Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Discovery and Development of Antimalarial DrugResistance Reversal Agents
(Frontiers in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery, 2023): Despite the meritorious measures taken to curb the malaria scourge in the last two decades, the drug-resistance phenomenon threatens to reverse the gains made. Evidence of partial resistance against the first-line ... -
Development of a Traceability Model for Geographical Origin of Kenya’s Black Teas Based on Principal Component Analysis of FTIR and UV-Vis Spectral Data
(International Journal of research and innovation in applied science, 2025)Authentic tracing of the origins of black tea is important in the tea market as this helps to extrapolate the quality and thus prices. Tasting on its own can be a misleading test for tea quality and origin tracing since ... -
Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Tomatoes and French Beans from Murang’a and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
(European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, 2020)Poor Pesticide-handling practices during production of tomatoes and French beans pose adverse health and environmental effects. This study was conducted to determine the concentrations of pesticide residues in tomatoes ... -
Heavy Metal Concentration Levels In Surface Waters Of Lake Turkana And River Turkwel, Kenya
(IOSR Journal Of Applied Physics, 2025)Heavy metal contamination in surface waters is a significant global concern, particularly because people often settle near accessible water sources like lakes. This study examined the concentrations of heavy metals in ... -
Heavy Metal Concentration Levels in Some Selected Fish from Lake Turkana, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2025)Heavy metal pollution in water poses a risk to both drinking water and fish consumed by people. This study aimed to assess how various heavy metals are distributed among different fish species. The study measured the ... -
Proximate Analysis and Physicochemical Properties of Oil from Four Avocado Cultivars from Murang’a County, Kenya
(American Journal of Chemistry, 2025)Avocado has a high nutritional value with a high content of unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, phytochemicals, fiber, protein, and minerals such as magnesium and potassium. However, it is difficult to determine the ... -
Optimization Of Ph, Time, Yeast Substrate Ratio And Temperature For Production Of Bioethanol From Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas) Peels
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2025)Introduction: The growing demand for renewable energy has led to increased interest in bioethanol production from non-food biomass. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) peels, an agro-industrial waste, present a viable feedstock ... -
Influence Of Hydrochloric Acid Concentration On Reducing Sugar Yield And Fermentation Ph In Sweet Potato Peels Hydrolysis
(IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2025)Introduction: Acid hydrolysis remains one of the most effective methods for converting starchy and lignocellulosis feedstocks into fermentable sugars as compared to physical and thermal methods. This study determines the ... -
Synthesis and characterization of Ag-ZnO using citrus reticulata peel extract
(Material Research Express, 2025)To minimize the use of fossils fuels, solar cells have been considered to be effective despite facing major setbacks such as its cost and effectiveness. In this research Ag-ZnO was synthesized using Citrus reticulata as ... -
Structural and Optical Properties of ZnO:Al:Ga Co-Doped Nanoparticles: Investigation on the Effects of pH of the Precursor Solution via a Simple Sol-Gel Route
(American Journal of Materials Science, 2024)Zinc oxide (ZnO) has unique properties that are suitable for solar cell applications. However, there is need to improve its effectiveness by incorporating dopants into ZnO structure. This study investigates how pH affects ... -
Green Synthesis of Ga-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles: Effects of Ga Doping Concentrations on the Structural and Optical Properties
(Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology, 2025)This study explores the transformative impact of gallium (Ga) doping on the structural and optical properties of tin oxide NPs synthesized using chemical and green method. The nanoparticles were synthesized at different ... -
Effects of Tin Doping Concentration on the Structural and Optical Properties of Cadmium Oxide Nanoparticles
(Science PublishingGroup, 2025)Wet chemical process was successfully used to synthesize tin doped and undoped cadmium oxide nanoparticles. Cadmium acetate, sodium hydroxide, mercaptopropionic acid and tin chloride were used as starting materials for ... -
Effects of Psidium guajava Extract on Optical and Structural Properties of Tin Oxide Nanoparticles
(American Journal of Materials Science, 2025)Nanotechnology has become the most promising area of research with its application in various fields of science such as solar cell. Metals and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are mainly synthesized by chemical methods ... -
Understanding degradation of electroactive molecules in organic redox flow batteries: Decomposition analysis methods
(Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2023)Organic redox flow batteries have attracted a lot of interests both in academics and industries. Accordingly, many organic materials and chemistries have been studied, providing a solid foundation for development of ... -
Nutritional compound analysis and morphological characterization of spider plant (Cleome gynandra) - an African indigenous leafy vegetable
(Food Research International, 2017)Spider plant is among the important indigenous African leafy vegetables having the potential to contribute to food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of this study was to quantify the ... -
Influence of soil phosphorus fertilizer forms on phosphorus uptake, morphology, and growth of leafy vegetables
(2025)Background Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient that has continued to depreciate in most soils in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly due to adsorption, leaching, and crop uptake. Objective This study was carried out ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Used in the Control of Striga in Maize by Smallholder Farmers of Western Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2014)The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three ... -
Biophysical and farm management drivers of soil fertility under African Leafy Vegetable production small-scale systems in Kenya
(ELSEVIER, 2025)While several studies have examined soil fertility management systems under key food and cash crops in the SubSaharan Africa (SSA) region, there is a knowledge gap on soil fertility management under African Leafy Vegetables ... -
Extent of Heavy Metals Contamination in Leafy Vegetables among Peri-Urban Farmers
(Asian Journal of Research in Botany, 2020)Heavy metals are metalloids of environmental concern, especially in urban and peri-urban small scale farming systems. Plants are contaminated with heavy metals through different pathways, including uptake from soil and ... -
Effect of maize variety and nitrogen fertilizer on striga parasitism and maize yield in western Kenya
(2018)Parasitism by Striga weed is the major cause of maize yield losses in the Lake Victoria Basin. Severity of attack is greater in soils with poor fertility. This study evaluated the effects of two different maize varieties ...