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Antibacterial activity of five medicinal plant extracts used by the Maasai people of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Five locally known plants,
Solanum aculeastrum, Erythrina abyssinica, Carissa
edulis, Croton megalocarpus
and
Myrica salicifolia
used by Maasai traditional healers for treatment of
bacterial infections were extracted ...
Trypanosoma Infection Rates in Glossina Species in Mtito Andei Division, Makueni County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)
African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) transmitted cyclically by tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) is a major obstacle to livestock production in the tropical parts of Africa. The objective of this study was to determine the infection ...
Bentonite used as a host matrix in the study of ester hydrolysis
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Abstract:
In this paper
results obtained on the kinetics of este
r adsorption on raw, acid treated and pre
-
heated
bentonite have bee
n presented. T
he infra
-
red profiles and the XRF spectra of ...
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 ...
Structure and Composition of Acacia xanthophloea woodland in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
(2006)
The woody vegetation of Lake Nakuru National Park
occurs along rivers, lakeshores and flood plains. Four different
sites within the Acacia xanthophloea woodlands were
selected for the study. Vegetation structure was not ...
Relationship Between ENSO parameters and the Trends and Periodic Fluctuations in East African Rainfall
(2007)
The study investigated the relationship between ENSO parameters and the trends and periodic fluctuations in
the East African seasonal and annual decadal rainfall. The monthly rainfall data for the period 1931–2004
was ...
Crustal structure of the Anza graben from gravity and magnetic investigations
(1994)
The area of the present study constitutes the northeastern sector of the Anza graben. In this sector, the graben is about 130 km wide and is characterized by a linear negative anomaly with an amplitude about −40 mGal. ...
Removal of Cr(III) from aqueous solutions using a micaceous poly–mineral from Kenya
(2003)
Adsorption of Cr(III) ions from aqueous solutions using a micaceous polymineral (MPM) from Kenya
was studied using batch experiments as function of contact time, adsorbent dosage, Cr(III)
concentration, pH and temperature. ...
Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using tea extracts and their application in nanobiosensors
(2012)
A facile reduction approach with silver nitrate, AgN03, solution and tea extracts led to polydisperse silver nanoparticles, tea-AgNPs, at room temperature. A mixture of AgN03 solution and tea extracts, extracted at 90°C, ...