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Mitochondrial oxidation rates and enzyme activities in the liver and brain of vitamin B12-deficient baboons
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Brain and liver samples were taken from 7 adult male Papio anubis after 32 months on a vitamin B-12 deficient diet of starch, sucrose, heated soya bean meal, cellulose, maize oil, mineral and vitamin supplements and ...
Tryptophan metabolism in baboons: effect of riboflavin and pyridoxine deficiency
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Adult male baboons were given an adequate artificial diet to appetite or the same diet without riboflavin or pyridoxine; a further group were pair-fed with those on the deficient diets. In baboons deprived of pyridoxine ...
Excretion of the active principle of of Catha edulis (Miraa) in human urine.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
d-Norpseudoephedrine, a central stimulant present in Catha edulis, is excreted unchanged in human urine. The alkaloid was detected in urine 30-50 min after ingestion of synthetic d-norpseudoephedrine, and trace amounts of ...
Electrocardiographic patterns in normal healthy Zambians
(1975)
Although abnormalities in the electrocardiograms have been described amongst peoples of the Negroid race, there does not appear to be a clear classification of these abnormalities. An attempt has been made to classify these ...
A biochemical study of vitamin B12 deficiency in the baboon.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
A dietary deficiency of vitamin B12 was produced in the baboon by use of an artificial diet. Deficiency was further aggravated by feeding propionate or ampicillin, as judged by serum, liver and brain vitamin B12 levels, ...
Screening For Hypothyroidism In Elderly Inpatients
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Routine biochemical screening for hypothyroidism in 2000 geriatric inpatients proved valuable and practicable and yielded 46 cases (2.3%). A non-specific clinical picture was particularly common, with less than a third of ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome in patients on intermittent haemodialysis.
(1975)
Twenty-three out of thirty-six patients using a forearm arteriovenous fistula for dialysis reported symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome in the fistula hand during dialysis. By contrast with other reported groups of patients ...
Effects of synthalin on mitochondrial functions
(University of Nairobi, 1975)
Synthalin, the decamethylene derivative of diguanide, Full-size image (2 K) has been used in the treatment of diabetes for several years. However, its use has been limited due to its liver toxicity. The present study was ...
Changes relevant to catecholamine metabolism in liver and brain of ascorbic acid deficient guinea-pigs
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1975)
A chronic deficiency of ascorbic acid was induced in guinea pig. The level of catecholamines, copper and the activities of ceruplasmin, catecholamine oxidase, monoamineoxidase and acetylcholinesterase were checked in brain, ...
Prediction of maximum expiratory flow rate from area-transmural pressure curve of compressed airway
(1975)
The site of greatest airway deformation in dog lungs was located during maximum expiratory flow by use of tantalum bronchography, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and airway pressure measurements. A series of area vs. transmural ...