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SPATIAL VARIATION IN SOME ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY OF Barbus altianalis(Boulenger, 1900) ALONG RIVER NYANDO, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2016)
This study aimed at determining the spatial variation in condition factor and growth patterns, fecundity, gonadal maturity stages and feeding habits of B. altianalis and further correlates its feeding aspects with selected ...
SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT ANALYSIS OF 2015 WHEAT STEM RUST PATHOGEN (Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici); (Pgt) POPULATION IN KENYA.
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
Wheat (Triticum aestivium) production in Kenya is severely hampered by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, stem rust Ug99 and related race group being one of the major constraints. The challenge has been largely attributed ...
ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS OF CROTON MACROSTACHYUS (EUPHORBIACEAE) AGAINST PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (D6) AND PLASMODIUM BERGHEI (ANKA)
(University of Eldoret, 2015)
Medicinal plants have been used to cure malaria and parasitic diseases for centuries. This study was aimed at determining the effects of Croton macrostachyus (Euphorbiaceae) extracts in vitro using chloroquine sensitive ...
INTESTINAL GEOHELMINTH NEMATODES INFECTIONS IN LANGAS PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ELDORET MUNICIPALITY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
The prevalence and intensity of intestinal geohelminth nematodes was assessed among school children in Langas Primary School in Eldoret Municipality. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationships between ...
CULCASIA FALCIFOLIA ETHANOL LEAF EXTRACT EFFICACY AND SAFETY IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY INDUCED BY PENTYLENETETRAZOLE IN LABORATORY MICE
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
Culcasia falcifolia is a therapeutic plant conventionally used in the form of ash in Nandi County, Kenya in the treatment of epilepsy. The study intended to evaluate the antiepileptic activity of ethanol extract of C. ...
THE EFFECT OF SOIL AND CLIMATIC FACTORS ON ANTIMICROBIAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF STINGING NETTLE (Urtica massaica)
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
Emerging multidrug resistance by many microorganisms callsfor exploration of new sources of drug alternatives. Plants are largely unexplored source of drug repository. Medicinal plants have great potential for providing ...
PHYSIOLOGY OF SEEDS OF Ekebergia capensis (Sparmm) DRIED TO VARIED MOISTURE CONTENTS AND STORED AT SELECTED TEMPERATURE REGIMES
(University of Eldoret, 2019)
Ekebergia capensis is a popular indigenous multipurpose tree species valued for alternative medicine, furniture, light construction, poles and tool handles. Production of seedlings of this tree is through seeds. There are ...
ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES, PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND CYTOTOXICITY OF Launaea cornuta, Maesa lanceolata and Bidens pilosa
(University of Eldoret, 2018)
Drug resistant pathogenic microorganisms have become an emerging clinical and public health challenge globally. Medicinal plants contain natural products of therapeutic value to human health due to their antimicrobial ...
GENETIC VARIATION IN GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L) NODULATING RHIZOBIA NATIVE TO PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENT SOILS OF WESTERN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2017)
Soils in Western Kenya are characterized by high acidity with phosphorus (P) deficiency, affecting nodulation and nitrogen fixation of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The objectives of the study were to determine (1) the ...
OPTIMISING A RESTING BOX TO ENHANCE ADULT GRAVID FEMALE MOSQUITOE AUTO-DISSEMINATE LARVICIDE IN A SEMI FIELD
(University of Eldoret, 2018)
Malaria control strategies that target adult mosquitoes are challenged by the emergence of
insecticide resistance and behavioral changes of vectors. The conventional approach of
applying larvicides is limited by high ...