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    • Antiplasmodial potential of traditional phytotherapy of some remedies used in treatment of malaria in Meru–Tharaka Nithi County of Kenya 

      Muthaura, C.N.; Keriko, J.M.; Mutai, C.; Yenesew, Abiy; Gathirwa, J.W.; Irungu, B.N.; Nyangacha, R.; Mungai, G.M.; Derese, Solomon (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2015-12-04)
      Ethnopharmacological relevance Medicinal plants play a major role in many communities across the world, in the treatment and prevention of disease and the promotion of general health. The aim of the study was to escalate ...
    • Antiplasmodial prenylated flavanonols from Tephrosia subtriflora 

      Mutisya, Lois M. Muiva; Atilaw, Yoseph; Heydenreich, Matthias; Koch, Andreas; Akala, Hoseah M.; Cheruiyot, Agnes C.; Brown, Matthew L.; Irungu, Beatrice; Okalebo, Faith A.; Derese, Solomon; Mutai, Charles; Yenesew, Abiy (Natural Product Research, 2017-07-16)
      The CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the aerial parts of Tephrosia subtriflora afforded a new flavanonol, named subtriflavanonol (1), along with the known flavanone spinoflavanone B, and the known flavanonols MS-II (2) and ...
    • Antiplasmodial, Cytotoxicity and Phytochemical Constituents of Four Maytenus Species Used in Traditional Medicine in Kenya 

      Muthaura, N.; Mutai, Charles; Joseph, Keriko; M, Charles; Abiy, Yenesew; Matthias, Heydenreich; Yoseph;, Atilaw; Gathirwa, W.; Jeremiah, N; Irungu, Beatrice; Derese, Solomon (The Natural Products Journal, 2017-01-05)
      Background: In Kenya, several species of the genus Maytenus are used in traditional medicine to treat many diseases including malaria. In this study, phytochemical constituents and extracts of Maytenus undata, M. ...