Browsing Department of Chemistry by Author "Meyer, Mervin"
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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 ... -
Synthesis of peptide-loaded chitosan nanoparticles for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI’s)
Phathekile, Bonke (University of Western Cape, 2019)Peptides are among the main drugs which attract much attention because of their great potential in treating sexually transmitted diseases and other chronic diseases. There has been a major challenge of delivering these ...