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Marine bacteria as a potential source for novel antimicrobial compounds
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The high rate of rediscovery of known compounds has led to a decline in the discovery of novel natural products. The high biodiversity of organisms growing in extreme conditions such as oceans has led to the increased ...
An investigation into the antimicrobial and immune modulatory effects of Sutherlandia frutescens and Salvia africana-lutea extracts and their respective biogenic nanoparticles
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The prevalence of cancer and antibiotic-resistant microbes has led to the necessity of affordable, efficacious, non-toxic and easily accessible therapeutic approaches. There is numerous anecdotal evidence that African ...
The geographical analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region found in southern African population's by using a bioinformatics approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
South Africa’s demographic complexity has been historically shaped by interethnic admixture between the native KhoiSan inhabitants and the Bantu expansion that started 3000 - 5000 YBP and reached South Africa about 1000 ...
De novo assembly of the rooibos genome
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) is endemic to the Cederberg region of South Africa, and one of
the few indigenous medicinal plants commercially cultivated in the country. International
interest in rooibos is growing, and ...