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Antimalarial herbal remedies of Msambweni, Kenya
(2010)
Malaria is a serious cause of mortality globally. The disease is of regional concern in Africa and of national
interest in Kenya due to its high morbidity and mortality as a result of development of resistant strains
of ...
Antimicrobial Activity, Toxicity and Phytochemical Screening of Four Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in Msambweni District, Kenya
(2014)
This study was designed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, toxicity and phytochemical composition of organic and aqueous crude extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. (Rutaceae), Adansonia digitata L. (Bombacaceae), ...
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use
(Elsevier, 2001)
Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ...
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity.
(2010)
Eleven medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Machakos and Kitui District were screened, namely:
Ajuga remota Benth, Aloe secundijlora Engl, Amaranthus hybridus L, Cassia didymobotrya Fes, Croton
macrostachyus ...
Medicinal plants used in the management of chronic joint pains in Machakos and Makueni counties, Kenya.
(2011-09-02)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Traditional medicines play an important role in the management of chronically painful and debilitating joint conditions, particularly in the rural Africa. However, their potential use as ...
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
(Society of Ethnobiology, 2005)
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake
bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the ...