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Ethnomedicial knowledge in traditional management of human ailments in Lake Victoria Basin,
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Antimicrobial Abietane Diterpenoids from Clerodendrum eriophyllum
(2010)
Clerodendrum eriophyllum Gürke (Verbenaceae) is a shrub or small tree distributed in the dry bushlands of Eastern Kenya. The plant has no record of previous phytochemical analysis. A bioassay guided isolation of the methanol ...
Insulin mimetic impact of Catechin isolated from Cassia fistula on the glucose oxidation and molecular mechanisms of glucose uptake on Streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats
(University of Nairobi, 2010-01)
Diabetes mellitus is the most common and serious metabolic disorder among people all over the world. Many plants have successfully been used to overcome this problem. Cassia fistula, an ethnomedicnal plant, is widely used ...
Common Antimalarial Trees and Shrubs of East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Neo-clerodane diterpenes from Dodonaea angustifolia
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Phytochemical investigation of the leaf surface exudate of Dodonaea angustifolia L.f. yielded two new neo-clerodane diterpenes, neo-clerodan-3,13-dien-16,15:18,19-diolide (mkapwanin) and 15-methoxy-neo-clerodan-3,13-dien ...
The Restricted Dorfman-Sterrett Group Screening Procedures without Errors in Decisions
(University of Nairobi., 2010)
High resolution mapping of trypanosomosis resistance loci Tir2 and Tir3 using F12 advanced intercross lines with major locus Tir1 fixed for the susceptible allele
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Background
Trypanosomosis is the most economically important disease constraint to livestock productivity in Africa. A number of trypanotolerant cattle breeds are found in West Africa, and identification of the genes ...
Phenology of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in a Disjunctly-zoned Mangrove Stand in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Avicennia marina in Gazi Bay, Kenya, displays a disjunct zonation pattern across the intertidal zone with a seaward and a landward A. marina fringe. Earlier studies revealed significant differences in its vegetation ...