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Agro-processing opportunities identified through a novel mosquito repellent from a medicinal plant

Author: Maharaj, VJ ; Fouché, Gerda ; Senabe, J ; Nthambeleni, R ; Kotze, F Date: Nov 2008 Traditional healers provide CSIR scientists with indigenous knowledge (IK) that stimulates research and can eventually lead to discovery and development of new herbal remedies. The rights of these providers of IK, to share in future benefits ... Read more
Evaluation of natural products as potential agrochemical agents with insecticide, fungicide and herbicide activities

Author: Dumontet, V ; Litaudon, M ; Olivon, F ; Poullain, C ; Rasoanaivo, C ; Stien, D ; Eparvier, V ; Houël, E ; Fokialakis, N ; Halabalaki, M ; Skaltsounis, AL ; Espinosa, A ; Olmedo, D ; Gupta, M ; Fouché, Gerda ; Hamburger, M ; Sorgenfrei, O ; Breuninger, D ; Guéritte, F Date: Jul 2012 The present work aims to identify new promising plant sources, which could be exploited for their agrochemical properties. A total of 484 natural products from academic libraries were selected for screening against four fungal pathogens, five ... Read more
High throughput screening of South African plants for anti-cancer properties

Author: Fouché, Gerda ; Senabe, J ; Khorombi, E ; Kolesnikoya, N ; Maharaj, VJ ; Nthambeleni, R Date: Nov 2008 Plants have a long history of use in the treatment of cancer and over 60% of currently used anti-cancer agents are derived in one way or another from natural sources. South Africa has a rich plant biodiversity with only a limited number ... Read more
Identification and isolation of compounds from Sutherlandia frutescens

Author: Faleschini, T ; Fouché, Gerda ; Harding, N ; Myer, M ; Dewar, J Date: 01 Sep 2010 Plants constitute the basic food chain and provide the most valuable source of natural nutrients; in addition, constituents of medicinal importance are also present in plants. For drug discovery and other purposes, we must characterise the ... Read more
In vitro determination of the anti-aging potential of four southern Africa medicinal plants: Poster

Author: Ndlovu, G ; Fouché, Gerda ; Tselanyane, M Date: Sep 2013 Aging is an inevitable process for all living organisms that increases reactive oxygen species leading to the dysregulatian of extracellular and intracellular homeostasis, ultimately resulting in the skin not functioning optimally. The level ... Read more
Isolation of compounds from Sceletium tortuosum and the detection of antimalarial activity of the isolates and extracts

Author: Setshedi, I ; Peter, Xolani K ; Fouché, Gerda ; Myer, M ; Dewar, J Date: 01 Sep 2010 The genus Sceletium is classified as part of the Family Mesembryanthemaceae and belongs to the sub-family Mesembryanthemoideae. Some of the names used when referring to this genus are ‘living skeletons’ or ‘skeleton plants’ (http://ujdigisp ... Read more
Phytochemical investigation and the anti-cancer properties of pengularia daemia and phylica paniculata

Author: Khorombi, TE ; Fouché, Gerda ; Van Heerden, FR Date: Oct 2006 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) implemented an in-house anti-cancer screen aimed at testing several plant extracts. This was done in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the USA and involved training ... Read more
Ten years of bioprospecting activities at the CSIR: BP4 as a model

Author: Fouché, Gerda ; Moodley, N ; Maharaj, V Date: Nov 2008 The bioprospecting group of CSIR Biosciences, focuses on the transformation of African traditional medicines into minimally-processed, scientifically-validated herbal medicines and remedies; the discovery of new pharmaceutical active ingredients ... Read more

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