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Four isoflavones from seed pods of Millettia dura
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences, 1996-02)Seed pods of Millettia dura yielded four novel isoflavones, which have been characterized as 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methoxy-8,8-dimethyl-4H,8H-benzo[1,2-b: 3,4-b′]dipyran-4-one (trivial name, durallone), 6-demethyldurallone, ... -
Four isoflavones from the stem bark of erythrina sacleuxii
(University of NairobiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 1998-09-03)From the stem bark of Erythrina sacleuxii four new isoflavones were isolated and characterized as 5,7-dihydroxy-2′,4′,5′-trimethoxyisoflavone (trivial name, 7-demethylrobustigenin), 5,7-dihydroxy-4′-methoxy3′-(3-methylbu ... -
Four new species and some new records of Meliolaceous fungi from Kenya
(School of Biological Sciences, 1996)During 1989-92, 4 new species of Ascomycota belonging to the Meliolaceae collected from the Mau forest in western Kenya are described and compared with closely related species. They include, Appendiculella mauensis on ... -
The Four Parameter General Extreme Value Distribution in Flood Frequency Analysis
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Fracture strength of porous ceramics: stress concentration vs minimum solid area models
(Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, 2004)In this study, we have reviewed recently published strength-porosity data of porous ceramics, and compared these data with those computed from both the minimum contact solid area (MCA) and the pore stress concentration ... -
Fracture systems and mineralization in East Equatoria Province, South Sudan,
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A Framework for Distributed Learning Objects Repository.
(University of NairobiCollege of biological and physical science, 2010) -
Frequency and severity of drought in the LakeVictoria region (Kenya) and its effects on food security
(University of NairobiCollege of Biological and Physical Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2007)Using monthly and seasonal precipitation data for the period 1961–1999, we established drought frequency and severity in relation to food security in the Lake Victoria region in Kenya. We used percentiles together with ... -
Frequency of Epstein - Barr virus in patients presenting with acute febrile illness in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Most acute febrile illnesses (AFI) are usually not associated with a specific diagnosis because of limitations of available diagnostics. This study reports on the frequency of EBV viremia and viral load in ... -
Freshwater wetlands and marshes
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Fresnel-type Fading On Satellite Records At Low Latitudes
(University of Nairobi, 1975-08)Fresnel-type fading patterns have been observed on recordings of geostationary and travelling satellites made at three low-latitude stations in East Africa. The occurrence is greatest in the time periods 05–08 and 18–22 ... -
Friedelane triterpoids from rawsonia lucida
(Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi,Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University of Nairobi,, 2010)Rawsonia lucida (Flacourtiaceae) is an evergreen tree or shrub that is mainly distributed in tropical and southern Africa. Recent survey of plants traditionally used for the treatment of malaria have shown that the ... -
From ethical individualism to practical egalitarianism
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The FT - IR and Malarial Biological Studies of Copper(II ) Complexes Containing Thiosemicarbazone and Semicarbazone Ligands Derived from Ferrocene and Pyridyl Fragments
(University of Nairobi, 2010-03)The Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic and malarial biological studies of complexes derived from the reactions of 2- acetylferrocenyl 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone, 2-acetylferrocenyl-4-methylthiosemicarbazone, ... -
Fuel value of Refined vernonia galamensis seed oil"
(Department of Chemistry, 1998) -
Functional Proportions Of Primate Lumbar Vertebral Bodies
(University of Nairobi, 1975-01)The comparison of certain proportions of lumbar vertebral bodies and of the lumbar column as a whole between a range of primate and non-primate mammals suggests that the relatively high robusticity of the lumbar column in ... -
Fungal species isolated from peanuts in major Kenyan markets: Emphasis on Aspergillus section Flavi
(2013)A survey was conducted in Nairobi, Nyanza and Western provinces in Kenya between March and July 2009 with 1263 peanut products sampled out of which 705 samples underwent microbial analysis. The study aimed at determining ... -
Further contributions to a knowledge of termite fungi in east Africa: the genus Termitomyces Heim [1968]
(University of Nairobi, 1968) -
Further Diterpenese From The Leaf Exudate Of Psiadia Punculata
(University of NairobiDepartment of Chemestry, 2001) -
Further flavonol Glycosides from Myrsine africana leaves
(Department of Chemistry, 1997-07)