Publications by authors named "Julia Kimondo"
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- Infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose a serious global health threat, causing over 700,000 deaths annually, prompting research into alternative antibacterial treatments from Kenyan medicinal plants.
- The study tested various combinations of extracts from Aloe secundiflora, Toddalia asiatica, Senna didymobotrya, and Camelia sinensis against several harmful bacteria, using methods like agar well diffusion and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) assays.
- Results showed that specific extracts, particularly combinations involving C. sinensis, had significant antibacterial effects against important bacteria like E. coli and MRSA, indicating potential for developing new treatments.
Aim Of The Study: Pastoralist communities such as the Maasai are heavily reliant on traditional foods and medicines. This survey sought to identify traditional foods and/or medicinal plants of the Ilkisonko Maasai community living in Kenya.
Materials And Methods: Ethnobotanical knowledge of traditional plants used as food and human/veterinary medicine was obtained using structured and semi-structured questionnaires administered through face to face interviews of key informants.
Obesity and osteoporosis have grave consequences for human health, quality of life, and even the efficiency of the labor force. Interestingly, these diseases share several features including a genetic predisposition and a common progenitor cell. Recent findings show that high adipocyte count in bone marrow is directly related to bone loss, as fat cells replace osteoblasts resulting in reduced bone mineral density and increased propensity towards osteoporosis.
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