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Memory deficits associated with khat (Catha edulis) use in rodents
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Khat products and chewing practices are common in East Africa, Middle East for centuries with concomitant socio-economic and public health repercussions. We assessed memory deficits associated with khat use in rodents. ... -
Effect of Monocular Deprivation on Rabbit Neural Retinal Cell Densities.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Purpose: To describe the effect of monocular deprivation on densities of neural retinal cells in rabbits. Methods: Thirty rabbits, comprised of 18 subject and 12 control animals, were included and monocular deprivation ... -
Assessment of smallholder adoption of quality protein maize in Kenya: The case of Kirinyaga County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06-30)Low adoption of modern agricultural innovations amongst farmers in Keny a has been identified as the main reason for low agricultural productivity in the country. This paper examines the ... -
Factors leading to slow growth in listed firms on stock markets in the East Africa region: the case of Nairobi Security Exchange(NSE).
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-31)A stock market is a key component of a vibrant economy. It is not only vital to the listing company but to the government too. It is thus, an obligation of the respective Governments to offer an enabling environment friendly ... -
Studies on the hydrocyanic acid contents of some local varieties of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and some traditional cassava food products.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)For a different set of four varieties in each case tabulated data are presented on (1) distribution of HCN in different plant parts, (2) transverse distribution of cyanide in the plant, especially the tuber, (3) cyanide ... -
Cyanogenesis in passion fruit. I. Detection and quantification of cyanide in passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) at different stages of fruit development.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Data are presented on the cyanide content of passion fruits at 5 stages of ripeness from young to ripe (fallen and wrinkled). The cyanide content declined progressively during ripening and that of fresh ripe fruits was far ... -
Visceral leishmaniasis animal reservoirs in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1978)Cultures for leishmaniae were made from the tissues of animals in the Baringo and West Pokot districts of Kenya where kala azar is endemic. 219 lizards were examined and 59 were positive. 27 gerbils (Tatera robusta) and ... -
Positive α1-Foetoprotein Tests in Pyridoxine Deprived Baboons: Relevance to Liver Carcinoma in Africans
(University of Nairobi, 1970)A PREVIOUS report1 has described significant histological changes occurring in the livers of baboons that had been deprived of pyridoxine for periods of five months to three years. It was suggested that these changes might ... -
Eb-virus associated serology in malignant disease: antibody levels to viral capsid antigens (vca), membrane antigens (ma) and early antigens (ea) in patients with various neoplastic conditions
(University of Nairobi, 1972)Two hundred and forty-nine sera derived from African donors suffering from a variety of malignant diseases were examined for EBV-related antibody levels. When divided into three major subgroups (lymphoproliferative tumours, ... -
Physicochemical characters of a ribonucleoprotein fragment extracted from rat brain, and their modification due to either environmental or chemical influence
(University of Nairobi, 1974-12)A soluble, homogeneous ribonucleoprotein (RNP) fragment was extracted from rat brain. The chemical structure and the conformation of this fragment were affected by environmental conditions or by the administration of ... -
Interaction of chloropromazine with adrenochrome and interference of a possible endogenous psychotogenic agent with some synaptic enzyme activities
(University of Nairobi, 1972)Chloropromazine is able to interact with adrenochrome yielding a complex more stable than the acetylcholine-adrenochrome complex postulated as the endo-genous psychotogenic agent in mental illness. The toxicity of the ... -
Liver disease in early life in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1976)A survey of significant pathological abnormalities of liver in the first two decades of life is presented; this is based on biopsy and autopsy specimens received in the histopathology service in Nairobi over five years. ... -
Hepatitis B antigen in a rural community in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1973)A random survey of hepatitis B antigen in a rural community in Kenya is reported. The results showed the development of antigenaemia during the third year of life. The highest prevalence was around 14 years and thereafter ... -
Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in Kenyans with chronic liver disease
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Fifty Kenyan patients with chronic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma were tested for hepatitis B surface antigenaemia by radioimmunoassay. The hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in 77% of the patients with ... -
Hepatitis-b antigen in colony mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 1973)Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were fed on or inoculated with blood or serum positive for hepatitis-B antigen (HBAg) or allowed to feed on the arm of an HBAg carrier. Pools of mosquitoes were tested by radioimmunoassay at intervals ... -
The coagulation and fibrinolytic properties of peritoneal and venous blood in patients with ruptured ectopic pregnancy
(University of Nairobi, 1973)The coagulation and fibrinolytic properties of peritoneal and venous blood were studied in ten African patients with ruptured ectopic pregnancy. The peritoneal blood showed marked depletion of coagulation factors and the ... -
Dysfibrinogenaemia and Primary Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma
(University of Nairobi, 1976)The mechanisms of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis have been evaluated in 28 black adult Africans with primary hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC). A characteristic pattern of abnormalities has been defined. Dysnbrinogenaemia ... -
Clonal Origin of Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
(University of Nairobi, 1973-08)BONE-marrow cells from the majority of patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia have a specific and characteristic aberration of chromosome 22, called the Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosome.1 This abnormality, which may be ... -
The Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolytic Enzyme Systems in Healthy Adult Africans and Europeans — A Comparative Study
(University of Nairobi, 1973-05)In a comparative study of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis in healthy adult East Africans and Europeans, the Europeans were found to have some evidence of a relatively hypercoagulable state, and the European male had ... -
Acute Leukaemia in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1972-10)Acute leukaemia is not as uncommon in equatorial East Africa as has until recently been believed. The acute myelogenous variety is disproportionately common in children and has an unusually frequent chloromatous presentation. ...