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    Screening of natural products and alkylating agents for antineoplastic activity 

    Kanyanda, Stonard Sofiel Elisa (University of the Western Cape, 2007)
    Background and objectives: Apoptosis is a process in which a cell programmes its own death. It is a highly organized physiological mechanism in which injured or damaged cells are destroyed. Apart from physiological stimuli ...
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    Holarrhena floribunda leaves as a potential source of bioactive anticancer compounds 

    Abiodun, Badmus Jelili (University of the Western Cape, 2014)
    Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developed and developing nations. It is estimated that 86% of new cases and 64% of death due to cancer are from Africa and 13.1 million deaths are estimated ...
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    The effect of cissampelos capensis extract on prostate cancer, sertoli and leydig cell function 

    Pearce, Keenau Mark (University of the Western Cape, 2014)
    This study investigated the effect of the C. capensis extract (0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 1000 μg/ml) on LNCaP prostate cancer, TM3 Leydig and TM4 Sertoli cells for 24 and 96 hours. The following parameters were investigated: ...
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    Investigations on the in vitro effects of aqueous Eurycoma longifolia Jack extract on male reproductive functions 

    Erasmus, Nicolete (University of Western Cape, 2012)
    Introduction: Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali; TA) is a Malaysian shrub used to treat various illnesses including male infertility. Considering that TA is also used to improve male fertility and no report regarding ...
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    The immune-modulating activity of Artemisia afra 

    Kriel, Yusra (University of the Western Cape, 2010)
    This study shows that herbs can be effectively screened for potiential bio-activity using in vitro methods. Further studies will be needed to better explore Artemisia afra’s effect on immunoregulation, particularly ...
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    Effect of Eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) on the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP 

    Abouhamraa, Hamza (2013)
    Eurycoma Longfolia Jack, also known as Tongkat Ali (TA) is a tropical plant belonging to the family of Simaroubaceae is widely distributed in South East Asian countries. The extracts of TA have been proven to have ...
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    Biochemical investigation of anti-cancer activity of Tulbaghia violacea 

    Saibu, Gbemisola Morounke (UWC, 2012)
    Natural products have been a source of many pharmaceutical drugs and a number of drugs that are currently used in the treatment of cancer are derivatives of compounds originally isolated from natural products. There is ...
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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 ...
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    The assessment of the bactericidal effect of green synthesized silver nanoparticles against a panel of infectious microorganisms 

    Mokone, Mmola (University of the Western Cape, 2016)
    The emergence of multiple drug resistant microorganisms poses a major threat to human life. These microorganisms have made the currently used antibiotics ineffective and therefore continue to thrive. Therefore, there is a ...
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    Screening of natural products and alkylating agents for antineoplastic activity 

    Kanyanda, Stonard Sofiel Elisa (2007)
    Apoptosis is a process in which a cell programmes its own death. It is a highly organized physiological mechanism in which injured or damaged cells are destroyed. Apart from physiological stimuli however, exogenous factors ...
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    AuthorKanyanda, Stonard Sofiel Elisa (3)Abiodun, Badmus Jelili (1)Abouhamraa, Hamza (1)Algadi, Hend Emhemed (1)Babajide, Jelili Olalekan (1)Barry, Simone Caroline Leslie (1)Elbagory, Abdulrahman Mohammed (1)Erasmus, Nicolete (1)Fipaza, Vincent Lukhanyiso (1)Ilfergane, Abdulkarem (1)... View MoreSubject
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    Apoptosis (5)Cancer (3)Cell-mediated immunity (3)Humoral immunity (3)Natural products (3)Testosterone (3)Alkylating agents (2)Antineoplastic (2)Cisplatin (2)... View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2019 (15)2007 - 2009 (4)

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