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| Title: | Accelerated approach of discovering plant derived drug leads for treatment of TB |
| Authors: | Naidoo, D
Maharaj, VJ
Moodley, N
Sewnarain, P
Ndlebe, VJ |
| Keywords: | Tuberculosis
TB
TB drug research
Plant extracts
Tuberculosis treatment
Bioprospecting
IPUF conference |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2010 |
| Citation: | Naidoo, D, Maharaj, VJ, Moodley, N et al. Accelerated approach of discovering plant derived drug leads for treatment of TB. Oral Presentation - IPUF conference, pp 1 |
| Abstract: | 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 a dedicated and comprehensive plant electronic database of a total of 566 plants that are reportedly used for the treatment of tuberculosis. The extracts of these plants are part of the CSIR database of extracts. TB drug lead research is ongoing, and active ingredients will be subjected to computational chemistry to identify potential sites for structural modification to improve bioavailability and decrease cytotoxicity |
| Description: | Oral Presentation - IPUF conference |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4124 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bioprospecting
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