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Phytosterols from Dombeya torrida (J. F. Gmel.).
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Dombeya torrida collected from Kinale forest in Kiambu County, Kenya, was Soxhlet extracted with chloroform and by percolation using a dichloromethane:methanol mixture. The extracts were fractionated using normal phase ...
Liquid chromatographic analysis of phenobarbitone, ethosuximide, phenytoin and carbamazepine on a polystyrene-divinyl benzene column
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
A liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous assay of four anticonvulsant drugs, phenobarbitone, ethosuximide, phenytoin and carbamazepine on a polystyrene-divinyl benzene column is described. The method was developed ...
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use
(University of Nairobi, 2001-02)
Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ...
Analysis of Co-trimoxazole products on the Kenyan market
(1998)
The content of Sulphamethoxazole/Trimethoprim preparations were evaluated using the official British Pharmacopoeia method and a liquid chromatographic method. The two methods were shown to give similar performances and ...
The microbial and physical quality of recycled gloves
(1997)
Plastic surgical gloves reprocessed at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) were tested for microbiological and physical quality, using standard, disposable, factory sterilised surgical gloves as reference. The microbiological ...
Steady-state anticonvulsant drug levels in epileptic patients
(1996)
Steady state concentrations of three anticonvulsant drugs (phenobarbitone, phenytoin and carbamazepine) were measured in plasma samples from fifteen patients (eight males and seven females; ages: 13-49 years; body weights: ...
Drug quality control in Kenya: Observation in drug analysis and research unit during the period 1996-2002
(2000)
The Drug Analysis and Research unit received and analyzed 261 drug samples over a five-year period, 1996 to 2000. Samples were received from regulatory authorities, local industry, non-governmental organizations, hospitals ...
Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Investigation of Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis (Urticaceae)
(2011)
Root and stem extracts of Girardinia diversifolia exhibited varying degrees of activity against Bacillus pumilus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ...
Triterpenoids From the Stem Bark of Blighia unijugata Bak. (Sapindaceae)
(2009)
Two pentacyclic triterpenoids were isolated, for the first time, from the stem bark of Blighia unijugata Bak.
The structures of the two compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectral data as friedelin ...