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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Acne is a common universal condition which affects all ages and can have a significant impact on psychosocial and physical aspects of a person’s life. Etiologically, it is a multifactorial skin disorder which is associated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease, mostly affecting lungs or abdominal area. The causative agent of TB is a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis; it is the second leading cause of death in the world. Plants ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-09-21)Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a series of metabolic conditions associated with hyperglycemia and caused by defects in insulin secretion, and/ insulin action. Exposure to chronic hyperglycemia may result in microvascular ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-27)Thirteen South African medicinal plants which are used traditionally to treat symptoms associated with Listeria monocytogenes infections, were screened for activity against the pathogen. Different plant parts were extracted ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-07)For centuries medicinal plants have been used all over the world for the treatment and prevention of various ailments, particularly in developing countries where infectious diseases are endemic and modern health facilities ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-04)Twenty southern African plants were selected based on traditional use. The ethanol extracts were tested for their antimicrobial activity against P. acnes (ATCC 11827) [Propionibacterium acnes (Gilchrist) Douglas and Gunter ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The phytochemical investigation of an ethanol extract of Artemisia afra, led to the isolation of six known compounds, Acacetin (1) 12α,4α-dihydroxybishopsolicepolide (2), Scopoletin (3) α-amyrin (4), Phytol (5) and a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-04)Tuberculosis is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Two groups of samples: Quinones and Garlic polysulfide mixtures were assessed for their antituberculosis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-10-29)The recent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) with the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases has lead to the search for new TB-drugs. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a complex, resilient organism, and it ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-06-02)Combretaceae contain several species with bioactive properties - especially the genera Combretum and Terminalia. Pteleopsis myrtifolia and Quisqualis littorea belong to this family and have not previously been thoroughly ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Background: HIV/AIDS is one of the most devastating diseases in the world with approximately 36 million people living with the virus in 2012 and approximately 2.7 million new infections in that same year. Antiretroviral ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-04-30)The use of plant extracts or derivatives in the field of medicine, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals has occurred for a long time. This is due to the diversity of compounds present in plants. The cosmetic industry has a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The World Health Organization has raised concerns of antibiotic resistance threatening the global health care system and economy. Antibiotic resistance results from quorum sensing mechanisms that allow bacterial species ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Ethanol extracts of twenty Southern African plants were prepared and tested for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against various cancerous and non-cancerous cell lines. The cancerous cell lines included human melanoma ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Written records about medicinal plants date back at least 5,000 years to the Sumerians. The objected plants for present investigation were indigenous to South Africa and as explored, only a few biological studies were found ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a collective term for the cardiovascular diseases, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Many of those who live in developing countries rely on herbal medicinal products as a primary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)Anecdotal evidence of two South African Geranium species (Pelargonium reniforme and Pelargonium sidoides) from the United Kingdom with regard to plants being used against tuberculosis, which lacked scientific evidence’ ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-08-14)Seven plants generally used for traditional oral care namely, Barleria albostellata, Cotyledon orbiculata, Dichrostachys cinerea, Heteropyxis natalensis, Carpobrotus edulis, Zanthoxylum capense and Dodonaea viscosa were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Gonorrhoea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is one of the most problematic sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world as it negatively affects people’s health and livelihoods. Antibiotic resistance of N. gonorrhoeae ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The major cause of HIV-related mortality in Sub-Saharan countries is pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), which is an escalating threat due to the emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extremely multidrug resistant (XDR) TB. ...
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