Browsing by Author "Njagi, Eliud N."
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Anti-plasmodial Activity of Some Kenyan Medicinal Plant Extracts Singly and in Combination with Chloroquine
Muregi, F.W.; Chhabra, S.C.; Njagi, Eliud N.; Lang’at, C.; Njue, Wilson N.; Orago, A.S.; Omar, S.A.; Ndiege, I.O. (Wiley InterScience, 2004)Sixty organic and aqueous extracts of eleven plants used for the control of malaria by local communities in Kisii District, Kenya were screened for in vitro anti-plasmodial activity. The plants selection was based on ... -
Antiplamodial Activity of some Kenyan medicinal plant extracts singly and in combination with Chloroquine
Muregi, F.W.; Chabbra, S.C.; Njue, Wilson N.; Njagi, Eliud N.; Langa’t, C.; Ndiege, I.O. (2004)Sixty organic and aqueous extracts of eleven plants used for the control of malaria by local communities in Kisii District, Kenya were screened for in vitro anti-plasmodial activity. The plants selection was based on ... -
Hypoglycemic Activity of Some Kenyan Plants Traditionally used to Manage Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern Province
Piero, Ngugi M.; Joan, Murugi N.; Kibiti, Cromwell M.; Ngeranwa, Joseph; Njue, Wilson N.; Maina, Daniel N.; Gathumbi, Peter; Njagi, Eliud N. (2011)In this study five aqueous extracts; Bidens pilosa, Strychnos henningsii, Aspilia pluriseta, Catha edulis and Erythrina abyssinica were screened for anti-diabetic activity and their in vivo safety evaluated. The anti-diabetic ... -
Hypoglycemic effect of Helichrysum odoratissimum in alloxan induced diabetic mice
Njagi, J.M.; Ngugi, Mathew P.; Kibiti, Cromwell M.; Ngeranwa, Joseph; Njue, Wilson N.; Gathumbi, Peter; Njagi, Eliud N. (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 ... -
In vitro antiplasmodial activity of some plants used in Kisii, Kenya against Malaria and their chloroquine potentiative effects.
Muregi, F.W.; Chhabra, S.C.; Njagi, Eliud N.; Lang’at-Thoruwa, C.; Njue, Wilson N.; Ndiege, I.O. (2003)Fifty-five organic and aqueous extracts of 11 plants used in malaria therapy in Kisii District, Kenya were tested in vitro against chloroquine (CQ)-sensitive and resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Of the plants ... -
Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment
Kihara, Jimmy H.; Njagi, Eliud N.; Kenya, Eucharia U.; Mwanje, Marium T.; Odek, Adel E.; van Dam, Govert; Kahama, Anthony I.; Ouma, John (2009-08)Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) secreted in urine can be assayed to determine egg tissue load and hence morbidity in infected individuals. A cohort of 158 infected children aged 4-18 years was followed-up ...