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Aquatic biodiversity in Kenya: discoveries from the 2010-2012 international research experiences for students (IRES) expeditions
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
For three years, teams of undergraduate and graduate studen
ts from the US and Kenya joined Kenyan
and US researchers for five weeks of field and laboratory freshwater aquatic biodiversity research in
Kenya with support ...
Ethnomedicinal knowledge in the traditional management of human ailments in lake victoria basin, kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Kariuki, SM., Kim, DJ., Dossaji, SF., Kabaru, JM(2011). Molecular species identification and the respective quantification of dioscin: a case of dioscorea spp
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Introduction
Dioscorea (Yams) in Kenya is a neglected crop, despite having a lot of potential as food source and as well playing a role in pharmaceutics (Mwirigi et al, 2009 ) . Pharmacologically, Dioscorea species is ...
The position of health in sustainable development negotiations: a survey of negotiators and review of post-Rio+ 20 processes
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Background
Sustainable development is central to the post-2015 development agenda after the establishment of the
UN Open Working G
roup on Sustainable Development Goals at the Rio+20 conference. Negotiations about
sustainable ...
Leaf surface deposited compounds as alternative animal feed preservatives
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
The presence of an array of secondary metabolites in the leaf
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surface exudates has
elicited phytochemical screening. The constituent compounds, supposedly, serve a
protective role on the plant lipids a
gainst ...
Phytochemical investigation of surface exudates of dodonaea angustifolia for in vitro antiplasmodial and mosquito larvicidal activity
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Dodonaea angustifolia
in study belongs to the fami
ly sapindaceae distributed in the
tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Traditionally this plant is used as an
analgesic, laxative, antipyretic, in rheumatism, ...
The role of nutraceutical- implied empirical grades of plant foods in eliciting plant biodiversity on women small holder farms
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
A range of plant biodiversity species, produced for household food and nutrition
security, characterize women small
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holder farms of the
Lake Victoria Basin. The
usefulness of nutraceutical
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implied grades computed ...
Two glacial-interglacial cycles of lake-level change in equatorial East Africa documented by high-resolution seismic sequence stratigraphy from Lake Challa (Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A high-resolution (3.5 kHz) reflection seismic survey of Lake Challa (Kenya-Tanzania), a 97-m deep volcanic crater lake on the lower East slope of Mt. Kilimanjaro, revealed at least 215 meters of acoustically stratified ...
Relationship between antioxidant and antiplasmodialactivities of compounds from dodonaea angustifoliaand senecio roseiflorus
(University of Nairobi, 2013-12)
There is generation of
Reactive oxygen species
(ROS)
during malarial infection and
antioxidants would contr
ibute towards limiting these oxidative damage. Flavonoids
which are the main phytochemical feature ...
Contribution of transverse structures, magma, and crustal fluids to continental rift evolution: the East African rift in southern Kenya
(2013-12-13)
The Magadi rift in southern Kenya formed at ~7 Ma within Proterozoic rocks of the Mozambique orogenic belt, parallel to its contact with the Archean Tanzania craton. The rift is bounded to the west by the ~1600-m-high ...