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Comparative genome annotation of major tsetse fly species
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01)
Testing Structure Formation in the Universe via Coupled Matter Fluids
(2015)
We present a model for structure formation in the Universe where a weakly clustered "free" fluid component is continually accreted by a strongly clustered "halo" fluid component made up of cold dark matter halos. We discuss ...
Engaging pregnant women in Kenya with a hybrid computer-human SMS communication system
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
A growing body of HCI4D research studies the use of SMS communication to deliver health and information services to underserved populations. This paper contributes a novel dimension to this field of study by examining if ...
Red hot compounds from the red hot poker plant, kniphofia, and related taxa
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Knipholone, the first 4
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arylanthraquinone was discovered from the stem of
Kniphofia foliosa
(Asphodelaceae)
in 1984
1
. Since then a number of 4
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arylanthraquinones have been isolated ...
Antimalarial drug discovery through in silico scaffold hopping using a database of natural products of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Despite the efforts to 'roll back malaria', statistics still shows that there are 97 countries and
territories with ongoing malaria transmission, and 7 countries i
n the prevention or ...
In silico structure of the 40s ribosomal subunit from plasmodium falciparum as drug targetby homology and de novo modeling
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The ribosome is an immensely important target for development of therapeutics. However,
current
X
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ray methods for obtaining three
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dimensional structures of the ribosome are slow and tedious.
Methods ...
Over three decades of phytochemistry-where are the phytomedicines?
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In our Natural Products research at the Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, we have
studied many medicinal plants from different t
axa
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families, genera and species. We have isolated
pure compounds ...
Synthesis of structurally modified dipyrromethene complexes as new photodynamic therapy agents for cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The ground
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state structures and binding energies of the metal cations to dipyrromethene (DIPY)
based ligands are determined using density functional theory (DFT) methods. Two lanthanide
metal ...
Two flavonoids and a rearranged clerodane diterpenoid from the leaf exudates of microglossa pyrifolia
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The fresh leaves of
Microglossa pyrifolia
, Asteraceae
(7.5 kg) were extracted by successive
dipping into fresh portions of ethyl acetate for short periods (less than or ca. 15 s) to yield (180 g,
2.4% ...