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2021
Journal article
Colour of floral styles in the Banksia spinulosa Sm complex (Proteaceae) relates to the anthocyanin and flavonol profile, not soil pH.
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2021
Journal article
The Ethnobotany and Chemistry of South African Meliaceae: A Review.
Meliaceae are widely distributed across the world in tropical or subtropical climates and are of considerable ethnobotanical importance as sources of traditional medicine and cosmetics. This comprehensive review summarizes the ethnobotanical uses and chemistry of 12 South African species, belonging to six genera: Ekebergia, Nymania, Entandrophragma, Pseudobersama, Trichilia, and Turraea....Oyedeji-Amusa, Mariam Oyefunke ; Sadgrove, Nicholas J. ; Van Wyk, Ben-Erik
Chemistry, Ethnobotany, South Africa, Meliaceae, Functional uses, Ethnomedicinal importance, and Limonoids
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2021
Journal article
South Africa’s Best BARK Medicines Prescribed at the Johannesburg Muthi Markets for Skin, Gut, and Lung Infections: MIC’s and Brine Shrimp Lethality.
Indigenous trade of medicinal plants in South Africa is a multi-million-rand industry and is still highly relevant in terms of primary health care. The purpose of this study was to identify today’s most traded medicinal barks, traditionally and contemporaneously used for dermatological, gastrointestinal, and respiratory tract infections; then, to investigate... -
2020
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New Labdanes with Antimicrobial and Acaricidal Activity: Terpenes of Callitris and Widdringtonia (Cupressaceae)
In spite of the evidence for antimicrobial and acaricidal effects in ethnobotanical reports of Callitris and Widdringtonia, the diterpene acids from Widdringtonia have never been described and no comparison to the Australian clade sister genus Callitris has been made. The critically endangered South African Clanwilliam cedar, Widdringtonia wallichii (syn. W....Sadgrove, Nicholas J. ; Senbill, Haytham ; Van Wyk, Ben-Erik ; Greatrex, Ben W.
antimicrobial, NMR, Widdringtonia, diterpene, essential oil, Callitris, and cedar