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An overview of quality control in the pharmaceutical industry in Kenya. 4(3): 55-57
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
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Alcohol content of traditional brews and miti ni dawa in Kenya
(1998)
A number of alcoholic preparations sold in Kenya were analysed for their alcohol content. The alcohol content for" various samples varied over a wide range. In the legal beers it ranged between 3.8 to 7.4% volume parts. ...
Quality of phenoxymethylpenicillin dry suspensions
(1991)
The antibiotic phenoxymethylpenicillin (penicillin V) is still a drug of choice as a prophylactic agent in rheumatic fever and in the treatment of otitis rneolo.ervslpelos and tonsillitis. Penicillin V is composed of the ...
Drug Quality Control in Kenya: Observation in the Drug Analysis and Research Unit During the Period 2001-2005
(2008)
During the five-year period January 2001 to December 2005, the Drug Analysis and
Research Unit received and analyzed 394 drug samples. Samples were received from
regulatory authorities, local industry, non-governmental ...
Constituents of the essential oil of cymbopogon afronardus stapf.
(2001)
The pleasantly smelling light yellow essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Cymbopogon afronardus Stapf. (Graminea) (yield 0.4 0/.,) was analysed by GC and GC-MS. Forty five compounds constituting ...
Essential oil of rynchosia minima DC. from Kenya: Composition and antibacterial properties
(2005)
The hydrodistilled essential oil (yield, 0.1 %) of semi-dried leaves of Rynchosia minima DC. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-four compounds representing 95.9% of the oil were identified. The major components were found ...
Essential oil of cymbopogon winterianus jowitt from Tanzania:
(2007)
The hydro-distilled essential oil (1.6%) of fresh aerial parts of wild Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt was analyzed by GC-MS. Fifty compounds representing 96.5% of the oil were identified. The main components of the oil were ...
The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
MEPI was a $130 million competitively awarded grant by President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to 13 Medical Schools in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries and a Coordinating ...
Quality performance of drugs analyzed in the Drug Analysis and Research unit (DARU) during the period 2006-2010.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 2013)
During the period 2006-2010, the Drug Analysis and Research Unit analyzed 583 samples. The samples comprised 50.6% local and 49.4% imported products. Samples were subjected to compendial or in-house specifications. The ...
Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diarrhoeal Activities of a Steroidal Indoxyl
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
The anti-inflammatory and antidiarrhoeal activities of 3β-Hydroxy-16, 17-seco-16-nor-5-androsten-15-(2-indoxyliden)-17-oic acid (I) are reported. After intraperitoneal administration, compound (I) gave an ED50 of 9.5 mg/kg ...