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    • Antimalarial activity and in vivo toxicity of selected medicinal plants naturalised in Kenya 

      Murithi, Caroline Kathambi; Fidahusein, Dossaji Saifudin; Nguta, Joseph Mwanzia; Lukhoba, Catherine Wanjiru (2014)
      Malaria is an epidemic disease in Kenya. With most conventional antimalarial drugs being inaccessible, unaffordable, and reported resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the currently used Artemisinin combined therapy, ...
    • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 

      Dambolenaa, JS; Zuninoa, MP; Lópezb, Abel G; Rubinsteinc, HR; Zygadloa, JA; Mwangi, Julius W; Thoithi, GN; Kibwage, IO; Mwalukumbi, JM; Kariuki, ST (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBiV-CONICET), Cátedra deInstituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos (ICTA), FCEFyN-UNC, Avenida Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA, Cordoba, ArgentinaSchool of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi,Department of Biological Sciences, Egerton University,, 2011)
      This work investigated the constituents and the efficacy against Fusarium verticillioides infection and fumonisin production of essential oils of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from different locations in ...