Minireviews

B-E van Wyk 

1

A review of ethnobotanical research in southern Africa

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PJ Houghton 

14

The sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata): ethnobotany and recent scientific work

Abstract

OM Grace, HDV Prendergast, J van Staden and AK Jäger 

21

The status of bark in South African traditional health care

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Research Papers

LJ McGaw, AK Jäger and J van Staden 

31

Isolation of b -asarone, an antibacterial and anthelmintic compound, from Acorus calamus in South Africa

Abstract

M Gaidamashvili and J van Staden 

36

Lectin-like proteins from South African plants used in traditional medicine

Abstract

LJ McGaw, AK Jäger and J van Staden 

41

Variation in antibacterial activity of Schotia species

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KL Lindsey, AK Jäger and AM Viljoen 

47

Cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity of Aloe species

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P Tetyana, EA Prozesky, AK Jäger, JJM Meyer and J van Staden 

51

Some medicinal properties of Cussonia and Schefflera species used in traditional medicine

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ME Light, LJ McGaw, T Rabe, SG Sparg, MB Taylor, DG Erasmus, AK Jäger and J van Staden 

55

Investigation of the biological activities of Siphonochilus aethiopicus and the effect of seasonal senescence

Abstract

M Kotzé and JN Eloff 

62

Extraction of antibacterial compounds from Combretum microphyllum (Combretaceae)

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DA Mulholland, V Sewram, M Raynor, K Thornell and DM Raidoo 

68

Coupling SFE to uterotonic bioassay: an on-line investigation of the uterotonic activity of compounds from Grewia occidentalis (Tiliaceae)

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AJ Afolayan, DS Grierson, L Kambizi, I Madamombe and PJ Masika 

72

In vitro antifungal activity of some South African medicinal plants

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FR van Heerden, AM Viljoen and S Mohoto  

77

A phytochemical investigation of Craterocapsa tarsodes, a plant used for the treatment of epilepsy by the Northern Sotho people of South Africa

Abstract

JLS Taylor and J van Staden 

80

COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitory activity in extracts prepared from Eucomis species, with further reference to extracts from E. autumnalis autumnalis

Abstract

NR Crouch, J Chetty, DA Mulholland and E Ndlovu 

86

Bulb alkaloids of the reputedly psychoactive Brunsvigia radulosa (Amaryllidaceae)

Abstract

JJM Meyer, N Lall and ADM Mathekga 

90

In vitro inhibition of drug-resistant and drug-sensitive strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Helichrysum caespititium

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RB Bhat and T Rubuluza 

94

The Bio-diversity of traditional vegetables of the Transkei region in the Eastern Cape of South Africa

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AM Viljoen, ME Klepser, EJ Ernst, D Keele, E Roling, S van Vuuren, B Demirci, KHC BaSer and B-E van Wyk 

100

The composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of the resurrection plant, Myrothamnus flabellifolius

Abstract

RL van Zyl and AM Viljoen 

106

In vitro activity of Aloe extracts against Plasmodium falciparum

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Short Communications

EE Elgorashi, SE Drewes and J van Staden 

111

Organ-to-organ and seasonal variations of alkaloids from Crinum moorei

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AM Viljoen, B Demirci, KHC BaSer and B-E van Wyk  

115

The essential oil composition of the roots and rhizomes of Siphonochilus aethiopicus

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Book review

Reviewed by AK Jäger 

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Tibetan Medicinal Plants edited by Christa Kletter and Monika Kriechbaum