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ANTIFERTILITY PROPERTIES OF SELECTED KENYAN MEDICINAL
(2016-05-20)
It has been reported that many deaths occur in developing countries due to pregnancy related complications as well as during illegal abortions. The abortions are mainly due to unplanned pregnancies that can be avoided ...
FUNGAL SPECIES AND AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PEANUTS
(2016-05-20)
Aflatoxins are a group of mycotoxins mainly produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus mostly on cereals and peanuts. Aflatoxins adversely affect food and feed safety thereby affecting human and animal health as ...
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF NAPIER GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) IN WESTERN KENYA
(2016-05-20)
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) is the dominant livestock fodder in all stall feeding systems in Kenya with other numerous applications. To date, no study in Kenya has been done on genetic diversity in napier ...
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW COMPOUNDS FROM Strychnos henningsii AND THEIR ANTI-MALARIAL ACTIVITIES
(2016-05-20)
Traditional medicines play an important role in the management of common fever associated with
malarial symptoms, particularly in the rural Africa. However, their potential use as sources of
medicines has not been fully ...
MODELING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTROL MEASURES
(2016-05-20)
The lungs are a principal target of HIV-associated complications and persons with
HIV-infection are at an increased risk for a wide spectrum of opportunistic
Pneumonias. In this research an HIV/AIDS and Pneumonia ...
CANCER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ARSENIC, CADMIUM, CHROMIUM AND LEAD EXPOSURE IN FLUORSPAR MINING BELT ELGEYO-MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(2018)
The elevated levels of heavy metals due to the mining activities in Fluorspar mining belt are a cause of environmental and health concern. The study was aimed at determining the concentrations of Arsenic (As), Cadmium ...
INTEGRATION OF Allium cepa AQUEOUS EXTRACTS AND FARMYARD MANURES IN THE CONTROL OF Aphis fabae AND Tetranychus evansi INFESTING Solanum nigrum CULTIVARS IN WESTERN KENYA
(2016-05-19)
The black nightshade, Solanum nigrum Linnaeus (Solanaceae), is a widely distributed tropical plant used as a nutritive vegetable and herbal medicine in East Africa. This plant expresses high levels of secondary metabolites ...
EFFECTIVENESS OF ACID TOLERANT INDIGENOUS RHIZOBIA AND LIME APPLICATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GROUNDNUT IN WESTERN KENYA.
(2016-05-20)
Rhizobia inhabit root nodules where they reduce atmospheric nitrogen into a form available to plants. High productivity of grain legumes depends on effective symbiotic nitrogen fixation through successful legume inoculation ...
ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES AND PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOLANUM NIGRUM COMPLEX (BLACK NIGHT SHADE)
(2016-05-20)
Solanum nigrum complex is a group of plants used as indigenous vegetables and also a source of traditional medicine in Kenya and other parts of the world. There are many species in the S. nigrum complex which include Solanum ...
EFFICACY OF Tagetes minuta L AND Tephrosia vogelii Hook CRUDE LEAF EXTRACTS ON Tetranychus urticae Koch AND Aphis fabae Scopoli
(2016-05-20)
Red spider mites and aphids are examples of agricultural pests which are very problematic to many farmers in Kenya and further Sub- Saharan Africa. Efforts research wise are focused on the bioactivity, application methods, ...