Tafuta
Now showing items 41-50 ya 77
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS, NUTRIENTS AND HEAVY METALS ALONG A GRADIENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN KAPSABET RIVER, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Increased human activities have led to water pollution, especially metals and nutrients. Therefore, prudent management of aquatic environments require information on their quality status that can be estimated by monitoring ...
DETERMINATION OF DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF FOOD ADDITIVES IN DIFFERENT MEDIA AT 25˚C
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Food additives play a vital role in today’s bountiful and nutritious food supply and their transportation in water is a diffusion process governed by Fickian diffusion laws. The study looks into the rate of diffusion of ...
DIFFUSION OF ASPIRIN-(ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID) BASED DRUGSIN SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION AT 25C
(University of Eldoret, 2014)
Diffusion is a macroscopic motion of components of a system that arises from concentration difference and plays a vital role in drug migration in the bodygoverned by Fickian diffusion laws. This project considers effective ...
SOIL FERTILITY AMENDEMENT USING MOLASSES WASTEWATER AND PIGWASTE AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL CHARACTERISTICS AND YIELD OF COWPEAS (Vigna unguiculata)
(University of Eldoret, 2014)
Soil fertility is the number-one natural resource in Africa. However, due to high soil acidity and low fertility, food production has declined over the last decade. A case in point is in Uasin Gishu County, where farmers ...
DETERMINATION OF POLYPHENOL CONTENT, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, CAFFEINE AND LEVELS OF ZINC AND IRON IN SELECTED COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE BEVERAGES IN ELDORET TOWN
(University of Eldoret, 2016)
Coffee, tea and soya, are widely consumed beverages in Eldoret town. However there is scanty information available on the level of components of these products in the market. A study was conducted to determine the polyphenol ...
HYPOGLYCEMIC, HYPOLIPIDEMIC AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF Polyscias fulva ETHANOLIC BARK EXTRACT IN DIABETIC RATS
(University of Eldoret, 2018)
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been on the alarming rise worldwide and medicinal plants
may play a role in its treatment including Polyscias fulva (P. fulva) stem bark that is
presumed to have anti-diabetic activity but not ...
EVALUATION OF GARLIC OIL EXTRACT AS POTENTIAL PYRETHRUM SYNERGIST AGAINST SIGNIFICANT POST HARVEST PESTS
(University of Eldoret, 2021)
Post-harvest grain loss remains a major challenge facing farmers especially in developing countries. Pyrethrin is natural plant oil that forms the active ingredients of conventional insecticides combined with piperonyl ...
WATER DEFLUORIDATION USING RAW, MODIFIED AND COMBINED SULPHONATED POLYSTYRENE, CHICKEN FEATHERS AND FISH SCALES
(University of Eldoret, 2021)
Adequate fluoride intake is necessary in developing health bones and teeth and for the prevention of dental caries. Too much fluoride intake, however, leads to dental, skeletal and soft tissue damage, an irreversible ...
ANALYSIS OF FLUORIDE AND SELECTED HEAVY METALS IN KALES (Brassica oleracea) AND TOMATOES (Lycopersicum esculentum) FROM HORTICULTURAL FARMS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)
Recently field-grown vegetables including curly kales and endive have been reported to accumulate high fluoride levels in their leaves. As vegetables normally form an integral portion of the human diet, the occurrence of ...
INVESTIGATION OF MAERUA SHRUB (Maerua subcordata) AND YEASTS FROM FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana) FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEAP AND EFFICIENT BIOETHANOL IN KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)
Bioethanol is an attractive energy source in comparison to fossil fuels because it is renewable and environmentally friendly. The first generation bioethanol is unsustainable due to high cost of food crops and causes food ...