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Prosopis juliflora Products and Financial Performance of Smallholder Farmers in Challa Ward, Taita Taveta County, Kenya

Prosopis juliflora is a drought-tolerant invasive tree species that spreads rapidly and now covers approximately 60% of Taveta Sub-County in Kenya. While various ecological issues arise from the tree's invasive nature, the species also has positive ...
Gladness Wandoe Mwaisaka, Mwakio Mwagandi, Mwamburi Mcharo   +2 more
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Prosopis juliflora (mesquite) gum exudate as a potential excipient

, 2017
Gum exudate was obtained from Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC., which is abundantly available in north-west, central, west and south India. It was analysed for its phytochemical composition in aqueous extract and as well as by LCMS, GCMS, TGDTA and SEM to ...
Sateesh Suthari, Sweta Basu, Boda Ravi Kiran, Majeti N.V. Prasad   +3 more
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The negative and positive impacts of Prosopis juliflora on the Kenyan and Ethiopian ecosystems: A review study

Notulae Scientia Biologicae
Invasive alien species pose a serious threat to the world’s ecosystems and livelihoods. This review aimed to investigate the negative and positive impacts of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC on ecosystems in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Violah KISHOIN, Wycliffe TUMWESIGYE, Benson TURYASINGURA, Wambi WILBER, Petros CHAVULA, Joseph P. GWEYI-ONYANGO, Shuraik KADER, Velibor SPALEVIC, Goran SKATARIC, Lizny JAUFER   +9 more
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Turning Prosopis juliflora invasive biomass into a sustainable adsorbent: Mechanistic and reusability studies for methylene blue removal

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces
This research examined the effectiveness of invasive Prosopis juliflora biomass as a viable adsorbent for methylene blue sequestration from liquid. It focused on characterizing the inherent nature of the adsorbent material, assessing its effectiveness in
Melese Chanie Shumie, Habtamu Hailu, Esayas Alemayehu   +2 more
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Comparative analysis of antimicrobial potential of selected plant extracts against E. coli, Salmonella, and Malassezia

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences
The present study is conducted to analyze the antifungal and antibacterial potential of some plants against three species of human pathogenic microbes i.e. E. coli, Salmonella, and Malassezia.
Umber Gul, Rabia Shaheen, Zahida Nasreen, Aneela Sharif, Amjid Khan, Khurram Shahzad Munawar   +5 more
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Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 6. Prosopis pallida and Prosopis juliflora (Algarroba, Mesquite, Kiawe) (Fabaceae). [PDF]

, 2010
v. ill. 23 cm.QuarterlyProsopis pallida and P. juliflora (commonly referred to as algarroba, mesquite, or kiawe) were introduced from South America to areas in Oceania, Asia, and Africa during the early nineteenth century. In many cases, they naturalized
Gallaher, Timothy, Merlin, Mark
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Spectrometric Detection of Organic Compounds and Toxicity of Ethanolic Leaves Extracts of Prosopis Juliflora [PDF]

, 2015
Spectrometric detection of saponins, tannins and alkaloids in Prosopis juliflora using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is reported in this paper.
J.M., Mbaria, G., Nyaga, R.W., Wamburu, S.O., Rechab, P.G., Kareru   +4 more
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Sustainable biofertilizer production through mitigating the invasiveness of Prosopis juliflora in Fujairah: improving arid soil quality and Medicago sativa seedlings

BMC Plant Biology
Background To date, plant invasiveness remains one of the biggest challenges globally, and none of the suggested methods has shown strong effectiveness in mitigating their nuisances.
François Mitterand Tsombou, Maryam Ali Saeed Mohamed Alhmoudi, Ahmed Mohamed Saeed Ali Alhmoudi, Fouad Lamghari Ridouane, Aisha Adnan Saeed Almatrooshi   +4 more
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Characterization of Anti-Cancer Properties of Qatari Prosopis Species, Prosopis juliflora and Prosopis cineraria, against Human Breast, Lung, and Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines

Background: The Prosopis plant species have been reported for their diverse therapeutic benefits, including anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antioxidant, and anti- tumor properties.
Ahmad, Salma. M. S., Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammed, Saleh, Iman, Shaito, Abdullah, Masalmeh, Maysa. Z., Farooq, Zainab. M.   +5 more
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Distribution and economic analysis of Prosopis juliflora in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2015
Includes bibliographical references.2015 Fall.Invasive species are one of the drivers of biological and socio-economic changes around the world. Over the past 30-40 years, the non-native Prosopis juliflora plant has emerged as a major invader of the arid
Jarnevich, Catherine, committee member, Laituri, Melinda, advisor, Wakie, Tewodros T., author, Evangelista, Paul, advisor, Hoag, Dana, committee member   +4 more
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