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Risk of Fungi Associated with Aflatoxin and Fumonisin in Medicinal Herbal Products in the Kenyan Market
(The Scientific World Journal, 2017-08-08)
Utilization of herbal products is a major concern due to the possibility of contamination by toxigenic fungi that are mycotoxin producers such as Aspergillus species during processing and packaging. Research was carried ...
Antibacterial Activities of Selected Medicinal Plants from Nandi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Microbiol, 2021-01)
Medicinal plants are used by the local people to treat different human diseases since time immemorial. The efficacy of most of these plants has not been determined. The present study was therefore conducted at Nandi County ...
Protective effect of Spirulina platensis extract on aflatoxin B1 immunotoxicities in mice
(The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2023-02-28)
Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus are the main Aspergillums species that form aflatoxins.
Aflatoxins are hepatotoxic, teratogenic, carcinogenic and immunosuppressive. This study aimed to
assess Spirulina ...
Ethnomedicinal uses of stingless bee honey among native communities of Baringo County, Kenya
(Scientific African, 2022-08-02)
Stingless bees live in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, however, stingless bee honey and other products have traditionally been used in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world to treat various ...
Antiplasmodial prenylated flavanonols from Tephrosia subtriflora
(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 ...
Antibacterial Activities Investigation of Leaucas calostachys Root Extracs Asian Journal of Plant Sciences
(Science alert, 2021-05)
Background and Objective: Traditional healers have long used plants to treat bacterial infections caused by resistant bacteria. Hence, there is an increased interest in the ethnopharmacological approach to identify new ...
Therapeutic uses of stingless bee honey by traditional medicine practitioners in Baringo County, Kenya
(Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, 2022-12)
African traditional medicine knowledge, skills and practices have often been passed verbally from the
older generation to the younger generation. However, the current traditional medicine practitioners
(TMPs) are rapidly ...
Antiplasmodial, Cytotoxicity and Phytochemical Constituents of Four Maytenus Species Used in Traditional Medicine in Kenya
(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. ...
Antibacterial Activities Investigation of Leucas calostachys Root Extracts
(asian journal of plant sciences, 2021-03)
Background and Objective: Traditional healers have long used plants to treat bacterial infections caused by resistant bacteria. Hence, there is an increased interest in the ethnopharmacological approach to identify new ...
PHYTOCHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS FOUND IN KAPTUMO DIVISION IN NANDI COUNTY, KENYA
(WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, 2016-03-02)
Medicinal plants are widely used by the traditional healers to prevent
or treat various human diseases since time immemorial due to the
chemical substances found in them. The phytochemical constituents of
most of these ...