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LC-MS-Based Metabolomics for the Chemosystematics of Kenyan Dodonaea viscosa Jacq (Sapindaceae) Populations
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq (Sapindaceae) is a medicinal plant with a worldwide distribution. The species has undergone enormous taxonomic changes which caused confusion amongst plant users. In Kenya, for example, two varieties ...
A new β-hydroxydihydrochalcone from Tephrosia uniflora, and the revision of three β-hydroxydihydrochalcones to flavanones
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)
The CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the stems of Tephrosia uniflora yielded the new β-hydroxydihydrochalcone (S)-elatadihydrochalcone-2'-methyl ether (1) along with the three known compounds elongatin (2), (S)-elatadihydrochalcone ...
In Vitro Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Activities of the Root Bark Extract and Isolated Chemical Constituents of Zanthoxylum Paracanthum Kokwaro (Rutaceae)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Abstract: Zanthoxylum paracanthum Kokwaro (Rutaceae) is an endemic Kenyan and Tanzanian
plant used in folk medicine by local populations. Although other Zanthoxylum species have been
studied, only Z. paracantum stem ...