• EFFECTIVENESS OF BAOBAB-PEARL MILLET BLEND ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY OF WOMEN AGED 40-65 YEARS IN KITUI COUNTY, KENYA 

  Immaculate, Kieti (Technical University of Kenya, 2024-03-01)

  Osteoporosis is a condition marked by low bone mass and bone tissue loss, which makes a person weak and frail. Osteoporosis, one of the most incapacitating diseases of older people, increases the risk of bone fractures, ...
• TOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SODIUM METABISULFITE AND MITIGATION OF ITS EFFECTS BY STANDARDIZED Ginkgo biloba EXTRACT (EGb-761) IN A MOUSE MODEL 

  Wairimu, Nancy (2023-11-01)

  Sodium metabisulfite (SMB), is a biocide and antioxidant agent generally used as a preservative in food and beverage industries, but can oxidize to harmful sulfite radicals. A standardized Ginkgo biloba (EGb-761) is well ...
• PUTATIVE EFFECTS OF CYANOCOBALAMIN IN THE REGULATION OF INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EVENTS DURING SEVERE STAGE OF HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS 

  Oula, James (2023-11-01)

  Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by T. b. rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense, with tsetse fly (Glossina spp) being the known vector. T. b. rhodesiense causes acute form of HAT in ...
• THE IMPACT OF SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI ON DISEASE SEVERITY OF SECONDARY INFECTION WITH TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE IN A MOUSE MODEL 

  MITALO, NANCY (2023-11-01)

  Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Schistosomiasis are neglected parasitic diseases found in the African continent. There’s paucity of data on the outcome during co-infection of S. mansoni and Trypanosoma brucei ...
• OUTCOME OF CHRONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN REGULATION OF MALARIA DISEASE SEVERITY AND PATHOLOGICAL EVENTS IN A MOUSE MODEL 

  MUGANDA, ANDREW (Technical University of Kenya, 2022-05-01)

  First, I wish to thank the Almighty God for the strength, good health, and focus for making this journey possible. Special thanks to my supervisors Dr. Edward Okonjo, Dr. James Nyabuga and Prof. Dorcas Yole, for the excellent ...
• THE ROLE OF KHAT IN EXACERBATING MANGANESE-INDUCED DELETERIOUS EFFECTS AND PUTATIVE RESCUE BY COENZYME-Q10 IN A MOUSE MODEL 

  WEKESA, KENNEDY CHEPUKOSI (Technical University of Kenya, 2022-06)

  ABSTRACT Khat, a plant containing phytochemicals that act as psychostimulants is widely grown and used in Kenya and East Africa. It contains amphetamine-like chemicals, cathine and cathinone, largely responsible for ...
• PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY AND TOXIGENIC POTENTIAL OF FUSARIUM SPECIES IN WHEAT AND LEVELS OF DEOXYNIVALENOL AND FUMONISINS IN MARKET WHEAT PRODUCTS, KENYA 

  OTIENO, PHANICE KHESELI (Technical University of Kenya, 2023-11)

  ABSTRACT In Kenya, wheat is the second most consumed cereal grain after maize and provides nutrition for about 50% of the world's population. However, production of the grain often faces setbacks occasioned by fungal ...
• ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LACTOBACILLUS AND WEISSELLA STRAINS FROM KIMERE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PROBIOTIC YOGHURT FOR AFLATOXIN B1 CONTROL 

  NDUTI, NICHOLAS NDARU (Technical University of Kenya, 2022-01)

  In Kenya, maize is an important staple food. Unfortunately, household maize is generally spoilt by fungi whose mycotoxin metabolites have been found to cause adverse effect to animal and human health. The study had four ...
• APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS IN AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS ANTIVIRAL DEVELOPMENT 

  KINYANYI, DICKSON BENNET (Technical University of Kenya, 2022-07)

  African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal hemorrhagic disease of domesticated pigs that is caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV). This disease poses a threat to food security thus leading to economic losses. Presently, ...
• THE ROLE OF COENZYME-QlO IN THE REGULATION OF ThTFLAMMATORY IMMUNE RESPONSES DURING EXPERIMENTAL CEREBRAL MALARIA IN MICE 

  NYARIKI, JAMES NYABUGA (TUK, 2019-06)

  Cerebral Malaria (CM) is a form of malaria that causes a complex neurological syndrome, whose ~ology is mediated by severe inflammatory processes triggered by the immune system of the : 5t following infection with Plasmodium ...

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