{"id":17,"date":"2020-12-08T08:35:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T08:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncri.go.ug\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-12-20T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T14:45:13","slug":"chemistry-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncri.go.ug\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to the Chemistry Department<\/h4>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>Chemistry section; <\/strong>the analytical unit carries out chemical investigations of natural products i.e. Phytochemical screening of bioactive ingredients in medicinal plants, fingerprinting using different chromatographic techniques and mineral analysis for both nutritional and toxic minerals. 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