Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Kabasa, John David"
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Cytotoxicity of antimalarial plant extracts from Kenyan biodiversity to the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L.(Artemiidae)
Kiama, Stephen Gitahi; Kabasa, John David; Gathumbi, Peter Karuri; Gakuya, Daniel Waweru; Mbaria, James Mucunu; Nguta, Joseph Mwanzia (Department Of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, 2012)Artemia salina (Artemiidae), the brine shrimp larva, is an invertebrate used in the alternative test to determine toxicity of chemicals and natural products. In this study the medium lethal concentration fifty (LC50 values) ... -
Cytotoxicity of antimalarial plant extracts from Kenyan biodiversity to the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L.(Artemiidae)
Nguta, Joseph Mwanzia; Mbaria, James Mucunu; Gakuya, Daniel Waweru; Gathumbi, Peter Karuri; Kabasa, John David; Kiama, S G (2012)Artemia salina (Artemiidae), the brine shrimp larva, is an invertebrate used in the alternative test to determine toxicity of chemicals and natural products. In this study the medium lethal concentration fifty (LC50 values) ... -
Ethnodiagnostic skills of the Digo community for malaria: a lead to traditional bioprospecting
Nguta, Joseph Mwanzia; Mbaria, James M; Gathumbi, Peter K; Gakuya, Daniel; Kabasa, John David; Kiama, S G (Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2011)Malaria is a major public health problem that is presently complicated by the development of resistance by Plasmodium falciparum to the mainstay drugs. Thus, new drugs with unique structures and mechanism of action are ...