dc.contributor.author | Kinyari, TN | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-25T12:01:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-25T12:01:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.citation | T. N. Kinyari , E. White, A. Sharma, M. Morris, E. A. Bukusi, A.S. Meier, C. Farqhuar, E. N. Ngugi, C.R. Cohen. The relationship between sexual partnerships characteristics and condom use among young female sex workers in Nairobi , Kenya (Manuscript under, TERESA, DR. MWENDWA KINYARI , J.Amer.Mosq.Control Assoc. 4,442-447, (1988) copy at http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/tmwendwa/publications/t-n-kinyari-e-white-sharma-m-morris-e-bukusi-meier-c-farqhuar-e-n-ngugi-cr-coh | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25754 | |
dc.description.abstract | Hydro-distilled volatile oils from the leaves of Ocimum gratissimum L. (Lamiaceae) from Meru district in Eastern Kenya were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and also evaluated for antimicrobial activity. The oil was dominated by monoterpens which accounted for 92.48%. This monoterpene fraction was characterized by a high percentage of eugenol (68.8%). The other major monoterpenes were methyl eugenol (13.21%), cis-ocimene (7.47%), trans-ocimene (0.94%), β-pinene (1.10%) and camphor (0.95%). The sesquiterpenes present in fairly good amounts were germacrene D (4.25%) and trans-caryophyllene (1.69%). The minor sesquiterpenes were α-farnesene (0.85%) and β-bisabolene (0.74%). The antimicrobial activities of the essential oils were evaluated against both Gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus spp.) and Gram negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosae, Salmonella typhi, Klebisiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis) bacteria and a pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. The oil had pronounced antibacterial and antifungal activities on all the microbes. | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | The relationship between sexual partnerships characteristics and condom use among young female sex workers in Nairobi , Kenya (Manuscript under | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |