BACKGROUND Senecio biafrae (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant widely used by traditional healers in the western region of Cameroon for the treatment of female infertility. This experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of the aqueous extract from leaves and stems of S. biafrae (AESb) on the onset of puberty and some biochemical and physiological parameters of reproduction in immature Wistar...

The phenological responses of plants to climatic variables are critical for conservation planning; however, it is less understood in an Afrotropical context. Here, we observed how flowering and fruiting phenophases seven indigenous plant species related monthly rainfall temperature 24 months Ethiopia. We employed linear non-linear models test the effects on intensity. results model showed that ...

For most smallholder farmers in Kenya conventional veterinary drugs have become very expensive and therefore unaffordable, causing them to seek low cost alternatives that are rarely documented in most ethnobiological studies. This study surveyed the utilisation of traditional herbal preparations in managing cattle ailments in Central Kenya with the aim of providing a comprehensive ethnobotanica...

Essential oils of eight plants, selected after an ethnobotanical survey conducted in Bukusu community in Bungoma County, western Kenya (Tagetes minuta, Tithonia diversifolia, Juniperus procera, Solanecio mannii, Senna didymobotrya, Lantana camara, Securidaca longepedunculata, and Hoslundia opposita), were initially screened (at two doses) for their repellence against brown ear tick, Rhipicephal...

The conservation of endemic plant species is a major concern, as the are with restricted distribution range. Since in situ alone will not guarantee their maintenance, ex measures must be undertaken to support these species. Investigation impact storage environment seeds gives baseline information. Therefore, this study was conducted investigate effect different conditions (room temperature, 4 °...

The process of surface sterilizing plant materials is a difficult step in constructing tissue culture technique. Nodal explants from potted plants Solanum tuberosum L. grown the screenhouse were given various sterilization procedures before being introduced into sterile Murashige and Skoog (MS) culture. A total 16 treatments performed with varied periods immersion two sterilant successions: 70%...