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Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa Water, Bungoma, Kenya
(INNSPUB, 2020)
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43%
of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing ...
2-Hydroxysorangiadenosine: Structure and Biosynthesis of a Myxobacterial Sesquiterpene–Nucleoside
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020)
Myxobacteria represent an under-investigated source for biologically active natural products featuring intriguing structural moieties with potential applications, e.g., in the pharmaceutical industry. Sorangiadenosine and ...
Antioxidant and Free Radical Scavenging Activities of Selected Kenyan Leafy Vegetables
(African Environmental Review Journal, 2020)
Naturally occurring antioxidants found in vegetables and fruits can play a critical role in deactivating free radicals often before they attack biological cells in humans. Indigenous Kenyan vegetables are potential sources ...
Production and characterization of activated carbons from sugarcane bagasse from Chemelil sugar factory, compared with commercial activated carbons
(Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment, 2020)
In Kenya activated carbon is imported yet we have enough bagasse that can be used in its production. The
activated carbon from bagasse adds economic value to the bagasse and the processing excess bagasse provides
for ...
Influence of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Rates and Plucking Intervals on Tea in Peatland and Highland Ultisol Soils of Rwanda: 1 Tea Yields
(International Journal of Tea Science, Volume 15 Issue 1 (2020, 2020)
Tea in Rwanda, is grown in different agro-ecosystems comprising highlands and drained low elevation peatlands. The plantations use uniform
agricultural practices imported from Eastern Africa countries, but without re-testing ...
Influence of Economic Activities of the Host Community and Community-Based Ecotourism Forest Management Models on the Conservation of Masaai Mau Forest, Kenya
(Research Gate, 2020)
There has been a decline in forest cover of about 5,000 hectares per annum in Kenya leading to an annual reduction in water availability of approximately 62 million m3, translating to an economic loss to the economy of ...
Comparative Economic Analysis of Clonal Tea Yield Response to Nitrogen Fertiliser Rates within Selected Geographical Areas in Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TEA S, 2020)
Tea sector contributes approximately 30% of export earnings in Kenya. Despite the industry continuing to realize positive gross margins,
high costs of production coupled with weak trends in export prices threaten its ...
Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Five Plants as Possible Antileishmaniasis Control Agent
(Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research, 2020)
Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem globally and manifests in three clinical forms
including visceral cutaneous and mucocutaneous. Visceral leishmaniasis is fatal if left untreated for
a period of 2 years, ...
Review of current state of knowledge of microcystin and its impacts on fish in Lake Victoria
(Wiley, 2020)
Microcystins are part of algal toxins produced intracellularly within algal cells, being
in the family of hepatotoxic cyclic peptides from various species of blue-green algae.
Blue-green algae are widely abundant in many ...
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 ...