Infectious diseases are prevalent and life threatening in Kenya. Majority of the sick are seeking herbal remedies in search of effective, safe, and affordable cure. This project aims to investigate the antimicrobial activity and presence of active phytochemical compounds in different parts of Vernonia glabra; a plant used by herbalists in various regions of Kenya, for the treatment of gastroint...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues infecting people causing deaths globally. Although various medicines have been tried to combat with COVID-19, there is no medicine or treatment that has validated yet. People using natural products for centuries against bacterial and viral illnesses. This study aimed test the effects of biomolecule oleuropein, whey collected from industrial waste soaproot extract...

Aristolochia bracteolata L. Ageratum conyzoides L. Calliandra portoricensis (Jacq.) Benth. Curculigo pilosa (Schum and Thonn) Engl. Gladiolus dalenii van Geel. and Securidaca longepedunculata Fresh. form an important part of traditional recipes used for the management of infectious diseases in Ibadan, Nigeria. This study investigated and compared the effectiveness of the six different ethnobota...

Coding sequences for major trichome regulatory genes, including the positive regulators GLABRA 1(GL1), GLABRA 2 (GL2), ENHANCER OF GLABRA 3 (EGL3), and TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (TTG1) and the negative regulator TRIPTYCHON (TRY), were cloned from wild Brassica villosa, which is characterized by dense trichome coverage over most of the plant. Transcript (FPKM) levels from RNA sequencing indicat...