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Evaluation of guidelines for clinical trials of traditional plant medicines
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The World Health Organization estimates that 4 billion people use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care. These herbal products are however mostly used without the necessary clinical trial done to prove ...
Investigation of the interaction of ceramide and acyl-coenzyme A with the mitochondrial associated protein, endozepine, using heteronuclear NMR
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Endozepine is an alternative name for the testis-specific isoform of the acyl-CoA binding protein (t-ACBP). Acyl-CoA binding proteins form a highly conserved family of proteins, which bind long chain fatty acid esters with ...
Cloning, expression and characterization of Novel Lipase and Esterases from Burkholderia multivorans UWC10
(2005)
An esterase and lipase producing Burkholderia multivorans strain was isolated by culture enrichment strategies. A shotgun library of Burkholderia multivorans genomic DNA (prepared in E. coli/pUC18) was screened for lipase ...
Monitoring of heavy metals in the bottelary river using typha capensis and phragmites australis
(2005)
The aim of this study was to use plants to determine the degree of heavy metal contamination in water and sediments in order to effectively monitor and provide possible recommendation to improve the water quality in the ...
Fitting extreme value distributions to the Zambezi River flood water levels recorded at Katima Mulilo in Namibia (1965-2003)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This study sought to identify and fit the appropriate extreme value distribution to
flood data, using the method of maximum likelihood. To examine the uncertainty of
the estimated parameters and evaluate the goodness of ...
Synergistic effects of mixtures of the kresoxim-methyl fungicide and medicinal plant extracts in vitro and in vivo against Botrytis cinerea
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The fungus Botrytis cinerea is an opportunistic pathogen on a wide variety of
crops, causing a disease known as grey mould through infections via wounds or dead
plant parts. Synthetic fungicides for controlling this ...
Structural controls on groundwater flow in the Clanwilliam area
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Deformation of the western part of the Table Mountain Group rocks during the Cape Orogeny created a series of folds and associated fractures. The subsequent continental break-up of Gondwana led to the development of large ...
Characterization and engineering of Bacillus megaterium AS-35, for use in biodegradation of processed olive wastewater
(University of Western Cape, 2005)
The popularization and health benefits associated with the "Mediterranean diet" saw a world wide increase in the production and consumption of processed olives and olive oil. During the brining of table olives large ...
Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria associated with the roots of Proteaceae plant species in soils of Fynbos ecosystem
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Molecular methods were used to investigate the microbial diversity and community
structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) associated with the roots of the
Proteaceae plant family. The identification of ammonia ...
Throughput of UWC students who did at least one semester of third-year Statistics
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The study explores the completion rates (the number of years a student takes to
complete a degree) of graduates at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in
South Africa. The graduates in the study all did at least one ...