Beatrice Irungu

Antibacterial Activity of Pennisetum glaucum Crude Extracts and Pre-purified Fractions against Selected Pathogenic Microorganisms

Hellen Ndiku, Peter Mwitari, Beatrice Irungu & Chrispus Ngule · British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research · 2016

Background: Penisetum glaucum is one of the earliest indigenous food crops in East Africa. Pearl millet contains numerous phytocompounds. Isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from pearl millet and evaluation of their bioactivity is necessary. These will act as...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/bjpr/2016/28434

Evaluation of Antiplasmodial Activity and Safety of Flower Extracts of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, Singly and in Combination with Chloroquine, Lumefantrine and Piperaquine

Godfrey K. Wachira, Francis W. Muregi, Francis T. Kimani, Jeremiah W. Gathirwa, Joseph K. Ng’ang’a, Peter G. Mwitari, Festus M. Tolo, Lucia Keter & Beatrice Irungu · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2018

Objective: To evaluate the antiplasmodial activity and safety of organic and aqueous flower extracts of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium from Kenya, singly and in combination with chloroquine, lumefantrine and piperaquine. Methodology: Antiplasmodial activity of organic and aqueous...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2018/39246