This study was conducted to determine the effect of four different fat sources on growth performance, carcass trait, and organ characteristics and lipid profile of broiler birds reared to 8weeks of age. One hundred and twenty day-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to five treatments, each with three replicates of 8 chicks in a completely randomized design experiment. The dietary treatmen...

Abstract Heavy metals eradication from water is a complicated subject, therefore viable, resilient, and green technology imperative. metal removal can be accomplished through easy access, economical, efficient sorbents derived agricultural waste. In the current study, palm kernel shell (PKS) waste was converted into biochar (PKSC) via pyrolysis. Chemical modification performed on PKSC acid-base...

Torrefaction process of biomass material is essential in converting them into biofuel with improved calorific value and physical strength. However, the production of torrefied biomass is loose, powdery, and nonuniform. One method of upgrading this material to improve their handling and combustion properties is by densification into briquettes of higher density than the original bulk density of ...

Response surface methodology was employed to study the effect of formulation composition variables, water content (60%-80%, w/w) and oil and surfactant (O/S) ratio (0.17-1.33), as well as high-shear emulsification conditions, mixing rate (300-3,000 rpm) and mixing time (5-30 minutes) on the properties of sodium diclofenac-loaded palm kernel oil esters-nanoemulsions. The two response variables w...

A new mixture of alkyl glycosides derived from palm oil (PO) or palm kernel oil (PKO) was synthesised. This mixture contains glycosylated disaccharide of either maltose or lactose with aliphatic chain that varies according to the PO or PKO fatty acids composition. The synthesis method produced no polymerised sugar unlike the production of the commercial glycosides (APG). The mixture only contai...

Abundant sources of palm oil based biomass provide an impetus for the sustainable generation of biofuel. Biomass such as palm oil agro-plantation waste are emerging as a promising sources of renewable liquid fuels, hence, in order to investigate the potentials of using oil palm frond juice (OPF) as feedstock for solvent production ,nutrient and sugar contents analysis was examined. A total solv...