Special Publication

Aspects of African Biodiversity

Proceedings of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network Biodiversity Conference, Nairobi, 10-12 September 2008

DOI: 10.1039/9781847559647
Jacob Midiwo (Editor), John Clough (Editor)
ISBN (online): 978-1-84755-964-7
ISBN (print): 978-1-84755-948-7
Copyright: 2009

Table of Contents

Title	Page
Front Matter DOI: 10.1039/9781847559647-FP001 (142Kb)		Full Access
Preface DOI: 10.1039/9781847559647-FP005 (916Kb)		Full Access
Contents DOI: 10.1039/9781847559647-FP007 (248Kb)		Full Access
Challenges and Opportunities for Africa: An Overview of Key Themes from the Pacn Biodiversity Conference DOI: 10.1039/9781847559647-00001 (2Mb)	1	Full Access
Exploring the Therapeutic Potentials of African Medicinal Plants	8	License Access
Natural Products from Plant Biodiversity and their use in the Treatment of Neglected Diseases	11	License Access
In Vitro and In Vivo Antiplasmodial Activity of Kenyan Medicinal Plants	20	License Access
Anti-Larval Activity of Crude Plant Extracts from Vitex Schiliebenii and Vitex Payos (Verbenaceae)	29	License Access
Natural Products as Leads for New and Innovative Crop Protection Chemicals	34	License Access
Exploiting Phytochemical Diversity to Control Pests of Agriculture and Vectors of Human and Animal Disease	43	License Access
Root Chemicals Could Offer Opportunities for Breeding for Sweet Potato Resistance to the Weevil Cylas puncticollis Boheman (Coleoptera: Apionidae)	49	License Access
The Role of Biotechnology in Meeting the Biodiversity Conservation Challenge of Africa	58	License Access
Farmers as a Treasure Chest Of Biodiversity - The Case of Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench] In Ethiopia, A Five Decade Analysis	65	License Access
Delivery of Appropriate Cattle Genotypes to Eastern African Smallholder Farmers Through In-Vitro Embryo Production Technologies - The Technical Procedures, Prospects and Challenges	84	License Access
Levels of Some Nutrients and Non-Essential Metals in Cows' Whole Milk from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	91	License Access
Water, Water Everywhere and When Found Not Fit to Drink	105	License Access
Foundation for Analytical Science and Technology in Africa and its Role in the Preservation of Endangered Species	126	License Access
Jua Kali Metallurgical Industries as Point Sources of the Heavy Metals Lead and Cadmium to Aquatic Systems in Kenyan Urban Areas	131	License Access
An Assessment of Effluent Treatment to Reduce Heavy Metal Levels in Effluent from a Battery Manufacturing Concern	137	License Access
Spectroscopic Detection of Gaseous Ammonia in the Environment	143	License Access
Jatropha Curcas L. As a Source for the Production of Biodiesel in Kenya	152	License Access
Jatropha Biodiesel as an Alternative Transport Fuel in Zimbabwe	160	License Access
Biomass, Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy	176	License Access
Municipal Solid Waste as a Resource Rather than a Waste. A Preliminary Study of Biomass from Githurai Market, An Open Market, An the Outskirts of Nairobi City	188	License Access
Subject Index	192	License Access