Publications by authors named "Joseph Keriko"
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- Rodents pose a significant threat to humans, prompting the need for cost-effective and eco-friendly control methods, leading to a study on the anti-rodent activity of a methanol extract from a specific fruit.
- The fruit was processed through drying and extraction, with various phytochemicals identified and quantified, while the extract's effectiveness was tested on 25 mice using specific dosages over a week, assessing both toxicity and mortality.
- The study found that the extract contained several phytochemicals and exhibited high acute toxicity, indicating its potential effectiveness in rodent control through the combined action of its phytochemical constituents.
This study was designed to investigate the profile of certain trace elements having therapeutic properties related to diabetes mellitus. The investigated plants were , , , . These plants are traditionally used in the management of diabetes in Eritrea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew antitrypanosomal tetranotriterpenoids from Azadirachta indica.
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med
April 2010
Organic extracts of the leaves of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. yielded ten antitrypanosomal terpenoids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndigenous rural communities in the tropics manage parasitic diseases, like malaria and leishmaniasis, using herbal drugs. The efficacy, dosage, safety and active principles of most of the herbal preparations are not known. Extracts from 6 selected plant species, used as medicinal plants by indigenous local communities in Kenya, were screened for in vitro anti-plasmodial and anti-leishmanial activity, against 2 laboratory-adapted Plasmodium falciparum isolates (D6, CQ-sensitive and W2, CQ-resistant) and Leishmania major (IDU/KE/83=NLB-144 strain), respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe lipid and FA compositions of various organs (light muscle, dark muscle, liver, pyloric cecum, and the orbital region) and of the stomach contents of a highly migratory fish species Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker) were analyzed. TAG and phospholipids (PE and PC) were the major lipid classes in the total lipids of T. tonggol.
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