© 2015 Sarah E. Rich

Rebecca Nalubega

RISE Degree(s) 

PhD in Veterinary Medicine from Makerere University

RISE Network(s) 
RISE-AFNNET
Nationality 
Ugandan
Employment 

RISE-AFNNET PhD Graduate (Defended PhD in December 2015; Formal Graduation in January 2016)

Assistant Lecturer, Department of Physiological Sciences, COVAB, Makerere

Research 

Ethnobotanical and pharmacological profiles of Lantana trifolia and Sida cuneifolia used in management of poultry diseases in Uganda

Selected Publications 

Nalubega R, Nyanzi SA, Nakavuma JL. 2014. Comparative study of in-vitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical composition of Sida cuneifolia fruits, leaves, and stem bark extracts. Int. J. Basic. Clin. Pharmacol. 3(5): 781–788.

Nalubega R, Nyanzi SA, Nakavuma JL, Kamatenesi-Mugisha M. 2013. Ethnobotanical uses of Lantana trifolia L. and Sida cuneifolia Roxb. in Mukungwe and Wabinyonyi Sub-Counties of Central Uganda. J. Intercult. Ethnopharmacol. 2(3):155–64.

Nalubega R, Kabasa JD, Olila D, Kateregga J. 2012. A survey of indigenous knowledge on poultry ethnomedicinal plants in Masaka District, Uganda. Res. J. Poult. Sci. 5(2):18–23.

Nalubega R, Kabasa JD, Olila D, Kateregga J. 2011. Antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of eleven plants used as poultry ethnomedicines in Southern Uganda. Agric. J. 6(6):303–9.

Nalubega R, Kabasa JD, Olila D, Kateregga J. 2011. Evaluation of antibacterial activity of selected ethnomedicinal plants for poultry in Masaka District, Uganda. Res. J. Pharmacol. 5(2):18–21.

RISE Degree(s) Completed 
January 2016