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Stephen Gitahi Kiama
Affiliation : University of Nairobi · Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies
- 35Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Stephen Gitahi Kiama has 35 indexed publications (1994–2024). Their work appears mainly in “Journal of Ethnopharmacology”, “International Journal of Morphology” and “Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger”. Their most cited article, “Skin shedding and tissue regeneration in African spiny mice (Acomys)” (2012), has been cited 556 times. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United States, Switzerland.
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- Complex tissue regeneration in Lophuromys reveals a phylogenetic signal for enhanced regenerative ability in deomyine rodents
- Traditional medicine in Kenya: Past and current status, challenges, and the way forward
- Complex Tissue Regeneration in Mammals Is Associated With Reduced Inflammatory Cytokines and an Influx of T Cells
- Regeneration-Competent and -Incompetent Murids Differ in Neutrophil Quantity and Function
- Cytotoxic activity of medicinal plants of the Kakamega County (Kenya) against drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant cancer cells
- The legislative and regulatory framework governing herbal medicine use and practice in Kenya: a review
- Mitigative effects of Moringa oleifera against liver injury induced by artesunate-amodiaquine antimalarial combination in wistar rats
- Functional Morphology of the Olfactory Mucosa and Olfactory Bulb in Fossorial Rodents: The East African Root Rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) and the Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
- Comparative analysis of ear-hole closure identifies epimorphic regeneration as a discrete trait in mammals
- Knowledge and demand for medicinal plants used in the treatment and management of diabetes in Nyeri County, Kenya
- Acute toxicity of the aqueous-methanolic Moringa oleifera (Lam) leaf extract on female Wistar albino rats
- Seroepidemiological Survey of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Ruminants in Garissa, Kenya
- Effects of dietary Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation on chicken intestinal structure and growth performance
- A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931–2014
- Evaluation of the use of Ocimum suave Willd. (Lamiaceae), Plectranthus barbatus Andrews (Lamiaceae) and Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. (Rutaceae) as antimalarial remedies in Kenyan folk medicine
- Cross-Cultural Differences in a Global “Survey of World Views”
- Medicinal plants used in treatment and management of cancer in Kakamega County, Kenya
- Anti-Proliferative Activities of Centella Asiatica Extracts on Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells in vitro
- Medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of female reproductive health dysfunction in Tana River County, Kenya
- Skin shedding and tissue regeneration in African spiny mice (Acomys)
- Cytotoxicity of antimalarial plant extracts from Kenyan biodiversity to the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L. (Artemiidae)
- Medicinal plants used in the management of chronic joint pains in Machakos and Makueni counties, Kenya
- Ethnodiagnostic Skills of the Digo Community for Malaria: A Lead to Traditional Bioprospecting
- Comparative Quantitative and Qualitative Attributes of the Surface Respiratory Macrophages in the Domestic Duck and the Rabbit
- Antimalarial herbal remedies of Msambweni, Kenya
- Traditional antimalarial phytotherapy remedies used by the South Coast community, Kenya
- Comparative functional structure of the olfactory mucosa in the domestic dog and sheep
- Effects of opioids in the formalin test in the Speke’s hinged tortoise (Kinixy’s spekii)
- Comparative in vitro study of interactions between particles and respiratory surface macrophages, erythrocytes, and epithelial cells of the chicken and the rat
- Exovesicles from Human Activated Dendritic Cells Fuse with Resting Dendritic Cells, Allowing Them to Present Alloantigens
- The morphology of the pecten oculi of the ostrich, Struthio camelus
- A Three-Dimensional Cellular Model of the Human Respiratory Tract to Study the Interaction with Particles
- Salmonellavirulence factor SipB induces activation and release of IL-18 in human dendritic cells
- Functional morphology of the pecten oculi in the nocturnal spotted eagle owl (Bubo bubo africanus), and the diurnal black kite (Milvus migrans) and domestic fowl (Gallus gallus var. domesticus): a comparative study
- A scanning electron microscope study of the pecten oculi of the black kite (Milvus migrans): possible involvement of melanosomes in protecting the pecten against damage by ultraviolet light.
Publication venues
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology × 7
- International Journal of Morphology × 2
- Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger × 2
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences × 1
- Scientific African × 1
- Frontiers in Immunology × 1
Publications per year
- 20241
- 20202
- 20191
- 20181
- 20173
- 20165
- 20152
- 20141
- 20133
- 20122
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Kenya Medical Research Institute · Kenyatta University · University of Kentucky · Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation · Washington State University
Co-authors’ countries : United States · Switzerland
Co-authors
- James Mucunu Mbaria
- Daniel Waweru Gakuya
- Joseph Mwanzia Nguta
- Peter Karuri Gathumbi
- Andrew Ndegwa Makanya
- Ashley Winn Seifert
- John M. Kimani
- Mitchel Otieno Okumu
- Laetitia Wakonyu Kanja
- Francis Okumu Ochola
- Jemimah Achieng’ Oduma
- Boniface M. Kavoi
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