ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE In Kenya, 22 million people are at risk of malaria, 70% of them are in rural areas and most of these people use traditional plant based medicines to treat malaria. The aim of the study was to escalate documentation, from an earlier study of medicinal plants, traditionally used to treat malaria by the Digo community of Kwale County, taking cognizance of their pharm...

Abstract This study presents the preliminary results of physicochemical characteristics soil taken from slope bio-engineering study. The would be used as a medium for growth selected shrub species namely Strobilanthes crispa (SC), Pseuderanthemum carruthers (PC) , Tabernaemontana divaricata (TD), and Hibiscus rosa-Sinensis (HR). Soil was prepared in 3:2:1 ratio (soil: organic fertilizer: sand)....

Thirty five plants belonging to twenty families were studied for their antimicrobial activity. Among the plants tested, 43 % showed antimicrobial activity. Fifteen plants belonging to 10 families exhibited activity against gram positive bacteria and gram negative bacteria. Four plants namely Azadirachta indica, Garadenia jasminoides, Magnifera indica, and Wrightia tinctora showed an appreciable...