© 2015 Sarah E. Rich

Catherine Kaluwa Kaingu

RISE Degree(s) 

PhD in Animal Physiology from the University of Nairobi

RISE Network(s) 
RISE-AFNNET
Nationality 
Kenyan
Employment 

Lecturer in the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, University of Nairobi

Research 

Evaluation of antifertility properties of Croton menyharthii and Uvariodendron kirkii, medicinal plants traditionally used in Tana River County, Kenya

News & Blogs 

Bringing Reproductive Rights Back to the Woman

Selected Publications 

Kaingu CK, Oduma JA, Mbaria JM, More SGK. 2017. Effects of Croton menyharthii and Uvariodendron kirkii extracts on ovarian corpora lutea and reproductive hormones. Disc. Phytomed. 4(2): 21–25

Kaingu CK, Mbaria JM, Oduma JA, Kiama SG. 2014. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants traditionally used in Tana River County for management of illnesses. Asian J. Complement. Altern. Med. 2(2):1–5

Kaingu CK, Oduma JA, Mbaria JM, Kiama SG. 2013. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for the management of male sexual dysfunction and infertility in Tana River County, Kenya. J. Ethnobiol. Trad. Med. 119:453–463

Kaingu CK, Oduma JA, Mbaria JM, Kiama SG. 2013. Medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of female reproductive health dysfunction in Tana River County, Kenya. TANG 3(2):35–44

Kaingu CK, Oduma JA, Kanui T. 2012. Preliminary investigation of contractile activity of Ricinus communis and Euclea divinorum extracts on isolated rabbit uterine strips. J. Ethnopharmacol. 142(2):496–502

Kaingu CK, Oduma JA, Kanui TI. 2011. Practices of traditional birth attendants in Machakos District, Kenya. J. Ethnopharmacol. 137(1):495–502

Email Address(es) 
kaingucatherine@gmail.com
RISE Degree(s) Completed 
December 2016