Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Subject "EDXRF"

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    • EDXRF analysis of local and imported pica soil samples 

      Njagi, ENM; Kinyua, AM; Munyua, JK; Mungala, MJM (EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE I Volume 3 -Part 1 June 2001, 2001)
      Several studies have implicated trace metal metabolism with some human diseases. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence(EDXRF)method was used to analyse pica soil samples, which are consumed by some pregnant mothers in ...

    • Trace elements content of selected Kenyan anti diabetic medicinal plants 

      Ngugi, Piero, M; Njagi, Joan, M.; Kibiti, Cromwell, M; Maina, D; Ngeranwa, Joseph, J.N.; Njagi, Eliud, N.M.; Njue, Wilson, M; Gathumbi, Peter, K. (2012)
      Diabetes mellitus has experimentally been shown to be managed by medicinal plant extracts. Among the factors attributable to the hypoglycemic potential of the medicinal plants, are the trace elements present in them. This ...