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Traditional and complementary medicine in patient centered care and integrative medicine
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)
A few years ago it was realized that in spite of high technology and general success in modern
treatment, patient medical care e
specially for chronic diseases was n
ot being completely
addressed. ...
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 ...
Building enabling legal frameworks for sustainable land use investments in Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique :A synthesis,
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The International Development Law Organization
(IDLO) and the Center for International Forestry
Research (CIFOR) assessed the legal frameworks
for major resource sectors in Zambia, Tanzania
and Mozambique to analyze ...
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
-
ray methods for obtaining three
-
dimensional structures of the ribosome are slow and tedious.
Methods ...
Evaluation of patient safety in medication administration at M.P Shah Hospital critical care unit
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)
Drugs are substances intended for use in diagnosis, cure or prevention of disease. Medications
are among the most frequently used interventions to improve patient health. The complexity of ...
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% ...
Academic staff effectiveness in mainstreaming disability interventions for students with special needs in public Universities in Kenya : A cas e of the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-23)
The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 194
8 emphasizes on th
e right of every
child to rece
ive quality basic education.
Furthermore UNESCO
Salamanca Statement
Framework for Action ...