Member Profile
Membership type: full
Elizabeth Odongo
Country of origin: Kenya Currently in: Kenya, Nairobi General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2016 Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences2013 Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Antibacterial medicinal plants
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Elizabeth Odongo, Nelly Mungai, Peggoty Mutai, Esther Karumi, Julius Mwangi, Faith Okalebo, Julia Kimondo, Joseph Omale, and Juma Simiyu. Antioxidant and anti- inflammatory activities of selected medicinal plants from western Kenya. African Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2017. 6(4): 178-182
2. Elizabeth Odongo, Nelly Mungai, Peggoty Mutai, Esther Karumi, Julius Mwangi and Joseph Omale. Ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used in Kakamega County, Western Kenya. Applied Medical Research 2018. 4(2): 22-40
3. Joseph Mbinji Omale, Peggoty Mutai, Peter Njogu, Nillian Mukungu, Julius Mwangi, Elizabeth Odongo. Ethnobotanical survey of antimicrobial medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in western Kenya. Applied Medical Research 2020. 7(1): 6-25
4. Odongo EA, Mutai PC, Amugune BK, Mungai NN. A Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants of Kenya used in the Management of Bacterial Infections. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022 Mar 24;2022:9089360
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching
Workshop and Conference Attended
2016 Western Cape, South Africa The Third H3D symposium on Malaria, Tuberculosis and Neglected Tropical diseases: progress in drug discovery and development2012 Kenya Personal branding and placement of biochemists in Kenya
