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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 ...
INCOMMENSURATE CRYSTALLIZATION OF NEUTRON MATTER IN NEUTRON STARS
(EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 2020)
The composition of the neutron stars from its surface region, outer-core, inner-core, and to its center is still being investigated. One
can only surmise on the properties of neutron stars from the spectroscopic data ...
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 ...
Safety evaluation and antihyperglycaemic effect of root extract of Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) DeWolf in Wistar rats
(Elsevier, 2020)
Local communities living in rural regions of Kenya use the plant, Maerua decumbens
(Brongn.) DeWolf for various purposes including water purification (roots), as food (roots
and fruits) and medicinal (various parts of ...