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Pattern of Maxillofacial and associated injuries in road traffic accidents
(2007-06)
Background: Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Victims may suffer multiple injuries including maxillofacial injuries. In most developing countries RTAs are the leading cause ...
Uses and management of ximenia americana, olacaceae in semi-arid East Shewa, Ethiopia
(2012)
Wild edible plants are crucial resources with multipurpose uses and indigenous people have ethnobotanical knowledge of their use and management. Ximenia americana L., is among the preferred multipurpose use wild edible ...
Intestinal Worm Infections and Nutritional Status of School Children in Nairobi province, Kenya
(2010)
Helminthic infections among children are subtle and insidious constraints on normal physical development. They impact negatively on children's genetic potential growth, with clinical consequences of iron.deficiency anaemia ...
Microbial Contamination of Oral Dosage Forms
(1982)
The appearance of a fungi-like material on co .. trlmoxazole tablets and an anti-diarrheal tablet formulation was investigated. The former being a locally manufactured product, while the latter was an imported product. ...
Effects of vegetation disturbance on small mammals diversity and distribution in Oloolua forest, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
ThIs thesis describes investigations carried out from October 2008 to March 2009 to asses
the effects of vegetation disturbance on diversity and distribution of small mammals in
Oloolua forest, Kenya. Four different ...
A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp.nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids
(2009)
A Gram-negative obligate alkaliphilic bacterium (BOG6T) that secretes carotenoids was isolated from the outflow of Lake Bogoria hot spring located in the Kenyan Rift Valley. The bacterium is motile by means of a polar ...
In vitro study of the effects of khat (Catha edulis Forsk) extract on isolated mouse interstitial cells
(2007)
Isolated mouse interstitial cells were incubated with different concentrations of khat (Catha edulis) extract (0.06 mg/ml, 0.6 mg/ml, 6 mg/ml, 30 mg/ml and 60 mg/ml) and cell viability as well as testosterone concentration ...
In vivo Antimalarial activity, Toxicity and Phytochemical Screening of Selected Antimalarial Plants
(2013)
Organic and water extracts of four medicinal plants used for the treatment of malaria in
traditional health systems of Msambweni people in Kenya were tested for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei and brine ...
Urolithiasis in Nairobi, Kenya
(2010-10)
Background:
Urolithiasis is an emerging problem in Kenya previously thought to be very rare and in which the use of modern methods of treatment has not been widely practiced
Objective:
To review the presentation and ...
Factors associated with the occurrence of claw disorders in dairy cows under smallholder production systems in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
(2008)
A cross-sectional study was carried out between December 2005 and June 2006 in smallholder dairy farms within and around Nairobi, Kenya to determine risk factors associated with the occurrence of claw disorders in dairy ...