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John M. Kasenene
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 43
Citations - 1449
John M. Kasenene is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: National park & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1298 citations. Previous affiliations of John M. Kasenene include French Institute of Health and Medical Research.
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On the diversity of malaria parasites in African apes and the origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos.
Sabrina Krief,Ananias A. Escalante,M. Andreína Pacheco,Lawrence Mugisha,Claudine André,Michel Halbwax,Anne Fischer,Jean Michel Krief,John M. Kasenene,Mike Crandfield,Omar E. Cornejo,Jean Marc Chavatte,Clara Lin,Franck Letourneur,Anne Charlotte Grüner,Anne Charlotte Grüner,Thomas F. McCutchan,Laurent Rénia,Laurent Rénia,Georges Snounou +19 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses based on this diverse set of Plasmodium parasites in African Apes shed new light on the evolutionary history of P. falciparum, and indicated that chimpanzees and bonobos maintain malaria parasites, to which humans are susceptible, a factor of some relevance to the renewed efforts to eradicate malaria.
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Medicinal plant diversity and uses in the Sango bay area, Southern Uganda.
Paul Ssegawa,John M. Kasenene +1 more
TL;DR: An inventory is presented for the medicinal plants of the Sango bay area in Southern Uganda, using semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and participant observation as well as transect walks in wild herbal plant collection areas to record plant species belonging to 163 genera and 58 families with medicinal values.
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Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Jane Namukobe,John M. Kasenene,Bernard T. Kiremire,Robert Byamukama,Maud Kamatenesi-Mugisha,Sabrina Krief,Vincent Dumontet,John David Kabasa +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was done to establish medicinal plants used in the treatment of various diseases by the people in the Northern sector of Kibale National Park in western Uganda.
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Novel antimalarial compounds isolated in a survey of self-medicative behavior of wild chimpanzees in Uganda
TL;DR: Bioassay-directed fractionation provided two new limonoids, trichirubines A and B, which may be helpful in recovering naturally occurring compounds of medicinal significance for human medicine.