Evaluating antibacterial and antioxidant properties of sericin recovered from cocoons of Bombyx mori, Gonometa postica and Samia ricini in Kenya

• Mwangi G. Kanyora ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mwangigeofrey430@gmail.com

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0923-0621

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• Timothy M. Kegode ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Justus Kurgat ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JK, CMT and WA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Harrison Kibogo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• George Asudi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8078-3791

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• Chrysantus M. Tanga ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JK, CMT and WA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Workneh Ayalew ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JK, CMT and WA also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Subramanian Sevgan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Nelly Ndungu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mwangi G. Kanyora, Timothy M. Kegode, Harrison Kibogo, George Asudi, Subramanian Sevgan, Nelly Ndungu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Environmental Health Theme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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