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Physio-chemical properties of five cashew apple (Anacardium occidentale L.) varieties grown in different regions of Tanzania
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2017-11-30)
Cashew apple fruits are deserted by majority of cashew nuts producers despite of being rich in useful nutrients
namely vitamins, minerals and sugar. This study was carried out to determine the physical-chemical properties
of ...
Plague and climate: scales matter.
(PLoS Pathogens, 2011-09-01)
Plague is enzootic in wildlife populations of small mammals in central and eastern Asia, Africa, South and North America, and has been recognized recently as a reemerging threat to humans. Its causative agent Yersinia ...
Phytochemical Analysis of across East Africa Reveals Three Chemotypes that Influence Its Use as a Pesticidal Plant.
(MDPI, 2019-12-12)
is a plant species chemically characterized by the presence of entomotoxic rotenoids and used widely across Africa as a botanical pesticide. Phytochemical analysis was conducted to establish the presence and abundance of ...
Outbreak investigation and control case report of brucellosis: experience from livestock research centre, Mpwapwa, Tanzania.
(AOSIS, 2014-11-25)
Brucellosis screening was conducted between 2005 and 2010 at the National Livestock Research Institute headquarters, Mpwapwa, Tanzania, following an abortion storm in cattle. The initial screening targeted breeding herds; ...
Pinpointing baobab (Adansonia digitata [Linn. 1759]) population hotspots in the semi‐arid areas of Tanzania
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019-11-15)
The impact of unsustainable land‐use conversions, changes in climate and anthropogenic activities on abundance and distribution of baobab populations was assessed in semi‐arid regions of Tanzania. Baobabs were sampled in ...
Pesticide exposure and genotoxic effects as measured by DNA damage and human monitoring biomarkers.
(Taylor & Francis online, 2019-11-18)
Occupational pesticides exposure rises health concern due to genotoxicity and accumulation of pesticides in human biological matrices. Continuous and sublethal exposure to pesticides had been associated with oxidative ...
Nanomedicine: Past, present and future - A global perspective.
(Elsevier Inc, 2015-12-18)
Nanomedicine is an emerging and rapidly evolving field and includes the use of nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of a variety of diseases, as well as in regenerative medicine. In this mini-review, leaders in the field ...
Potential of cooking bananas in addressing food security in East Africa
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2018-10-30)
Banana is a very popular fruit in the world market and serves as an ideal and low-cost staple food in East
Africa whose residents rely mostly on bananas as a source of food. Banana is practically non-seasonal crop
that ...
Potential opportunities and constraints in utilising AVRDC-distributed vegetable seedkit in Arumeru District, Tanzania
(African-American Institute, 2014-05-10)
The vast majority of yield growth in African agriculture to date has been due to improved seed varieties, as opposed to technological improvements in cultivation practices or other inputs. However, the lack of development ...
Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Penned Broiler and Scavenging Local Chickens in Arusha, Tanzania
(Journal of Food Protection, 2016)
We compared the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from household-level producers of broiler
(commercial source breeds) and local chickens in the Arusha District of Tanzania. Households were ...