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Antioxidant activities oftriacontanyl-E-cinnamoatesmetabolites from Caesalpinia volkensii root bark extracts
(Research gate, 2017)
Natural antioxidants have been reported to prevent oxidative damage caused by free radicals generated during biochemical processes
and thus useful in prevention of several degenerative diseases. The present study evaluated ...
Effects of Micronutrients on the Nutritional Status of Clonal Tea Replanted in Areas Where Old Tea Was Uprooted
(Journal of Tea Science Research, 2017-03-20)
Tea yields peak is 21-30 years after which yields decline. The declining productivity and moribuncy has been reported in many tea fields due to prolonged period of monoculture under tea, physicochemical and biological ...
Application of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Treatment of Tropical Diseases
(MMU, 2017-01-28)
The use of nanotechnology in drug delivery is a rapidly expanding field. Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary scientific undertaking that involves creation and utilization of materials, devices or systems on nanometer ...
Comparison of freeze and spray drying to obtain primaquine-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles
(IGI Global, 2017-07-01)
The spray drying and freeze drying of various nanosized Solid Lipid Nanoparticle and the physicochemical attributes of the acquired particles were examined. Primaquine loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles dried by the two ...
Recent Influences of Anthropogenic Activities and Seasons on Heavy Metal Distribution in Shoreline Sediments in Lake Victoria Near Kisumu City, Kenya
(Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2017)
The Winam Gulf on Lake Victoria around Kisumu city has seen increase in anthropogenic activities. The activities discharge pollutants, especially heavy metals into the lake. The heavy metals sink into sediments, which ...
Seasonal and Environment Variations of Yields and Yield Components of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Cultivars in Kenya
(International Journal of Tea Science Vol 13, No. 1&2 (2017) : 10-24, 2017)
In Kenya, tea is grown in highlands east and west of the Rift Valley at altitudes ranging from 1300 m to 2700 m above mean sea level. These areas vary widely in seasonal and locational environmental factors leading to ...
Isolation of a new β-carboline alkaloid from aerial parts of Triclisia sacleuxii and its antibacterial and cytotoxicity effects
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-03-04)
A new β-carboline alkaloid named sacleuximine A (1) together
with known compounds palmatine (2), isotetrandrine (3), trans-Nferuloyltyramine (4), trans-N-caffeoyltyramine (5), yangambin (6),
syringaresinol (7), sesamin ...
Clonal Variations in the Response of Hard Physically Withered Leaf to Rehydration Following Long Chemical Wither Durations
(International Journal of Tea Science Vol 13, No. 1&2 (2017) : 72-79, 2017)
Long chemical wither durations and hard physical wither reduce the quality of plain black tea, through reduction in total theaflavins production while encouraging thearubigins formation. Such quality reduction may vary ...
Energy Evaluation and Qualitative Analysis of Biogas Produced from Co-Digesting Kitchen Waste and Cow Dung
(Physical Science International Journal, 2017)
Anaerobic digestion is an effective method for organic pollution reduction and bio-energy production and has increasing applications worldwide. Produced biogas consists mainly of 50–70% methane (CH4) and 30–50% carbon ...
Cyclooxygenase inhibitory compounds from Gymnosporia heterophylla aerial parts
(Elsevier, 2017-06-01)
Gymnosporia heterophylla (Celastraceae) is an African medicinal plants used to treat painful and inflammatory
diseases with partial scientific validation. Solvent extractions followed by repeated chromatographic ...