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Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Babesia gibsoni Dihydrofolate Reductase-Thymidylate Synthase: Inhibitory Effect of Antifolates on Its Catalytic Activity and Parasite Proliferation
(2008)
Dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase (DHFR-TS) is a well-validated antifolate drug target in certain pathogenic apicomplexans, but not in the genus Babesia, including Babesia gibsoni. Therefore, we isolated, cloned, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Transepithelial potential in the Magadi tilapia, a fish living
(2005)
We investigated the transepithelial potential
(TEP) and its responses to changes in the external medium in
Alcolapia grahami, a small cichlid fish living in Lake
Magadi, Kenya. Magadi water is extremely alkaline
(pH = ...
Evaluation of the efficacy of aqueous extracts of albiziaanthelmintica and maerua edulis against the nematode heligmosomoides polygyrus infections in mice.
(2005)
Anthelmintic activity of the water extracts ofAlbizia
anthelmintica bark and Maerua_edulis root was
evaluated in mice thathad been experimentally
infected with the intestinal nematode
Heligmosomoides polygyrus. The ...
Evaluation of the Bioactivity of some Traditional Medicinal Plants using the Brine Shrimp Lethality Test
(2004)
The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate
the bioactivity of extracts of Chrysanthemum
cinerariaefolium Vis., Albizia anthelmintica A.
Broqn, Maerua edulis (Gilg) De Wolf, Maerua
subcordata (Gilg &Bened) De Wolf ...
Seasonal energy extraction patterns by agropastoral herds in semiarid south-eastern Kenyaa
(2009)
primary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism anci ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake by cattle was derived ...
Intake and rumen degradation in cattle fed napier grass iPennisetum purpureum) supplemented with various levels of Desmodium intortum and Ipomoea batatus vines
(South African Society of Animal Science, 2001)
This study was conducted to assess the effect of greenleaf desmodium (Desmodium intortum) and
sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatus) supplementation of napier grass on dry matter intake, degradation and
rumen fermentation ...
Acute Toxicity of Nicandra physaloides (L) Gaertn in Cattle and Mice
(2009)
Nicandra physaloides (L) Gaertn (Solanaceae), commonly
known as the ‘apple of Peru’ is widely associated with
livestock poisoning. The clinical signs associated with its
poisoning in ruminants appear within 6 hours of ...