Browsing Biology by Subject "Africa"

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Catha edulis (Vahl) Endl., a Potential Natural Remedy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus or a Complicating Factor: A Narrative Review

Tolo, Casim Umba; Lubogo, Patrick; Yadesa, Tadele Mekuriya (Natural Product Communications, 2024)

Catha edulis, commonly known as “Khat,” is a large shrub that is native to the Arabian Peninsula (particularly Yemen) and some African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, and the plant is used traditionally ...
Inventories of natural hazards in under-reported regions: a multi-method insight from a tropical mountainous landscape

Kanyiginya, Violet; Twongyirwe, Ronald; Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace; Mubiru, David; Sekajugo, John; Mutyebere, Rodgers; Deijns, Axel A. J.; Kervyn, Matthieu; Dewitte, Olivier (African Geographical Review, 2023)

Impacts of natural hazards are on an increase globally. To mitigate these impacts, sound disaster risk reduction strategies must rely on comprehensive inventory of natural hazards. However, to date, many regions worldwide ...
Late-Holocene environmental variability at Munsa archaeological site, Uganda: a multicore, multiproxy approach

Lejju,Julius Bunny; Taylor, D.; Robertshaw, P. (ResearchGate, 2005-03-04)

Abstract: Palaeoenvironmental data, in the form of 113 counts of pollen, fungal spores and charcoal abundances, 121 counts of phytoliths and 15 AMS 14C dates (11 macrofossil and 4 bulk sediment samples), have provided a ...