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Evaluating cape honey bee sperm quality and the in vitro effect of miticides on sperm functionality and structure
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Apis mellifera (honey bees) are essential pollinators and thus considered a keystone species. Reproductive success is therefore important to the survival of the species, with drone sperm quality playing a vital role in ...
In vitro neuroprotective effects of boophone disticha, brunsvigia bosmaniae and strumaria truncata extracts in sh-sy5y cells.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease, is one of the leading disability disorders with about 10 million people affected worldwide. The pathological hallmarks ...
The effects of silver nanoparticles on the expression of protein biomarkers of cell stress, apoptosis and inflammation by the human liver cancer cell line, HepG2
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Nanoscience is the study of phenomena and objects at the nanoscale (around 1-100 nm), socalled
nanomaterials. These nanomaterials exhibit novel properties that are often very
different to those of the bulk materials used ...
The effects of titanium oxide nanoparticles on cultured cells and the immune system
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Engineered nanomaterials derived from various bulk materials are being developed in ever larger quantities and with very diverse chemical compositions. The physical and chemical properties of the smaller nanoparticles are ...
Investigating hypoglycaemic effects and safety of the herbal Product – JT2016 in vivo study
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Diabetes has since been a global epidemic; an estimated 5.0 million deaths of diabetes in the world
have been recorded; one in 11 adults have diabetes (415 million); and by 2040, one adult in 10 (642
million) will have ...
Investigating hypoglycaemic effects and safety of the herbal product – jt2016 in vivo study
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Diabetes has since been a global epidemic; an estimated 5.0 million deaths of diabetes in the world have been recorded; one in 11 adults have diabetes (415 million); and by 2040, one adult in 10 (642 million) will have ...