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Reference Intervals for Serum Biochemistry Analytes for Pregnant Mothers of Taita-Taveta County, Kenya 

Gitimu, Richard M; Gikunju, Joseph K; Waithaka, Stanley K; Njagi, Eliud NM (2020)
Reference intervals for pregnant women for blood analytes which are known to change with the trimester of pregnancy are rare. Most clinical laboratories in Africa including Kenya use reference intervals for non-pregnant ...
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Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used By the Marakwet Community in Cherangani Forest, Kenya 

Mutai, Mourine; Njeru, Ezekiel Mugendi; Ntabo, Regina (Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences, 2021)
Since long time ago, humans have used medicinal plants. Currently, many of the contemporary drugs can be traced to plant origins. Human activities such as deforestation and farming risk the availability of medicinal ...
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Variation in Occurrence and Aflatoxigenicity of Aspergillus flavus from Two Climatically Varied Regions in Kenya 

Monda, Ethel; Masanga, Joel; Alakonya, Amos (MDPI, 2020)
Aflatoxins are carcinogenic chemical metabolites produced by Aspergillus spp. of the section Flavi. In Kenya, Aspergillus flavus is the most prevalent and has been associated with several acute and chronic aflatoxin outbreaks ...
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Varietal differences in physiological and biochemical responses to salinity stress in six finger millet plants 

Mukami, Asunta; Ng’etich, Alex; Syombua, Easter; Oduor, Richard; Mbinda, Wilton (Physiol Mol Biol Plants, 2020)
Finger millet is an important cereal that is grown in semi-arid and arid regions of East-Africa. Salinity stress is a major environmental impediment for the crop growth and production. This study aimed to understand the ...
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New Evaluation of Alternaria Brassicicola Isolates against Striga Hermonthica Seeds Emergence on Maize in Kenya 

Reuben, Ogada A.; Njeru, Ezekiel M.; Omari, Amuka; Birgen, Jonah K. (Sami Publishing Company, 2021)
Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth is also known as witchweed, is a highly noxious parasite of cereal in Sub- Saharan Africa leading to enormous economic losses of above 7 billion US$ yearly. Some of the suggested control ...
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Improved Sample Selection and Preparation Methods for Sampling Plans Used to Facilitate Rapid and Reliable Estimation of Aflatoxin in Chicken Feed 

Kibugu, James; Mdachi, Raymond; Munga, Leonard; Mburu, David; Whitaker, Thomas; Huynh, Thu P; Grace, Delia; Lindahl, Johanna F (MDPI, 2021)
Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a toxic fungal metabolite associated with human and animal diseases, is a natural contaminant encountered in agricultural commodities, food and feed. Heterogeneity of AFB1 makes risk estimation a ...
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In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Methanolic Extracts of Caesalpinia volkensii Harms., Vernonia lasiopus O. Hoffm., and Acacia hockii De Wild 

Guchu, Beatrice Muthoni; Machocho, Alex King’ori; Mwihia, Stephen Kiruthi; Ngugi, Mathew Piero (Hindawi, 2020)
Oxidative stress is the result of the disparity between pro-oxidants and antioxidants in an organism, and it is important in the pathogenesis of several degenerative disorders, such as arthritis, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and ...
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Two-tier Witchweed (Striga hermonthica) Resistance in Wild Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) 29Aw 

Dayou, Olivier; Kibet, Willy; Ojola, Patroba; Gangashetty, Prakash Irappa; Wicke, Susann; Runo, Steven (Cambridge, 2021)
The parasitic plant purple witchweed [Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth.] poses a serious threat to cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa. Under natural infestation, the wild pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] ...
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Witchweed’s Suicidal Germination: Can Slenderleaf Help? 

Mwakha, Fridah A.; Budambula, Nancy L.M.; Neondo, Johnstone O.; Gichimu, Bernard M.; Odari, Eddy O.; Kamau, Peter K.; Odero, Calvins; Kibet, Willy; Runo, Steven (Agronomy, 2020-06)
The parasitic plant Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth. is stimulated to germinate by biomolecules (strigolactones) produced in the roots of host and some non-host plants. Non-hosts induce Striga’s suicidal germination and ...
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Physiological and Ecological Warnings That Dodders Pose an Exigent Threat to Farmlands in Eastern Africa 

Masanga, Joel; Mwangi, Beatrice Njoki; Kibet, Willy; Sagero, Philip; Wamalwa, Mark; Oduor, Richard; Ngugi, Mathew; Alakonya, Amos; Ojola, Patroba; Bellis, Emily S.; Runo, Steven (plant Physiology, 2021)
Invasive holoparasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta (dodder) threaten African ecosystems due to their rapid spread and attack on various host plant species. Most Cuscuta species cannot photosynthesize and hence rely on host ...
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