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Seismic images illustrate the deep roots of the Chyulu Hills volcanic area, Kenya
(1995)
A recent delay time tomography experiment has revealed the still ongoing processes that formed the East African Rift, the world's largest continental rift system. These new data have been used to produce tomographic images ...
Delineation of Uganda into climatological rainfall zones using the method of principal component analysis
(1995)
This paper attempts to delineate Uganda into climatological rainfall zones using the method of principal component analysis (PCA). Monthly rainfall records from 102 Uganda rain-gauge stations for the years 1940–1975 inclusive ...
Potent Antimalarial Activity of the Alkaloid Nitidine, Isolated from a Kenyan Herbal Remedy
(1995)
Bioassay-guided fractionation of extracts of Toddalia asiatica, a plant used by the Pokot tribe of Kenya to
treat fevers, has yielded the alkaloid nitidine as the major antimalarial component. Fractions containing
nitidine ...
Natural and experimental infection of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus with pathogens and their potential for control of ticks
(University of Nairobi., 1995)
The Romanche fracture zone sediments, equatorial Atlantic: main controls on their distribution and composition
(1995)
In the present study, the lithology, mineralogy and chemistry of sediment cores collected from different parts of the
equatorial Atlantic have been investigated in order to determine the factors controlling their composition ...
Chemotaxonomic significance of anthraquinones in the roots of asphodeloideae (asphodelaceae)
(1995)
The distribution of seven anthraquinones in the roots of some 46 species belonging to the genera Asphodelus, Asphodeline, Bulbine, Bulbinella and Kniphofia was studied by TLC and HPLC, 1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinones based on ...
The chemotaxonomic significance of root anthraquinones and pre-anthraquinones in the genus Lomatophyllum (asphodelaceae)
(University of Nairobi, 1995-11)
The roots of seven species of Lomatophyllum were analysed by TLC and HPLC for the presence of nine different anthraquinones and pre-anthraquinones which are all known to be characteristic constituents of the subterranean ...
Repellence of the tickRhipicephalus appendiculatus by the grassMelinis minutiflora
(Uniiversity of Nairobi., 1995-11)
In a study to develop anti-tick pastures, the climbing behaviour ofRhipicephalus appendiculatus onMelinis minutiflora (molasses grass) was investigated. Experiments were done with cut green stems of grass, grass dried in ...