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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC COMPONENT OF URTICA DIOICA LEAVES
(2016-05-20)
Urtica dioica (U.dioica) commonly known as the stinging nettle is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the plant family Urticaceae. The aqueous extract of the plant have been shown to have antihyperglycemic activity ...
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, ...
VEGETATION COMPOSITION, REGENERATION AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES IN WESTERN MAU FOREST, KENYA
(2016-05-20)
Western Mau Forest is located at an altitude of 2,000 and 2,600 m and between the latitudes 00 10’ 46” S to 00 17’ 42” S and longitudes of 350 27’ 05” E to 350 39’ 42” E. It was originally 22,712 ha, but has been subjected ...
DETERMINATION OF DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS OF FOOD
(2016-05-20)
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 ...
AN INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTS OF BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS
(2016-05-20)
The motion of fluid substances can be described by the Navier-Stokes equations.
These equations arise from the application of Newton's second Law of motion to a
fluid. In this study, Navier-Stokes equations in two ...
TAXONOMY AND NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF SPECIES IN THE Vernonia hymenolepis A. RICH. COMPLEX IN TROPICAL EAST AFRICA
(2016-05-20)
Three Stengelioid species forming a complex in the genus Vernonia Schreber. in Tropical East Africa viz., Vernonia calvoana (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Vernonia hymenolepis A. Rich. and Vernonia tolypophora Mattf. were investigated ...
SYNTHESIS OF A PHENYLETHYLTHIOUREA DERIVATIVE AS A POTENTIAL NON-NUCLEOSIDE INHIBITOR OF HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
(2016-05-20)
The emergence of resistant strains of HIV-1 towards existing drugs has prompted a search for new compounds with good antiviral activity and favourable toxicological profile. This work reports the synthesis of a PETT ...
SYNTHESIS OF A PHENYLETHYLTHIOUREA DERIVATIVE AS A POTENTIAL NON-NUCLEOSIDE INHIBITOR OF HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE
(2016-05-20)
The emergence of resistant strains of HIV-1 towards existing drugs has prompted a search for new compounds with good antiviral activity and favourable toxicological profile. This work reports the synthesis of a PETT ...
HEAVY METALS, PHOSPHATES AND NITRATES LEVELS IN VEGETABLES: A CASE STUDY OF KITALE MUNICIPALITY, TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY, KENYA
(2016-05-20)
Effluents released from sewage treatment plant contain toxic metal pollutants whose uptake by vegetables is governed by their availability and concentration in the soil. Therefore such vegetables may accumulate pollutants ...