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Loggenberg, Samantha Rae; Twilley, Danielle; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Meyer, Debra; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2022-07)Various Aloe L. species have been used worldwide to soothe and treat dermal wounds and burns. However, there is a lack of substantiative research on the efficacy of Aloe L. species for wound healing. The aim of this study ...
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De Canha, Marco Nuno; Thipe, Velaphi Clement; Katti, Kattesh V.; Mandiwana, Vusani; Kalombo, Michel Lonji; Ray, Suprakas Sinha; Rikhotso, Rirhandzu; Janse van Vuuren, Arno; Lall, Namrita (Frontiers Media, 2021-09-13)The human skin is home to millions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses which form part of a unique microbiome. Commensal microbes, including Cutibacterium acnes can occasionally become opportunistic resulting in the onset of ...
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Lall, Namrita; Blom van Staden, Analike; Rademan, Sunelle; Lambrechts, Isa Anina; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Mahore, James; Winterboer, Stefan; Twilley, Danielle (Elsevier, 2019-11)In South Africa, traditional medicine remains a key source of health care, however majority of the plants used as medicines by traditional health care practitioners have not been investigated for their in vitro biological ...
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De Canha, Marco Nuno; Komarnytsky, Slavko; Langhansova, Lenka; Lall, Namrita (Frontiers Media, 2020-01)The Gram-positive bacterium Cutibacterium acnes (previously Propionibacterium acnes), plays an important role in the pathogenesis and progression of the dermatological skin disorder acne vulgaris. The methanolic extract ...
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Lall, Namrita; Mogapi, Elizabeth; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Nqephe, Mabatho; Hussein, Ahmed A.; Kumar, Vivek (Elsevier, 2016-11)Greyia radlkoferi ethanol extract and its five compounds were tested for their inhibitory activity against the mushroom tyrosinase enzyme and melanin production on melanocytes. The crude extract showed significant tyrosinase ...
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Howes, Melanie-Jayne R.; Quave, Cassandra L.; Collemar, Jérôme; Tatsis, Evangelos C.; Twilley, Danielle; Lulekal, Ermias; Farlow, Andrew; Li, Liping; Cazar, María-Elena; Leaman, Danna J.; Prescott, Thomas A.K.; Milliken, William; Martin, Cathie; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Lall, Namrita; Qin, Haining; Walker, Barnaby E.; Vásquez-Londoño, Carlos; Allkin, Bob; Rivers, Malin; Simmonds, Monique S.J.; Bell, Elizabeth; Battison, Alex; Felix, Juri; Forest, Felix; Leon, Christine; Williams, China; Lughadha, Eimear Nic (Wiley Open Access, 2020-05)SOCIETAL IMPACT STATEMENT : Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and are valued as traditional medicines ...
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Van Staden, B.A.; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Nqephe, Mabatho; Rademan, Sunelle; Kumar, Vivek; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2017-07)Progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH) is a hypopigmentation disorder caused by the bacterium identified as Propionibacterium acnes. The current treatments for PMH are antibiotics together with ultra violet radiation; ...
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De Canha, Marco Nuno; Kishore, Navneet; Kumar, Vivek; Meyer, Debra; Nehar, Shamshun; Singh, Bikram Pratap; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2018-11)Acne vulgaris (AV) or acne is characterised as a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the pilosebaceous unit (sebaceous gland associated with hair follicle) where the causative microorganism Propionibacterium acnes has ...
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Alston, Brandon James; Kok, Anna-Mari; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Lall, Namrita (Elsevier, 2024-04)Millions of people have been negatively affected by the Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic worldwide. Multiple stages characterize Covid-19 infection, initial stages include common symptoms that are milder in nature (fever, ...
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Lall, Namrita; Chrysargyris, Antonios; Lambrechts, Isa Anina; Fibrich, Bianca; Blom van Staden, Analike; Twilley, Danielle; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Oosthuizen, Carel Basson; Bodiba, Dikonketso; Tzortzakis, Nikolaos (MDPI, 2019-10-30)Sideritis perfoliata L. subsp. perfoliata is an endemic species of the Eastern Mediterranean region with several uses in traditional medicine. The present study aims to explore the unknown properties of S. perfoliata ...
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Kambizi, Learnmore; Mahachi, Josiah; Okem, Ambrose; Lall, Namrita; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Twilley, Danielle (African Networks on Ethnomedicines, 2017-10-01)BACKGROUND : Gnidia capitata L. F. belongs to the family Thymelaeaceae, and has been widely reported for its ethnobotanical uses, especially for the treatment of several human ailments which include skin conditions. ...
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Lall, Namrita; Henley-Smith, Cynthia Joan; De Canha, Marco Nuno; Oosthuizen, Carel Basson; Berrington, Danielle (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)This study compared different commercially available viability reagents. The growth indicator reagents include p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet (INT), PrestoBlue, and Alamar Blue which were used for antimicrobial analysis ...
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