Anselimo O. Makokha

Salt Iodization and Urinary Iodine Concentration Levels among Primary School Children in Mt. Elgon Sub-County, Kenya

Stephen N. Onteri, Anselimo O. Makokha, Beatrice Nyanchama Kiage Mokua & Philip Ndemwa · Asian Food Science Journal · 2021

Aims: Iodine plays a key role in thyroid hormone production and functioning. Inadequate iodine intake results in iodine deficiency (ID) which impairs the normal functioning of the thyroid. The deficiency is responsible for damage to brain development, growth retardation, cretinis...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i130249

In vitro Anti-Herpes simplex Type-1 Virus Evaluation of Extracts from Kenya Grown Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium)

Simon Alem, Festus M. Tolo, Nicholas Adipo, Peter G. Mwitari, Ngetich K. Japheth & Anselimo O. Makokha · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2016

Objective: To evaluate in vitro anti-Herpes simplex type 1 activity of methanol and aqueous crude extracts of pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) plant grown in Kenya. Methods: Cytotoxic effect of methanol and aqueous extracts was determined on vero cells (African green mo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2016/28967