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Peter Mwitari
Affiliation : Kenya Medical Research Institute
- 22Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Peter Mwitari has 22 indexed publications (2007–2025). Their work appears mainly in “PLoS ONE”, “Journal of Ethnopharmacology” and “Open Research Africa”. Their most cited article, “Antimicrobial Activity and Probable Mechanisms of Action of Medicinal Plants of Kenya: Withania somnifera, Warbugia ugandensis, Prunus afric” (2013), has been cited 128 times. 8 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in China, Ghana, Japan, Rwanda.
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- Immunomodulatory effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and the use of natural products to ameliorate its immunotoxic effects: A review
- Antiproliferative activity of Grewia villosa ethyl acetate extract on cervical cancer HeLa cell line: Mechanistic insights through network pharmacology and functional assays approach
- Promising anti-cervical cancer efficacy and phytochemical analysis of Vitex doniana Sweet (Verbenaceae) leaf extracts: an in vitro investigation with molecular mechanisms of action
- Antioxidant, anti-prostate cancer potential, and phytochemical composition of the ethyl acetate stem bark extract of Boascia coriacea (Pax.)
- Network pharmacology, molecular docking and experimental approaches of the anti-proliferative effects of Rhamnus prinoides ethyl-acetate extract in cervical cancer cells
- In Vitro Antiproliferative Effects and Phytochemical Characterization of Carissa edulis ((Forssk) Vahl) and Pappea capensis (Eckyl and Zeyh) Extracts
- Immunomodulatory effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and the use of natural products to ameliorate its immunotoxic effects: A review
- Common biological factors implicated in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer, conventional and phytotherapeutic approaches employed in management: A review
- Anti-Angiogenic and Anti-Metastatic Effects of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Azadirachta indica
- Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity and safety of Rhus vulgaris (Anacardiaceae) extracts
- Ten new glycosides, carissaedulosides A–J from the root barks of Carissa edulis and their cytotoxicities
- Deciphering the targets of retroviral protease inhibitors in Plasmodium berghei
- Total Phenolic Content and in vitro Antiproliferative Activity of Tragia brevipes (Pax) and Tetradenia riparia (Hochst) Leaves Extract
- Secondary bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance among tungiasis patients in Western, Kenya
- Immunomodulatory and anticancer potential of Gan cao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.) polysaccharides by CT-26 colon carcinoma cell growth inhibition and cytokine IL-7 upregulation in vitro
- Antimicrobial Activity and Probable Mechanisms of Action of Medicinal Plants of Kenya: Withania somnifera, Warbugia ugandensis, Prunus africana and Plectrunthus barbatus
- Traditional herbal antimalarial therapy in Kilifi district, Kenya
- The in vitro anti-plasmodial and in vivo anti-malarial efficacy of combinations of some medicinal plants used traditionally for treatment of malaria by the Meru community in Kenya
- Antimalarial activity of some plants traditionally used in treatment of malaria in Kwale district of Kenya
- Antimalarial activity of some plants traditionally used in Meru district of Kenya
- In vitro anti-plasmodial and in vivo anti-malarial activity of some plants traditionally used for the treatment of malaria by the Meru community in Kenya
- The antiplasmodial activity of spermine alkaloids isolated from Albizia gummifera
Publication venues
- PLoS ONE × 4
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology × 3
- Open Research Africa × 2
- BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies × 2
- Heliyon × 1
- Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine × 1
Publications per year
- 20253
- 20242
- 20233
- 20221
- 20202
- 20182
- 20171
- 20161
- 20131
- 20111
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Kenyatta University · University of Nairobi · Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · Egerton University
Co-authors’ countries : China · Ghana · Japan · Rwanda
Co-authors
- G.M. Rukunga
- C.N. Muthaura
- Sabah A. Omar
- Peter Kirira
- Festus M. Tolo
- C.W. Kimani
- E.N.M. Njagi
- Anastasia Nkatha Guantai
- Jeremiah Waweru Gathirwa
- Mathew Piero Ngugi
- Sally Wambui Kamau
- G.M. Mungai
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