Browsing College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (CAVS) by Title

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    • Medicinal plants used in treatment and management of cancer in Kakamega County, Kenya 

      Ochwang'i, DO; Kimwele, CN; Oduma, JA; Gathumbi, PK; Mbaria, JM; Kiama, SG (University of Nairobi, 2013-12)
      ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Traditional medicine plays a critical role in treatment of chronic debilitating and life threatening conditions and diseases. Cancer is one such condition whose therapeutic intervention ...

    • Molecular Survey Ofcoxiella Burnetiiin Wildlife and Ticksat Wildlife–livestock Interfaces in Kenya 

      Ndeereh, David; Muchemi, Gerald; Thaiyah, Andrew; Otiende, Moses; Angelone-Alasaad, Samer; Jowers, Michael J. (University of Nairobi, 2017)
      Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease of public health importance. The role of wildlife and their ticks in the epidemiology of C. burnetii in Kenya is unknown. This study analysed the ...

    • Multiple Mycotoxins in Kenyan Rice. 

      Gitau, James K; Chemining'wa, George N; Mutiga, Samuel K; Mutuku, J Musembi; Koskei, Vincent; Ng'ang'a, Fredrick; Musyoka, Joyce; Murori, Rosemary (University of Nairobi, 2021)
      Multiple mycotoxins were tested in milled rice samples (n = 200) from traders at different milling points within the Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Traders provided the names of the cultivar, village where paddy was ...

    • Organophosphate and carbamate pesticide residues and accompanying risks in commonly consumed vegetables in Kenya. 

      Kanja, Laetitia; Omwenga, Isaac; Zomer, Paul; Louisse, Jochem; Rietjens, Ivonne M C M; Mol, Hans (University of Nairobi, 2021)
      The current study was conducted to assess the levels of organophosphates and carbamates in vegetables in Kenya and to examine potential consumer health risks. A total of 90 samples were analysed by liquid chromatography/ ...

    • Quality and psychosocial factors influencing purchase of orange-fleshed sweet potato bread. 

      Shiundu, Felix M; Nyikal, Rose A; Mburu, John; Okello, Julius J; Mwende, Janet; Lagerkvist, Carl J; Muoki, Penina; Low, Jan; Hareau, Guy; Heck, Simon (University of Nairobi, 2021)
      This 2018 study, conducted in six Tusky's supermarkets in Nairobi, Kenya, combined the Just-About-Right, Penalty and Mean-End-Chain analyses to examine the quality and psychosocial factors influencing the purchase of a ...

    • Specifications for Artisanal Aluminum Cookware in Nairobi 

      Nkuubi, Samuel M (University of Nairobi, 2017)
      The potential challenges encountered in the production of aluminium cookware in the Kamukunji cluster in Nairobi are related to the application of product design specification parameters. Methods of production ...

    • Unbowed 

      Maathai, Wangari W (University of Nairobi, 2006)
      Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an ...