Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Polyphenols of Ximenia americana var. caffra.
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Phenolic compounds were extracted from the roots of the medicinal plant, X. americana var. caffra, collected from Kenya. The crude root extract inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. -
Effect of plant quinones on insect flight muscle mitochondria
(1995)The effect of four biologically active and naturally occurring plant quinones, namely maesanin, maesaquinone, embelin and juglone on the respiration of mitochondria isolated from Glossina morsitans morsitans, Schistoscerca ... -
Schistosoma mansoni: common antigens on adult worm teguments and cercariae detected by immunodiffusion
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Of 15 serum samples (from patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni) examined by immunodiffusion, 7 gave a positive antigen-antibody reaction with a cholate extract of adult worm teguments. The 7 sera also reacted with a ... -
The effect of inhibitors on the respiration of Leishmania donovani promastigotes from culture.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Concentrations of cyanide greater than 0.25 mM completely inhibited the oxygen uptake of L. donovani promastigotes in culture (108 cells/ml). The Ki value for cyanide inhibition indicated the presence of a single terminal ... -
Haemolytic activity of trypanosomes.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)A homogenate of Trypanosoma evansi obtained by freezing and thawing was haemolytic for rat or mouse erythrocytes in vitro and also in vivo. The active principle was associated with the particulate fraction and was absent ... -
Surface antigens on haemoparasites and their relevance to protective immunity.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Labelling by lactoperoxidase-catalysed iodination allowed the characterization of several antigens on the surface of adult Schistosoma mansoni. These antigens are shed into the medium by the worms and are also present on ... -
Surface antigens on a Kenyan strain of Leishmania donovani.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)The surface antigens on promastigotes of a Kenyan strain of L. donovani were investigated by surface iodination followed by gel electrophoresis. 3 major protein antigens of molecular weights 66 000, 53 000 and 43 000 were ... -
Depot‐medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and risk of liver cancer
(1991)A hospital-based case-control study was conducted to assess the possible relationship between use of depot-medroxy-progesterone acetate (DMPA), an injectable progestational contraceptive, and the development of liver cancer ... -
Condom use during a community intervention trial in Kenya
(2001)We conducted a cluster-randomized community intervention trial at Kenyan agricultural sites to measure the impact of female condom introduction on sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence. We present male and female ... -
Histologic types of breast carcinoma in relation to international variation and breast cancer risk factors
(Wiley, 1989)Associations between breast cancer risk factors and histologic types of invasive breast carcinoma were studied in 2,728 patients. Lobular and tubular carcinomas occurred with increased relative frequency in most high-risk ... -
Donating Human Samples: Who Benefits? Cases from Iceland, Kenya and Indonesia
(University of Nairobi, 2013-01)Benefit sharing involving human genetic resources is an unresolved topic. Some argue that participation in scientific research should always be altruistically motivated, which is how access to human genetic resources has ... -
A decade of surgical volunteerism in Kenya: Impact and possibilities
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Drugs for neglected diseases initiative
(2005)The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) is a not-for-profit organisation with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded by six research institutions and an international humanitarian organisation*, DNDi ... -
Management of bilateral fracture femur with implant failure: a case report
(KMA, 2011)Successful treatment of a fracture by use of implants is a race between rate of fracture healing and metal fatigue of implant used. Implant failure is thus one of the most feared but often encountered complications in the ...
