Modern Chemistry & Applications

Fanyana M Mtunzi

Publications

• Research Article
  Investigation of Selected Organic Compounds Influence on Water Quality Along the Olifants River in South Africa
  Author(s): Shadung J Moja1, David Odusanya, Fanyana M Mtunzi and Christelle T Mulanga Shadung J Moja1, David Odusanya, Fanyana M Mtunzi and Christelle T Mulanga
  
  Water is a crucial natural resource, indispensable to food production, life, the environment, power generation, industry, sanitation and hygiene. Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in the environment are not wanted due to their negative effects on human beings and animals. As a result, there is a need to continuously monitor their presence in the environment. In this study, surface water samples were collected once a month during the dry season and during wet season from selected five points along the Olifants river in South Africa and stored at a temperature of ≤ 5°C before analysis. The OCPs were extracted with dichloromethane (DCM) using the Liquid-Liquid Extraction (LLE) method. After undertaking the sample through the clean-up process, the crude extracts obtained were put into the column chromatography and eluted with hexane and about 1.5 μL of the purified extracts were .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6798.1000236

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