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Trace Elements in Crustaceans, Mollusks and Fish in the Kenyan Part of Lake Victoria: Bioaccumulation, Bioindication and Health Risk Analysis
(Springer US, 2020-02-04)
This is the first comprehensive report on the accumulation of Cr, Ni, As, and Ag in the fish species Nile tilapia Oreochromis
niloticus and Nile perch Lates niloticus from Lake Victoria, complemented with recent data on ...
Nitrogenous Fertilizer Rates and Plucking Intervals Effects on Soil Organic Carbon, pH and Tea Yields and Their Relationships in Eastern Africa Tea Growing Regions
(International Society of Tea Science, 2020)
Eastern Africa tea grows in high rainfall areas where nutrients depletion through leaching, and surface run-off can be high, in addition to removal with crop. Nutrients replenishment through fertilizer applications is ...
Microplastics as Emerging Contaminants: Occurrence, Toxicology, and Analysis
(IG1 Global publishers of timely knowledge, 2020)
The ever-increasing production of plastics and concomitant poor plastic waste disposal systems explain the recent rising concerns over the occurrence of microplastics in freshwater resources. Microplastics are presently ...
Structural, Magnetic And Electronic Properties Of NbN Polymorphs By Ab-Initio Study
(2020)
The structural, electronic and
magnetic properties of NbN are studied by ab initio method by considering the four polymorphs
{B1 (rock salt), B4 (wurtzite), B81 (NiAs) and Bh
(WC-type)} of NbN. The results show that ...
Covid-19 Evolution: Analysis of Public Health Countermeasures in Kenya.
(Research gate, 2020)
Millions of people across the globe are currently at a risk of infection of SARS-Cov-2,
have been infected and others have died. The coronavirus has spread worldwide despite
the multiple countermeasures to limits its ...
Phytochemistry and insecticidal activity of Annona mucosa leaf extracts against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
ABSTRACT
A new oleanane type triterpene characterized as 3a, 24-diacetoxy12-oleanene
(1) together with known compounds 2-10, were
isolated from Annona mucosa leaf extracts. Their structural elucidation
was accomplished ...
Water Quality of Selected Fishing Beaches of Lake Victoria Kenyan Gulf
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-01-06)
Lake Victoria the second largest fresh water body in the world located in East Africa is a shared resource between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and enjoys a wide range of streams and rivers from as far as Burundi and Rwanda. ...
Sources, distribution, and risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides in Nairobi City, Kenya. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 96, 178–185
(Elsevier, 2020)
The distribution and sources of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in air and surface waters were monitored in Nairobi City using triolein-filled semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs). The SPMDs were extracted by dialysis ...
Distribution of arsenic, silver, cadmium, lead and other trace elements in water, sediment and macrophytes in the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria: spatial, temporal and bioindicative aspects
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020-01)
This is the first detailed report on the distribution of Ni, As, Sr and Ag in water, sediments and macrophytes from Lake Victoria,
complemented with recent data on the heavy metals Cr, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb. The study was ...
Phytochemistry and insecticidal activity of Annona mucosa leaf extracts against Sitophilus zeamais and Prostephanus truncatus
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
A new oleanane type triterpene characterized as 3a, 24-diacetoxy 12-oleanene (1) together with known compounds 2-10, were
isolated from Annona mucosa leaf extracts. Their structural eluci dation was accomplished using ...