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Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas"
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Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Kuete, Victor; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2014-10)ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE : Culinary herbs and spices are widely used ethnomedically across Africa. They are traditionally employed in the treatment of several ailments including inflammation disorders, pain alleviation ...
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Fouche, Gerda; Adenubi, Olubukola Tolulope; Leboho, Tlabo; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Naidoo, Vinny; Wellington, Kevin W.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-07-22)Hot water and hydroethanolic (70:30) extracts were prepared from 15 plant species, which were investigated to discover eco-friendly and less expensive tick control methods as an alternative to synthetic acaricides. A ...
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Fouche, Gerda; Ramafuthula, Mary; Maselela, Vusi; Mokoena, Moses Aubrey; Senabe, Jeremiah; Leboho, Tlabo; Sakong, Bellonah Motshene; Adenubi, Olubukola Tolulope; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Wellington, Kevin W. (Elsevier, 2016-07)The African blue tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, is a common tick species found in South Africa and affects cattle production as well as vectoring pathogens in regions of Africa and Asia. In an attempt to ...
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Mahlo, S.M. (Salome Mamokone); Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2014-07)The activity of acetone leaf extracts of Breonadia salicina and the main antifungal compound isolated from the extract, ursolic acid, was determined against three important plant fungal pathogens (Penicillium expansum, P. ...
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Elisha, Ishaku Leo; Botha, Francien Susanna; Madikizela, Balungile; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (BioMed Central, 2017-06-19)BACKGROUND : Tuberculosis is a world-wide problem affecting humans and animals. There is increasing development of resistance of the pathogens to current antimycobacterial agents. Many authors have investigated activities ...
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Mdee, Ladislaus Kakore; Masoko, Peter; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2009)Acetone extracts from different parts of seven common invasive plant species occurring in South Africa were studied as potential sources of antifungal agents for selected phytopathogenic fungi (Penicillium janthinellum, ...
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Ramadwa, Thanyani Emelton; Makhubu, Fikile Nelly; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2024-04)Phytopathogenic fungi and nematodes cause great losses in economically important crops and food production especially in developing countries. To minimize the use of fungicides and nematicides, researchers have concentrated ...
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Nyahangare, Emmanuel T.; Mvumi, Brighton M.; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (BioMed Central, 2019-11-09)BACKGROUND : Many studies have revealed that bioactive compounds for different indications are not extracted from plants with water, the only extractant practically available to rural communities. We compared the acaricidal ...
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Mogale, Motetelo Alfred; Lebelo, Sogolo Lucky; Shai, Leshweni Jeremia; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Academic Journals, 2011-05-16)The present study investigated the antidiabetic activity and the possible mechanisms of action of aqueous extract of Aloe arborescens leaf gel (AALGEt) on normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced ...
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Fouche, Gerda; Sakong, B.M. (Bellonah Motshene); Adenubi, O.T. (Olubukola Tolulope); Pauw, Elizabeth Lita; Leboho, Tlabo; Wellignton, Kevin W.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-07-29)The nematode, Haemonchus contortus, is responsible for major economic losses in the livestock industry. The management of parasites such as H. contortus has been through the use of synthetic parasiticides. This has ...
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Nchu, Felix; Githiori, J.B.; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2011-12)The anthelmintic activity of Markhamia obtusifolia Sprague (Bignoniaceae) leaf extracts was evaluated against the ruminant gastrointestinal nematode parasite Trichostrongylus colubriformis (Nematoda: Strongylida) using the ...
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Ademola, I.O.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Academic Journals, 2011-08-24)The use of plants for the treatment of human and animal diseases continues to rise although there are few studies providing proof of these effects. Among them is the Anacardium occidentale L., popularly known as cashew. ...
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Elisha, Ishaku Leo; Dzoyem, Jean Paul; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Botha, Francien Susanna; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (BioMed Central, 2016-08-23)BACKGROUND : Oxidative stress predisposes the human and animal body to diseases like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis and chronic inflammatory disorders. Hence, this study seeks to determine ...
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Komape, Nancy Patience Motlalepula; Aderogba, Mutalib Adeniran; Bagla, Victor Patrick; Masoko, Peter; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (African Networks on Ethnomedicines, 2014)BACKGROUND : Combretum vendae A.E. van Wyk (Combretaceae) is used for the treatment of bacterial related infections and oxidative related diseases by indigenous people of South Africa. Dried leaves extracts of C. vendae ...
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Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Nkuete, Antoine H.L.; Ngameni, Barthelemy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Springer, 2017-10)This study was aimed at investigating the anti-inflammatory and anticholinesterase activity of six naturally occurring flavonoids: (-) pinostrobin (1), 2’,4’-dihydroxy-3’,6’-dimethoxychalcone (2), 6-8-diprenyleriodictyol ...
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Adebayo, Salmon A.; Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Shai, Leshweni Jeremia; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (BioMed Central, 2015-05-27)BACKGROUND : Inflammation is a common risk factor in the pathogenesis of conditions such as infections, arthritis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and cancer. An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used traditionally ...
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Nkadimeng, Sanah Malomile; Steinmann, Christiaan M.L.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Dove Medical Press, 2021-08-05)Purpose: During a pathological inflammation, macrophages are activated to produce accumulation of inflammatory mediators such as induced-cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), 15- lipoxygenase (15-LOX) and pro-inflammatory cytokines. ...
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Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2015-02)ETHNOPHARMAOLOGICAL RELEVANCE :Oxidative stress and inflammatory conditions are among the pathological features associated with the central nervous system in Alzheimer’s disease. Traditionally, medicinal plants have been ...
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Motlhatlego, Katlego Ellena; Mehrbod, Parvaneh; Fotouhi, Fatemeh; Abdalla, Muna Ali; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (BMC, 2021-04)BACKGROUND: Some viruses play a key role in the disturbance of the digestive system. The common viruses which cause infectious diarrhoea (gastroenteritis) include astrovirus, caliciviruses, coronavirus and torovirus which ...
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Famuyide, Ibukun Michael; Aro, Abimbola Obemisola; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (BioMed Central, 2019-05-22)BACKGROUND : Diarrhoea, a global economically important disease burden affecting swine and, especially piglets, is commonly caused by infection with entero-toxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Adherence of ETEC to porcine ...
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