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Utilization Of Plant Extractives And Compounds For Sitophilus Oryzae (Rice Weevil) Management
(IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB), 2024-08)In stored crops, Sitophilus oryzae (rice weevil) can cause damage of up to 80%, depending on the circumstances of storage. A vast variety of grains and seeds, including sorghum, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, rice, and ... -
Production And Characterization Of Bioethanol From Cassava Peels
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2024-05)Majority of rural Africans use inefficient energy sources like wood and fossil fuels, which are not environmentally friendly and hazardous to human health. Bioethanol is an alternative clean source of energy that can be ... -
Concentrations of Selected Heavy Metals in Soil and Tomatoes (Lycopersicon Esculenta Mill.) Grown in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), 2024-04)The contamination of agricultural products by harmful heavy metals poses a significant global health concern, with potential links to severe public health issues such as cancer and neural impairment. Tomatoes (Lycopersicon ... -
Effect of the use of inorganic- based photoluminescent materials in solar energy devices application
(World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2023-07-04)The dynamic processes that take place in life require energy. The main convenient source of energy even in living tissue is hydrocarbons. This is due to the high-carbon based energy source that eventually converts fossil ... -
Effect of Doping Silver Nano Particle-enhanced Titanium Dioxide with Organic Luminescent Materials for Solar Cell Application
(International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics, 2023-08)Energy is as an important resource to support and is mainly driven by fossil fuels which are easily available and convenient to use. However, these highly treasured commodities produce exhaust gases that severely damages ... -
Titanium dioxide Ag NP enhanced solid solar cell electrodes for favourable efficiency
(2023-08-29)Population growth leads to a heightened demand for working potential to support modern commercial and residential evolutions. Available conventional energy sources, however, cause environmental pollution and severe health ... -
Plant Extracts and Terpenes with Antivenom Properties
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC), 2024-03-16)Envenoming and snakebite mortality are a significant public health concern in rural tropical areas in developing countries due to limited access to healthcare. Anti-snake venom (ASV) is the most effective counter measure ... -
Warburgia Ugandensis: A Review of Compounds and Bioactivity
(2023-07)Warburgia species (Canellaceae) are traditionally used to treat a wide range of illnesses including stomach ache, diarrhea, abdominal pains, toothache, oral thrush, venereal diseases, cold and cough, fever, muscle pains, ... -
A Review of Chemical Compounds and Bioactivity of Conyza Species
(2023-06)A large proportion of the African population's primary healthcare requirements are still mostly met by traditional medicine. Previous studies have demonstrated the potential of plant extracts disease management. Conyza ... -
Chemical Composition And Biological Activity Of Extracts From Conyza Species
(iosrjournals.org, 2023-04)The genus Conyza (Asteraceae) comprises about 50 species and found in the tropical and warm regions. Extracts from Conyza species have numerous pharmacological applications. The aim of this study was review the chemical ... -
Dietary practices, habits and physical activity levels of the Swahili community, Kenya in relation to obesity and chronic diseases of lifestyle
(2018-11)Chronic diseases of lifestyle like diabetes mellitus and hypertension appear at greater rates in populations which consumed high fat, high calorie diets and engaged in low or no physical activity. Physical inactivity and ... -
Food insecurity, a perceived barrier to healthy eating in the Lake Victoria Region, Kenya: Findings from a qualitative study
(2022-09)Consumption of poor-quality diets was noted as prevalent in the Lake Victoria Region, Kenya. As a strategy to communicate desirable change and promote healthy eating in the region, a 30-member panel of policymakers and ... -
Perception of proposed preliminary food-based dietary guidelines for Lake Victoria region of Kenya: findings from a qualitative study among adult community members
(2022-06)Background: Diets in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya have been described as monotonous, consisting chiefly of starchy staple foods, accompanied by green vegetables and oil. To promote healthy eating in the region, 11 ... -
A Review of Fatty Acid Components in Avocado
(2023-03)Avocado is one of the world's most economically significant tropical fruit crops. In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in avocado as a natural functional food in due to its excellent nutritional value and ... -
Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Ocimum Kilimandscharicum: A Review.
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC).Volume 15, Issue 11 Ser. I (November 2022), PP 05-11, 2022)Traditional medicine plays an important role in disease especially in developing countries. The essential oils of Ocimum species showed anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and insecticidal activities. Essential ... -
Hepatitis E Virus Prevalence Amongst Blood Donors in Kenya
(2022-10-01)Introduction: Hepatitis E (HEV) is an emerging cause of viral hepatitis mainly transmitted through the fecal-oral and parenteral routes. It has greatly affected populations in many parts of Kenya due to declined sanitation ... -
Molecular characterisation of Duffy (FY) red blood cell variants among voluntary blood donors at the National Blood Grouping Testing Laboratory, Kenya
(2022-07)A variant is an alternative nucleotide located at a specific region of a gene. 48 genes encode for human red cell blood group systems. Variants within these genes encode for alleles, which can be highly polymorphic. The ... -
Facile Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solution Using Modulated Cornstarch Impregnated With Triethanolamine as Adsorbent: Sorption Isotherms and Kinetics
(2022-08)Background: The sources of phenolics pollutants in water are mainly pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The compounds are carcinogenic, cytotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic even at modest concentrations. These health ... -
Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Potential Ecosystem Service Value in Mathioya Watershed, Murang’a County, Kenya
(2022-09)Wetlands in Mathioya watershed are declining due to continued alterations caused by human and natural factors. This study assessed the effects of spatiotemporal changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), on potential ... -
Effects of Zeolite X on Dissipation of Hexazinone from Agricultural Waste Waters in Western Kenya
(2013-10)Dissipation of hexazinone in Zeolite X treated wastewater followed pseudo first-order kinetics giving a calculated half-life of 41 days compared to a half-life of 144 days in untreated wastewater. The herbicide degraded ...