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Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by UP Author "Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas"
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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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Moyo, Phanankosi; Kunyane, Phaladi; Selepe, Mamoalosi A.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Niemand, Jandeli; Louw, Abraham Izak; Maharaj, Vinesh J.; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BioMed Central, 2019-03-08)BACKGROUND : Optimal adoption of the malaria transmission-blocking strategy is currently limited by lack of safe and efficacious drugs. This has sparked the exploration of different sources of drugs in search of ...
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Jansen van Rijssen, Fredrika W.; Morris, Elizabeth J.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Axcademic Journals, 2013-08-07)Credible governance of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is essential because of public concerns in South Africa (SA) and internationally. In this preliminary study, the opinions of a number of scientists with experience ...
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Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Tsamo, Armelle T.; Melong, Raduis; Mkounga, Pierre; Nkengfack, Augustin E.; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (BioMed Central, 2015-10-13)BACKGROUND : Limonoids are highly oxygenated compounds with a prototypical structure. Their occurrence in the plant kingdom is mainly confined to plant families of Meliaceae and Rutaceae. Owing to their wide range of ...
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Aro, Abimbola Obemisola; Dzoyem, Jean Paul; Awouafack, Maurice D.; Selepe, Mamoalosi A.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (BioMed Central, 2019-05-22)BACKGROUND : Tuberculosis is a deadly disease caused by Mycobacterium species. The use of medicinal plants is an ancient global practice for the treatment and prevention of diverse ailments including tuberculosis. The aim ...
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Moyo, Phanankosi; Mugumbate, Grace; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Louw, Abraham Izak; Maharaj, Vinesh J.; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (MDPI Publishing, 2020-09-17)The ability to block human-to-mosquito and mosquito-to-human transmission of Plasmodium parasites is fundamental to accomplish the ambitious goal of malaria elimination. The WHO currently recommends only primaquine as a ...
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Van Wyk, Candice; Botha, Francien Susanna; Vleggaar, Robert; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018)In a random screening of the anti-Candida activity of more than 500 tree species, the acetone leaf extract of Ptaeroxylon obliquum (Thunb.) Radlk. (Sneezewood) had very good antifungal activity against Candida albicans. ...
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