Publications

antimicrobial activity, toxicity and the isolation of a bioactive compound from plants used to treat sexually transmitted diseases.	extracts of six ethnobotanically selected medicinal plants (anredera cordifolia, elaeodendron transvaalense, elephantorrhiza burkei, senna petersiana, terminalia sericea and rauvolfia caffra) used traditionally to treat sexually transmitted diseases (std's) were investigated for antibacterial activity using the agar dilution method. of the six collected, terminalia sericea, senna petersiana and anredera cordifolia were also investigated for cytotoxicity. the phytochemical studies on senna peters ...	2004	15619572
ancordin, the major rhizome protein of madeira-vine, with trypsin inhibitory and stimulatory activities in nitric oxide productions.	anredera cordifolia (ten.) steenis, or the synonymous name of boussingaultia baselloides or boussingaultia gracilis var. pseudobaselloides, is a south american species of ornamental succulent vine, commonly known as the madeira-vine. the fresh leaves of madeira-vine are frequently used as vegetables. a. cordifolia is an evergreen climber that grows from fleshy rhizomes. the rhizome contained one major (23kda) protein band under non-reducing condition in the sds-page. the first 15 amino acids in ...	2007	17499881
medicinal plants of the mien (yao) in northern thailand and their potential value in the primary healthcare of postpartum women.	to study the use of medicinal plants by the mien in nan province and their potential value in the primary healthcare of postpartum women. also, to survey the medicinal plant resources present there.	2011	21458554
chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oil from anredera cordifolia grown in brazil.	the chemical composition of the essential oil of anredera cordifolia (ten.) steenis (basellaceae), grown in brazil, was studied by means of gc and gc-ms analysis. in all, 19 compounds were identified, accounting for 91.6% of the total oil; hydrocarbons were the main constituents (67.7%). the essential oil was evaluated for its in vitro potential phytotoxic activity against germination and initial radicle growth of raphanus sativus l., sinapis arvensis l., and phalaris canariensis l. seeds. at 1. ...	2014	25230514
potential natural products for alzheimer's disease: targeted search using the internal ribosome entry site of tau and amyloid-β precursor protein.	overexpression of the amyloid precursor protein (app) and the hyperphosphorylation of the tau protein are vital in the understanding of the cause of alzheimer's disease (ad). as a consequence, regulation of the expression of both app and tau proteins is one important approach in combating ad. the app and tau proteins can be targeted at the levels of transcription, translation and protein structural integrity. this paper reports the utilization of a bi-cistronic vector containing either app or ta ...	2015	25903151