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Multiple use patterns of medicinal trees in an urban forest in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)
Medicinal plants support the healthcare needs of the most vulnerable human populations, including the rapidly increasing urban poor in developing countries. However, little is known about the role of urban forests in ...
Kantis: A new Australopithecus site on the shoulders of the Rift Valley near Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05)
Most Plio-Pleistocene sites in the Gregory Rift Valley that have yielded abundant fossil hominins lie on the Rift Valley floor. Here we report a new Pliocene site, Kantis, on the shoulder of the Gregory Rift Valley, which ...
Antibacterial activity and structure-activity relationships of a panel of 48 compounds from Kenyan plants against multidrug resistant phenotypes
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
In the current study forty eight compounds belonging to anthraquinones, naphthoquinones, benzoquinones, flavonoids (chalcones and polymethoxylated flavones) and diterpenoids (clerodanes and kauranes) were explored for their ...
Anti-cancer activities of crude extracts from medicinal plants moringa oleifera lam and rauwolfia caffra against selected cancer cell lines
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The current study was undertaken to validate the traditional use and determine the safety profiles of
Moringa oleifera and Rauwolfia caffra used in Kenya to manage tumors and related ailments. This was
achieved by ...
Aerosol optical depth patterns associated with urbanization and weather in Nairobi and Lamu
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The massive increase in emissions of air pollution due to economic and industrial growth over the last century has made air pollution an environmental problem throughout the world. This study investigated the spatial-temporal ...
In vitro regeneration of pigeon pea using leaf explants
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) is a drought tolerant pulse legume, mainly grown for grain in the semiarid
tropics, particularly in Africa. Pigeon pea production in countries like Kenya is faced with a number ...
Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants of the Kakamega Country, Kenya Commonly Used against Cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Phytochemical constituents of 35 selected anticancer medicinal plant extracts were analyzed by thin layer
chromatography (TLC) for alkaloids, anthraquinones, xanthines, valepotriates, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids,
essential ...
Cloud Computing: Transforming Medium and High Tech Industries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Cloud Computing provides novel perspectives in internetworking technologies and has the potential to dramatically change business models. This study aimed at establishing Cloud Computing adoption in Medium and High Tech ...
Regional differences in the mural structure of the human coronary sinus
(2016)
Regional differences in the mural structure of the coronary sinus are important in understanding its physico-mechanical properties and the basis for extent of atrial fibrillation and ablation. These features are only ...
Pterocarpans and isoflavones from the root bark of millettia micans and of millettia dura
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
From the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the root bark of Millettia micans, a new pterocarpan,
(6aR,11aR)-7,8,9-trimethoxy-3-hydroxypterocarpan (1), named micanspterocarpan, was isolated. Similar
investigation of the ...