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Accelerated approach of discovering plant derived drug leads for treatment of TB

Author: Naidoo, Dashnie ; Maharaj, VJ ; Moodley, N ; Sewnarain, P ; Ndlebe, VJ Date: Jun 2010 The research conducted by the Bioprospecting group to identify TB drug leads using the accelerated approach will be outlined. The Bioprospecting platform in collaboration with the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI) has established ... Read more
Antidiabetic screening and scoring of eleven plants traditionally used in South Africa

Author: Van de Venter, M ; Roux, S ; Bungu, LC ; Louw, J ; Crouch, NR ; Grace, OM ; Maharaj, V ; Pillay, P ; Sewnarian, P ; Bhagwandin, N ; Folb, P Date: Sep 2008 The aim of the paper is to investigate the traditional antidiabetic uses of indigenous or naturalised South African plants using an optimised screening and scoring method. Eleven plant species were screened against Chang liver, 3T3-L1 adipose ... Read more
Evaluation of South African plants with acaricide activity against ticks

Author: Fouché, Gerda ; Eloff, JN ; Wellington, Kevin W Date: 2017 Acaricides are commonly used to control ticks but are toxic, harmful to the environment and too expensive to resource-limited farmers. Traditionally, many communities in South Africa rely on a wide range of indigenous practices to keep their ... Read more
In vitro anticancer screening of South African plants

Author: Fouché, Gerda ; Cragg, GM ; Pillay, P ; Kolesnikova, NI ; Maharaj, VJ ; Senabe, JV Date: Oct 2008 A total of 7500 plant extracts were screened for in vitro anticancer activity against a panel of three human cell lines (breast MCF7, renal TK10 and melanoma UACC62). Extracts were classified into four categories based on their total growth ... Read more
Investigation of South African plants for anti cancer properties

Author: Khorombi, TE ; Fouché, Gerda ; Kolesnikova, NI ; Maharaj, VJ ; Nthambeleni, R ; Van der Merwe, Martina R Date: 2006 A collaborative research programme between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the USA aimed at the screening of plant extracts and identification of potentially ... Read more
South African plants as a source of drugs to treat infectious diseases - TB, malaria and HIV.

Author: Pillay, P ; Naidoo, Dashnie ; Maharaj, VJ ; Moodley, N ; Sewnarain, P ; Van Rooyen, S ; Mthembu, X ; Khorombi, E Date: Nov 2008 CSIR Biosciences is actively involved in identifying new medicines effective against tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV based on South Africa’s rich biodiversity. As part of a national multidisciplinary consortium, the Bioprospecting research ... Read more

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