The increasing prevalence and distribution of malaria has been attributed to a number of
factors, one of them being the emergence and spread of drug resistant parasites. Efforts are …

The predominantly southern African Xanthorrhoeaceae subfam. Asphodeloideae (Asphodelaceae
subfam. Alooideae) has long been regarded as comprising seven so-called alooid …

This paper explores how a lack of taxonomic expertise, and by implication a dearth of
taxonomic products such as identification tools, has hindered progress in understanding and …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Regression analyses of local medicinal floras
are considered potentially useful when prioritising candidate plant taxa for pharmacological/…

AIM: To investigate the traditional antidiabetic uses of indigenous or naturalised South African
plants using an optimised screening and scoring method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

The use by the Khoisan of South Africa of Sceletium plants in psychoactive preparations has
often been alluded to in the literature. However, much of it is fragmentary and contradictory. …

… For the last 20 years she has collaborated with Neil Crouch investigating the phytochemistry
… Crouch Neil Crouch PhD (Natal) has worked as an ethnobotanist for the South African …

Globally, many nations are legislating access for bioprospecting purposes to their biological
and genetic resources. South Africa, as a megadiverse country, has recently regulated …

The stem bark of Croton gratissimus (Euphorbiaceae) yielded four cembranolides, including
the first reported example of a 2,12-cyclocembranolide, (+)-[1R*,2S*,7S*,8S*,12R*]-7,8-…

Background Anti-malarial drug resistance threatens to undermine efforts to eliminate this
deadly disease. The resulting omnipresent requirement for drugs with novel modes of action …