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Response of Plain Black Tea Parameters, Individual Theaflavins and Yields Due to Location of Production and Clones within Lake Victoria Basin
(International Society of Tea Science, 2019)
Tea (Camellia sinensis) is a major cash crop and leading foreign exchange earner, contributing to poverty alleviation by providing employment and livelihood to many stakeholders in the producing countries. Production has ...
Influence of Geographical Area of Production on the Caffeine and Flavan-3-ol Profiles of Selected Clonal Green Tea Leaves from Smallholder Tea Farms in Kenya
(International Society of Tea Science, 2019)
Despite the use of similar cultivars in the smallholder tea sector in Kenya, resultant black tea quality varies. These variations could in part be arising from the formation of varying quantities and ratios of the black ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC WATER FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
(University of Ibadan,, 2019-09-05)
This study investigates public water facilities in Rural Areas of Oyo State. Multistage sampling was
used to select 144 respondents from 3 Rural Local Governments in Oyo State. The availability,
conditions, access, ...
Chemical constituents of Ocimum kilimandscharicum Guerke acclimatized in Kakamega Forest, Kenya
(Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2019)
The genus Ocimum belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is made of almost 200 species of herbs and shrubs which have potential medicinal properties. The species are native to the tropical and temperate climate zones around ...
Radiation Use Efficiency and Yield Responses of Clonal Tea (Camellia sinensis) to Locations of Production
(International Society of Tea Science, 2019)
Tea in Kenya is grown in the high and medium rainfall areas of the Kenyan highlands in east and west of the Rift Valley, at altitudes ranging from 1300 to 2700 m above mean sea level. Variability in responses of tea genotypes ...
Applications of Active and Passive Sampling Techniques in Environmental Monitoring of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in Kenya
(www.iosrjournals.org, 2019-07)
This study evaluated the efficiency of using active sampling to estimate the environmental levels of bioavailable persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by introducing graded filters. Long-term passive sampling was combined ...
Flavonol glycosides with insecticidal activity from methanol extract of Annona mucosa Jacq. leaves
(Islamic Azad University, Shahrood Branch Press, 2019-12)
Three flavonoids, quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucoside (1), quercetin 3-O-α-Darabinoside
(2) and kaempferol-3-O-β-D-galactoside (3) were isolated from the methanol extract
of the leaves of Annona mucosa Jacq. Their structures ...
Catechins and Plain Black Tea Parameters Variations in Selected Tea Growing Agro-Ecological Zones in Kenya
(International Society of Tea Science, 2019)
Over 60% of tea in Kenya is produced by smallholder tea farmers distributed in the East and West of the Rift Valley. With all smallholder tea farmers using the same production technologies including planting materials, the ...
Toward a size scale-up cold sintering process at reduced uniaxial pressure
(The American Ceramic Society, 2019)
Cold sintering is a low-temperature powder process methodology that enables the
densification of ceramics and ceramic-based composites at significantly reduced
times and temperatures. Although the general notion of ...
Assessment of Levels of Nutrients in Selected ALVs at Different Harvesting Stages and Locations of Production in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review, 2019-04)
Proper nutrition contributes to declines under-five mortality rates and improves the productivity of adults. Addressing nutritional problems requires adequate information on the diets of individuals and populations. African ...