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2017 School of Pharmacy

In vitro Antibacterial Efficacy of Bidens pilosa, Ageratum conyzoides and Ocimum suave Extracts against HIV/AIDS Patients’ Oral Bacteria in South-Western Uganda

Joseph Obiezu Chukwujekwu Ezeonwumelu,, Muhammad Ntale, Steve Okwudili Ogbonnia5, Ezera Agwu,, Julius Kihdze Tanayen, Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Chukwudi Onyeka Okonkwo, Anthonia Shodunk, Ambrose Amamchukwu Akunne, Onokiojare Ephraim Dafiewhare Jennifer Chibuogwu Ebosie, Frederick Byarugab

2017 | Pharmacology & Pharmacy, http://www.scirp.org/journal/pp | Pp. 306-323

The objective of the study was to determine the antibacterial efficacy of Bidens pilosa Aqueous (BPA), Bidens pilosa Ethanolic (BPE), Ageratum conyzoides Aqueous (ACA), Ageratum conyzoides Ethanolic (ACE), Ocimum suave Aqueous (OSA) and Ocimum suave Ethanolic...

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2017 School of Pharmacy

Why regulatory indifference towards pharmaceutical pollution of the environment could be a missed opportunity in public health protection. a holistic view

Pakoyo Fadhiru Kamba,&, Bruhan Kaggwa, Edson Ireeta Munanura, Tom Okurut, Freddy Eric Kitutu

2017 | Pan African Medical Journal – ISSN: 1937- 8688 (www.panafrican-med-journal.com) | Pp. : 1937- 8688

The last generation has witnessed bludgeoning of the world's population, a spike in disease burden, and unprecedented levels of pharmaceutical consumption and production. Unfortunately, pharmaceuticals have left their industrial and household confines and lea...

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2017 School of Pharmacy

Valued experiences of graduate students in their role as educators in undergraduate training in Ugandan medical schools

Godfrey Zari Rukundo Jannat Kasozi, Aluonzi Burani, Wycliff Byona, Claude Kirimuhuzya and Sarah Kiguli

2017 | Rukundo et al. BMC Medical Education | Pp. 17:231 DOI 10.1186/s

Background: In most medical schools, graduate students, sometimes referred to as graduate teaching assistants, often participate in the training of undergraduate students. In developing countries like Uganda, are typically involved in undergraduate training....

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2017 School of Pharmacy

Threats posed by stockpiles of expired pharmaceuticals in low- and middle-income countries: a Ugandan perspective

Pakoyo Fadhiru Kamba,a Munanura Edson Ireeta,a Sulah Balikunaa & Bruhan Kaggwaa

2017 | Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University, PO Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. | Pp. 594-598

t In some low- and middle-income countries, the national stores and public-sector health facilities contain large stocks of pharmaceuticals that are past their expiry dates. In low-income countries like Uganda, many such stockpiles are the result of donations...

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2017 School of Pharmacy

Metabolomic Profiling of the Synergistic Effects of Melittin in Combination with Cisplatin on Ovarian Cancer Cells

Sanad Alonezi Jonans Tusiimire 1,, Jennifer Wallace , Mark J. Dufton , John A. Parkinson , Louise C. Young , Carol J. Clements , Jin-Kyu Park , Jong-Woon Jeon , Valerie A. Ferro and David G. Watson

2017 | Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK; [email protected] (S.A.); [email protected] (J.T.); [email protected] (L.C.Y.); [email protected] (C.J.C.); [email protected] (V.A.F.) 2 Depar | Pp. 2-18

 Melittin, the main peptide present in bee venom, has been proposed as having potential for anticancer therapy; the addition of melittin to cisplatin, a first line treatment for ovarian cancer, may increase the therapeutic response in cancer treatment via s...

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2017 School of Pharmacy

A method for the analysis of sugars in biological systems using reductive amination in combination with hydrophilic interaction chromatography and high resolution mass spectrometry

Author links open oveSamiBawazeeraAliMuhsen AliacAliyahAlhawitiaAbedawnKhalafbColinGibsonbJonansTusiimireaDavid G.Watsona

2017 | WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK | Pp. 75-80

Separation of sugar isomers extracted from biological samples is challenging because of their natural occurrence as alpha and beta anomers and, in the case of hexoses, in their pyranose and furanose forms. A reductive amination method was developed for the ta...

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2017 School of Pharmacy

Bee Products - Chemical and Biological Properties

• Weam Siheri Sameah Alenezi • Jonans Tusiimire • David G. Watson o

2017 | Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical SciencesGlasgowUK | Pp. Pages 211–229

The term propolis comes from two Greek words, pro (which means for or in defence of) and polis (which means the city); thus, propolis means in defence of the city or beehive. Propolis is a sticky resinous substance, which is gathered from buds and the bark of...

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2017 Faculty of Business and Management

Conceptualisation of Poverty and Poverty Eradication Policy Performance in Uganda

Dr. Mucunguzi Abel (PhD)

2017 | IJRDO-Journal of Business Management | Pp. 109-130

The objective of the study was to determine the official and other definitions of poverty that have been used by government and other important actors in Uganda so as to contextualize the official government concept of poverty. This emanated from the researc...

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2017 Faculty of Business and Management

Valued experiences of graduate students in their role as educators in undergraduate training in Ugandan medical schools

Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Jannat Kasozi, Aluonzi Burani, Wycliff Byona, Claude Kirimuhuzya and Sarah Kiguli

2017 | BMC Medical Education | Pp. 1-7

Background: In most medical schools, graduate students, sometimes referred to as graduate teaching assistants, often participate in the training of undergraduate students. In developing countries like Uganda, are typically involved in undergraduate training....

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2017 Faculty of Business and Management

Prevalence and intensity of internal parasites in pigs under indigenous microorganism (IMO) and conventional piggery farms, greater Mbarara, Uganda

Charles Lagu, Morgan Andama, Sang Lee, Mirieom Park, Andrew Ainomugisha, Alex Ariho, Anke Weisheit and Sarah Tusingwire

2017 | Livestock Research for Rural Development | Pp. 1-22

A study on the prevalence and intensity of internal parasites in pigs under Indigenous Micro-organism (IMO) and conventional pig farming was conducted in Greater Mbarara, Uganda. The farmers kept Cambrough, Landrace and Large White cross breeds of pigs. The s...

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