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| B E van WykSummaryAffiliation: University of Johannesburg Country: South Africa Publications
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A broad review of commercially important southern African medicinal plantsB E van Wyk
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P O Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 119:342-55. 2008..The aim is to explore the rapidly increasing number of scientific publications and to investigate the need for further research...
A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotanyB E van Wyk
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P O Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2006, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 119:331-41. 2008..ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL CONTEXT: Cape herbal medicine as a distinct and unique healing system is conceptualized for the first time, together with a first compilation of the authentic materia medica of the system...
A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae)B E van Wyk
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P O Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 119:620-9. 2008..Results of animal studies, as well as a phase I clinical study, have shown no indications of toxicity. Sufficient preclinical data are now available to justify controlled clinical studies...
Antimicrobial and antimalarial activity of Cussonia species (Araliaceae)B J De Villiers
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa
J Ethnopharmacol 129:189-96. 2010..Cussonia species are used in African traditional medicine mainly against pain, inflammation, gastro-intestinal problems, malaria and sexually transmitted diseases...
6'-O-Coumaroylaloesin from Aloe castanea--a taxonomic marker for Aloe section AnguialoeF R van Heerden
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rand Afrikaans University, Auckland Park, South Africa
Phytochemistry 55:117-20. 2000..The compound is a unique chemotaxonomic character restricted to the six species in Aloe section Anguialoe...
The major flavonoid of Dodonaea angustifoliaF R van Heerden
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rand Afrikaans University, P O Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Fitoterapia 71:602-4. 2000..The major leaf flavonoid of Dodonaea angustifolia, an important South African traditional medicine, has been identified as 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-3,6-dimethoxyflavone (1)...
