Browsing Department of Chemistry by Author "Mohammed, Ahmed"
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The chemical and biological characterization of South African helichrysum species
Popoola, Olugbenga Kayode (University of the Western Cape, 2015)South Africa has immensely rich natural flora diversity with more than 20 000 species of higherplants. Asteraceae is one of the biggest families of flowering plants with about 246 genera and 2,300 species in southern Africa. ... -
Chemical and biological evaluation of palythoa tuberculosa collected from the red sea
Elbagory, Abdulrahman Mohammed (University of the Western Cape, 2015)A chemical study on the total extract of the zoanthid Palythoa tuberculosa, collected from the Red Sea, resulted in the isolation of seven polyhydroxylated sterols viz: palysterols A-G, six of which are new. Their chemical ... -
Detection of selective Tyrosinase inhibitors from some South African plant extracts of Lamiaceae family
Ronauld, Ninon Geornest Eudes (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Various dermatological disorders, such as formation of black pigmented patches on the surface of the skin arise from the over-activity of tyrosinase enzyme's degenerative action. This enzyme is further implicated in the ...