Therefore, the current study aimed to test the effectiveness of lubanum and potash alum solutions, as a natural rinse, to affect the attachment between the cells and the multispecies biofilm of these periodontitis pathogens, and also to enhance the action of the chemical rinse, BioFresh K (chlorhexidine (CHX)). The results revealed that the solutions of 12 mg/ ml of both natural substances can prevent bacterial co-aggregation, and the solutions of 40 mg/ ml of natural substances and 1.2 mg/ml of CHX can affect the cells in their polymicrobial population after 1hr exposure. The results also revealed that increasing the concentration of lubanum made it possible to affect the resistant preformed multispecies biofilm and the effect became more maxima when it was used in combination with other agents. This combination is benefit in controlling","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80832032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis, Characterization of some new Heterocyclic Compounds Derived from Chalcones Containing Schiff Bases","authors":"tharee Ghanim, A. Omar","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177295","url":null,"abstract":"The present work involves the new chalcones containing Schiff bases, In this study, firstly, reaction of 3-acetylcoumarin with terephthaldehyde to prepared chalcones which contains a free aldehyde group which has been reacted with (4-Aminoantipyrine) to prepare Schiff bases, which was reacted (sodiumazide) as precursor to form (Tetrazole) followed by condensation of these chalcones with some compounds (hydroxylamine, aminophenol, phenylenediamine, hydrazine, semicar-bazide, thiosemicarbazide, urea, thiourea and quanidine) as precursor to form Isoxazole, oxazepane, diazepine, pyrazoles and pyrimidine derivatives in basic medium using classical and ultrasonic technique. The comparison of the classical methods with ultrasonic methods. Was achieved. The compositions of the prepared compounds were confirmed by FT-IR and 1 H NMR spectroscopy.","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73313479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectrophotometric Determination of Isoniazid in Pharmaceutical Preparations Using Oxidative Coupling Reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine","authors":"Shaimaa Nayif, D. Mohammed","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.178227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.178227","url":null,"abstract":"A spectrophotometric method is proposed to determine isoniazid using oxidative coupling reaction. The proposed method depends on adding the oxidizing agent potassium periodate to the reagent solution 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. Different optimum conditions are studied and explained based on various experiments and tests. The wavelength is (406) nm. Beer's law within the concentration (0.2-40) µg/ml, and with a molar absorptivity value of 0.2482 × l.mol -1 .cm -1 , while the recovery was (98.46%), and the relative standard deviation did not exceed 1.34. The method was successfully applied for the determination of isoniazid in its pharmaceutical preparations (medicine tablets).","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82242640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biological Control of some Weeds with Aqueous Extract of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)","authors":"W. S. Hussain, Mahmmod Abbas, Raid Al-Safar","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177289","url":null,"abstract":"Allelopathic effects of wheat aqueous extract were studied on seeds germination and seedling growth of four weeds Canary grass ( Phalaris minor L.), Mallow ( Malva rotundifolia L.), Sweet clover ( Mililotus indica Mill)","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"589 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78939997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Identification and Synthesis of Barium-Substituted Lead Hydroxyapatite Structure (Pb10-x Bax (PO4)6(OH)2) by Ceramic Method","authors":"Mohammed A. B. Abdul Jabar","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177294","url":null,"abstract":"The substitution of barium ion (Ba 2+ ) with lead ion (Pb 2+ ) in the following composition: Pb 10-x Ba x (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 has been investigated by an X-ray diffractometer. Samples with the range x=0 up to x=5 were calcined at 800 ºC for 25 hours, and the samples with the range from x=6 up to x=10 were calcined at 1100 ºC for 15 hours. The solid solutions hydroxyapatite samples are synthesized by the ceramic method. It was established that the sample with x=0 showed only reflections of composition Pb 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 , while the sample with x=10 showed only reflections of composition Ba 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (OH) 2 . The Samples with x = 1–9 showed more reflections called \"unknown phase\" besides those of pure hydroxyapatite.","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"243 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75397848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Survey and Prevalence of Lice Infestation the Pigeons (Columba livia domestica) in Kurdistan Region-Iraq","authors":"M. Al-badrani, S. Al-muffti","doi":"10.33899/rjs.2023.177282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33899/rjs.2023.177282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20803,"journal":{"name":"Rafidain journal of science","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77664032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}