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The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1997.
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| author2 | Meyer, J.J.M. (Jacobus Johannes Marion) |
| author_browse | Meyer, J.J.M. (Jacobus Johannes Marion) |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82502 The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae Meyer, J.J.M. (Jacobus Johannes Marion) Swanepoel, D.P. UCTD Asteracea Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1997. This dissertation comprises a literature study on the medicinal value of the southern African Asteraceae. It includes data on the medicinal uses of the Asteraceae species, chemical compounds isolated, the pharmacological action of extracts and in some cases the active compounds isolated from the extracts of species of Asteraceae. One of the objectives of this dissertation was to validate the use of indigenous Asteraceae species in traditional medicine. This was difficult to achieve due to a lack of pharmacological and chemical information on the southern African Asteraceae. From the little data available, a remarkable correlation between the pharmacological action of the plants and the traditional uses, was observed. Many species used for eye and skin diseases contain the phototoxic (antibiotic only in UVA light) compounds polyacetylenes and thiophenes. Polyacetylenes are common in the Asteraceae. Although the Asteraceae contains a vvide range of secondary compounds, only a few pharmacologically active compounds have been identified. It is evident that much IM>rk is still needed in this field. Plant Science MSc Unrestricted 2021-11-02T10:19:46Z 2021-11-02T10:19:46Z 2021 1997 Dissertation * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82502 © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Asteracea The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title | The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title_full | The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title_fullStr | The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title_short | The Medicinal value of the Southern African asteraceae |
| title_sort | medicinal value of the southern african asteraceae |
| topic | UCTD Asteracea |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82502 |