Author:Adeleke, Oluwatoyin A; Monama, Nkwe O; Tsai, PC; Sithole, Happy M; Michniak-Kohn, BBDate:Dec 2015To date, effective treatment, prophylaxis, and control of tuberculosis (TB) infection is mainly dependent on the use of drugs. However, patient noncompliance with prescribed anti-TB treatment schemes remains a major problem confronting ...Read more
Author:Moolman, FS; Meunier, M; Labuschagne, Philip W; Truter, PADate:25 Jul 2005The CSIR has developed a novel oxygen barrier technology for plastics packaging based on interpolymer complex formation between PVOH (polyvinyl alcohol) and PMVE-MA (poly(methyl vinyl ether-co-maleic acid)). As interpolymer complexation ...Read more
Author:Marondedze, EF; Govender, Krishna; Govender, PPDate:Jan 2020Timely and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major challenge in the medical arena. β-amyloid (Aβ) imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography require the use ...Read more
Author:Tolufashe, FF; Lawal, MM; Govender, Krishna K; Shode, FO; Singh, TDate:Mar 2021A group of bioactive compounds known as triterpenoids, which are often found in plant materials, have been tested to possess nutritional and pharmaceutical activity. These plant components are referred to as nutraceuticals, and are used as ...Read more
Author:Sayle, TXT; Caddeo, F; Monama, Nkwe O; Kgatwane, KM; Ngoepe, PE; Sayle, DCDate:2015Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the charging of Li2MnO3 reveal that the reason nanocrystalline-Li2MnO3 is electrochemically active, in contrast to the parent bulk-Li2MnO3, is because in the nanomaterial the tunnels, in which the Li ...Read more
Author:Netshisaulu, TT; Chadwick, AV; Ngoepe, PE; Catlow, CRADate:19 Oct 2005Mixed-cation superionic fluorites are exceptionally good F- ion conductors due to the mixed nature of the cation sublattice. In this study, the authors used the extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to gain insights ...Read more