Festus M. Tolo

TL;DR: Traditional herbs used to treat malaria in Meru and Kilifi Districts, Kenya, are supported and their potential as sources of drugs for anti-malarial therapy are demonstrated.

TL;DR: Results suggest that this herbal extract has potent anti-viral agents against herpes simplex viruses that can be exploited for development of an alternative remedy for HSV infections.

TL;DR: A preliminary demonstration of the usefulness of combining several plants in herbal drugs, as a normal practice of traditional health practitioners, when tested in mice is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Results indicate that there is potential for isolation of a lead compound from the extracts of theFive medicinal plant species used for treatment of malaria in traditional/cultural health systems of Kwale people in Kenya and for their cytotoxic effects.

TL;DR: There is potential to isolate active non‐toxic antimalarial principles from these plants, and the results suggest that there are potential to isolated active non-toxic antiplasmodial principles fromThese plants.