• Diversity of fungi in sediments and water sampled from the hot springs of Lake Magadi and Little Magadi in Kenya 

  Kambura, Anne Kelly; Mwirichia, Romano Kachiuru; Kasili, Remmy Wekesa; Karanja, Edward Nderitu; Makonde, Huxley Mae; Boga, Hamadi Iddi (African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2016-03-14)

  Lake Magadi and Little Magadi are saline, alkaline lakes lying in the southern part of Kenyan Rift Valley. Their solutes are supplied by a series of alkaline hot springs with temperatures as high as 86°C. Previous ...

• Determination of Cyanogenic Compounds Content in Transgenic Acyanogenic Kenyan Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Genotypes: Linking Molecular Analysis to Biochemical Analysis 

  Ngugi, M Piero; Murugi, N Joan; Oduor, Richard O; Mgutu, A Jalemba; Ombori, R. Omwoyo; Cheriyot, R. Chelule (Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, 2015-09-23)

  Being the fourth most important crop in the developing countries surpassed only by maize, rice and sugarcane as a source of calories, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is doubtlessly a famine reserve crop due to its drought ...

• Impact of Marine Woodborers Dicyathifer mannii, Sphaeroma terebrans and Cirolana sp. on the Mangroves of the Kenyan Coast 

  Bosire, Carren M; Bosire, Jared O; Abubakar, Laila U; Ochanda, James O (International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2015)

  Three species of woodborers from marine mangrove plants at Mida Creek, Tudor Creek and Gazi Bay along the Kenyan coast are identified. The relationship between the borers and the host mangrove plants (Avicennia, Sonneratia, ...

• Barriers to Full Immunization Coverage of Under Five Years Children in Benadir Region, Somalia 

  Mohamed, Abdirisak; Karanja, Simon; Udu, Rahma; Yusuf (ResearcgGate, 2016-09)

  Immunization is an important public health intervention aimed at reducing child mortality and morbidity in line with the fourth goal of the Millennium Development Goals. It is an important means for controlling six ...

• Homeobox Is Pivotal for OsWUS Controlling Tiller Development and Female Fertility in Rice 

  Mjomba, Frederick Mwamburi; Zheng, Yan; Liu, Huaqing; Tang, Weiqi; Hong, Zonglie (G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2016-05-17)

  OsWUS has recently been shown to be a transcription factor gene critical for tiller development and fertility in rice. The OsWUS protein consists of three conserved structural domains, but their biological functions are ...

• 454 Pyrosequencing-based assessment of bacterial diversity and community structure in termite guts, mounds and surrounding soils 

  Makonde, Huxley Mae; Mwirichia, Romano; Osiemo, Zipporah; Boga, Hamadi Iddi; Klenk, Hans-Peter (SpringerOpen, 2015)

  Termites constitute part of diverse and economically important termite fauna in Africa, but information on gut microbiota and their associated soil microbiome is still inadequate. In this study, we assessed and compared ...

• ULTRASTRUCTURAL MICROMORPHOLOGY OF BULBINE ABYSSINICA A. RICH. GROWING IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA 

  Kibiti, Cromwell Mwiti; Afolayan, Anthony Jide (University of Fort Hare, 2015)

  The genus Bulbine (Asphodelaceae) comprises about 40 species in South Africa. Bulbine abyssinica is a succulent member of the genus that occurs from the Eastern Cape, through Swaziland, Lesotho, ...

• Genome-wide association mapping revealed a diverse genetic basis of seed dormancy across subpopulations in rice (Oryza sativa L.) 

  Magwa, Risper Auma; Zhao, Hu; Xing, Yongzhong (BioMed Central, 2016-01-21)

  Seed dormancy is an adaptive trait employed by flowering plants to avoid harsh environmental conditions for the continuity of their next generations. In cereal crops, moderate seed dormancy could help prevent pre-harvest ...

• Potentially beneficial rhizobacteria associated with banana plants in Juja, Kenya 

  Gechemba, Ruth Onchwari; Budambala, Nancy L.M; Makonde, Huxley Mae; Mugweru, Julius; Matiru, Viviene N (Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Science (JBES), 2015-08-26)

  Climate and its changes have a direct impact on the development of the different hydrobiont species. These effects on climatic organisms could be either positive or negative. Every species adapts specifically to natural ...

• Genomewide association analysis for awn length linked to the seed shattering gene qSH1 in rice 

  Magwa, Risper Auma; Zhao, Hu; Yao, Wen; Xie, Weibo; Yang, LIN; Xing, Yongzhong; Bai, Xufeng (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2016-09)

  Awn is one of the most important domesticated traits in rice (Oryza sativa). Understanding the genetic basis of awn length is important for grain harvest and production, because long awn length is disadvantageous for both ...

• Oral Health Status in Human I mmunodeficiency V irus Pos itive Patients Attending Port reitz H ospital 

  Yusuf, Rahma Udu M.; Ochola, Mary Adhiambo; Karanja, S.M (Global Journal of Health Sciences, 2016)

  The objective of this study was to determine the oral health status in HIV positive patients attending Port Reitz Hospital in Mombasa County. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive cross sectional ...

• HYPOGLYCEMIC EFFECTS OF CAESALPINIA VOLKENSII ON ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC MICE 

  Njagi Joan Murugi; Ngugi Mathew Piero; Kibiti Cromwell Mwiti; Ngeranwa N. J. Joseph; Njagi Eliud N. Mwaniki; Njue M. Wilson; Maina David; Gathumbi Peter Karuri (Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 2012)

  Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder caused by inherited and/or acquired deficiency in production of insulin by the pancreas or by the ineffectiveness of the insulin produced by the target cells. Most conventional ...

• Hypoglycemic effect of Helichrysum odoratissimum in alloxan induced diabetic mice 

  Joan Murugi Njagi; Mathew Piero Ngugi; Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti; Joseph Ngeranwa; Wilson Njue; Peter Gathumbi; Eliud Njagi (The Journal of Phytopharmacology, 2015)

  Diabetes mellitus is a disease of antiquity with worrying global incidence and prevalence. Conventional management and/or treatment interventions have been hampered by drawbacks like high costs, inaccessibility, likelihood ...

• Preliminary Phytochemical Screening and Biological Activities of Bulbine abyssinica Used in the Folk Medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 

  Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti; Anthony Jide Afolayan (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)

  Bulbine abyssinica A. Rich. is used in traditional medicine to treat rheumatism, dysentery, bilharzia, cracked lips, back pain, infertility, diabetes mellitus, and gastrointestinal, vaginal, and bladder infections. ...

• Characterization of temperature and light effects on the defense response phenotypes associated with the maize Rp1-D21 autoactive resistance gene 

  Adisu Negeri; Guan-Feng Wang; Larissa Benavente; Cromwell M Kibiti; Vijay Chaikam; Guri Johal; Peter Balint-Kurti (biomedcentral, 2013)

  Background: Rp1 is a complex locus of maize, which carries a set of genes controlling race-specific resistance to the common rust fungus, Puccinia sorghi. The resistance response includes the “Hypersensitive response” ...

• Assessment of Antidiabetic Potential of Ficus Sycomorus on Alloxan-induced Diabetic Mice 

  Njagi JM; Piero MN; Ngeranwa JJN; Njagi ENM; Kibiti CM; Njue WM; Maina D; Gathumbi PK (International Journal of Diabetes Research, 2012)

  Diabetes mellitus is a predominant public health concern, causing substantial morbidity, mortality, and long-term complications. Many of the conventional drugs used for the management of this disease are not only ...

• Antifungal activity and brine shrimp toxicity assessment of Bulbine abyssinica used in the folk medicine in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 

  Mwiti, Cromwell Kibiti; Afolayan, Jide Anthony (Bangladesh Online Journal, 2016)

  Bulbine abyssinica is widely used in folk medicine in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal and toxicity potentials of essential oil, acetone and aqueous extracts of ...

• Lignocellulolytic activities of crude gut extracts of marine woodborers Dicyathifer mannii and Sphaeroma terebrans 

  C.M. Bosire; Laila Abubakar; James Ochanda; J.O. Bosire (International Journal of Biosciences, 2013)

  Marine woodborers have a close association with tropical mangrove plants whereby they voraciously consume lignocellulose and play a role in nutrient cycling. They represent a rich source of potential lignocellulolytic enzymes ...

• Genetic susceptibility to endomyocardial fibrosis 

  Andrea Beaton M.D; Craig Sable M.D; Juliette Brown PhD; Joshua Hoffman; Michael Mungoma M.D.; Charles Mondo M.D.; Nezith Cereb; Colin Brown PhD; Marshall Summar M.D; Jurgen Freers M.D; Maria Beatriz Ferreira MD; Magdi Yacoub M.D; Ana Olga Mocumbi M.D. (2014)

  Background: Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is the most common form of restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide. It has been linked to poverty and various environmental factors, but—for unknown reasons—only some people who ...

• Status of Coral Reef Fish Communities within the Mombasa Marine Protected Area, Kenya, more than a Decade after Establishment 

  Cosmas N. Munga; Mohamed O.S. Mohamed; Nassir Amiyo; Farid Dahdouh-Guebas; David O. Obura5; Ann Vanreusel (western indian journal of marine science, 2011)

  The abundance, trophic composition and diversity of fish were investigated in the Mombasa Marine Protected Area (MPA) on the Kenya coast over a period of four years (2004-2007) sixteen years after its establishment to ...

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