Nokwanda Makunga
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Nokwanda Makunga's Degrees
- PhD Biotechnology University of Cape Town
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nokwanda Pearl Makunga is a Professor of Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Early life and education Makunga grew up in Alice in the Eastern Cape, and attended a private boarding school in Grahamstown. Her father, Oswald, was a botanist who specialised in the Iridaceae. He grew up in rural poverty and won a scholarship to study at University of Fort Hare. She attended university in Pietermaritzburg. She completed her PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004, working on the molecular biology of plants.
Nokwanda Makunga's Published Works
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Published Works
- Medicinal Plants of South Africa (2010) (522)
- South African Salvia species: a review of biological activities and phytochemistry. (2008) (263)
- Antibacterial, antioxidant and tyrosinase-inhibition activities of pomegranate fruit peel methanolic extract (2012) (239)
- Effect of drying on the bioactive compounds, antioxidant, antibacterial and antityrosinase activities of pomegranate peel (2016) (127)
- Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa. (2008) (86)
- An efficient system for the production of clonal plantlets of the medicinally important aromatic plant: Salvia africana-lutea L. (2007) (71)
- Processing Factors Affecting the Phytochemical and Nutritional Properties of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Peel Waste: A Review (2020) (62)
- Micropropagation of Thapsia garganica—a medicinal plant (2003) (60)
- Tanshinone production could be increased by the expression of SmWRKY2 in Salvia miltiorrhiza hairy roots. (2019) (59)
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from southern African plants: An overview of ethnobotanical, pharmacological potential and phytochemical research including and beyond Alzheimer's disease treatment (2019) (55)
- LC–MS-based metabolomics assists with quality assessment and traceability of wild and cultivated plants of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae) (2012) (40)
- Improved in vitro rooting and hyperhydricity in regenerating tissues of Thapsia garganica L. (2006) (37)
- Genetic alterations for increased coumarin production lead to metabolic changes in the medicinally important Pelargonium sidoides DC (Geraniaceae). (2010) (32)
- The effect of light and 2,4-D on anthocyanin production in Oxalis reclinata callus (1997) (28)
- Nitrogen supply and abiotic stress influence canavanine synthesis and the productivity of in vitro regenerated Sutherlandia frutescens microshoots. (2010) (25)
- Dierama luteoalbidum: Liquid culture provides an efficient system for the ex situ conservation of an endangered and horticulturally valuable plant (2006) (23)
- Medicinal plants at the ethnobotany–biotechnology interface in Africa (2004) (22)
- In Vitro Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Activities of the Root Bark Extract and Isolated Chemical Constituents of Zanthoxylum paracanthum Kokwaro (Rutaceae) (2020) (21)
- Local Medicinal Plant Knowledge in South Africa Preserved by Apartheid (2011) (20)
- Functional properties of pomegranate fruit parts: influence of packaging systems and storage time (2017) (20)
- Antimicrobial interactions of Khoi-San poly-herbal remedies with emphasis on the combination; Agathosma crenulata, Dodonaea viscosa and Eucalyptus globulus. (2013) (18)
- In vitro seed germination and cultivation of the aromatic medicinal Salvia stenophylla (Burch. ex Benth.) provides an alternative source of α-bisabolol (2010) (17)
- Applications of Cytokinins in Horticultural Fruit Crops: Trends and Future Prospects (2020) (14)
- Comparative cardio and developmental toxicity induced by the popular medicinal extract of Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. detected using a zebrafish Tuebingen embryo model (2018) (13)
- Chemical Variation in Essential Oil Profiles Detected Using Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography Spectrometry in Response to Potassium, Nitrogen, and Water Available to Micropropagated Plants of Salvia stenophylla (Burch. ex Benth.) (2012) (13)
- Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana signalling peptide TAXIMIN1 affects lateral organ development (2015) (13)
- Blanching Pre-Treatment Promotes High Yields, Bioactive Compounds, Antioxidants, Enzyme Inactivation and Antibacterial Activity of ‘Wonderful’ Pomegranate Peel Extracts at Three Different Harvest Maturities (2021) (12)
- Community harvesting of trees used as dens and for food by the tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) in the Pirie forest, South Africa (2018) (12)
- Effect of nitrogen and phosphate on in vitro growth and metabolite profiles of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Asteraceae) (2018) (12)
- Geographic-based metabolomic variation and toxicity analysis of Sutherlandia frutescens L. R.Br. – An emerging medicinal crop in South Africa (2019) (12)
- The Informal Trade of Medicinal Plants by Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape of South Africa (2014) (12)
- Advancement of analytical techniques in some South African commercialized medicinal plants: Current and future perspectives (2019) (12)
- Effect of strigolactones and auxins on growth and metabolite content of Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R. Br. microplants in vitro (2014) (11)
- Genetic transformation of the medicinal plant Salvia runcinata L. f. using Agrobacterium rhizogenes (2017) (11)
- cDNA-AFLP-based transcript profiling for genome-wide expression analysis of jasmonate-treated plants and plant cultures. (2013) (11)
- Nitrogen application influences quality, pharmacological activities and metabolite profiles of Athrixia phylicoides DC. (Bush tea) cultivated under greenhouse and field conditions (2018) (11)
- The antifungal and Cryptococcus neoformans virulence attenuating activity of Pelargonium sidoides extracts. (2019) (10)
- Steviol glycoside content and essential oil profiles of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in response to NaCl and polyethylene glycol as inducers of salinity and drought stress in vitro (2021) (10)
- The Implication of Chemotypic Variation on the Anti-Oxidant and Anti-Cancer Activities of Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. (Fabaceae) from Different Geographic Locations (2020) (8)
- Turning folklore into an ethnomedicinal catalogue (2009) (7)
- Effect of Solvent Extraction and Blanching Pre-Treatment on Phytochemical, Antioxidant Properties, Enzyme Inactivation and Antibacterial Activities of ‘Wonderful’ Pomegranate Peel Extracts (2021) (7)
- An Agrobacterium-mediated system for gene transfer in Pinus patula (2008) (6)
- Yeast Surface Display for In Vitro Biosynthetic Pathway Reconstruction. (2021) (6)
- Genomic and Transcriptomic Insight of Giant Sclerotium Formation of Wood-Decay Fungi (2021) (6)
- LC-MS-Based Metabolomics for the Chemosystematics of Kenyan Dodonaea viscosa Jacq (Sapindaceae) Populations (2020) (5)
- Breaking the Summer Dormancy of Pinellia ternata by Introducing a Heat Tolerance Receptor-Like Kinase ERECTA Gene (2020) (5)
- Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Metabolomic Characterization of Blanched Pomegranate Peel Extracts: Effect of Cultivar (2022) (5)
- Medicinal Plants and Biotechnology: An integrated approach to healthcare (2006) (5)
- Response of Phytochemicals in Bush Tea (Athrixia phylicoides DC.) as Influenced by Selected Micronutrients (2017) (5)
- Micropropagation and secondary metabolites in Agathosma betulina (Berg.) (2017) (5)
- Transmission of medicinal plant knowledge in urban Cape Town (2008) (4)
- The Power and Perils of De Novo Domestication Using Genome Editing. (2022) (4)
- Leaf Spray Mass Spectrometry: A Rapid Ambient Ionization Technique to Directly Assess Metabolites from Plant Tissues. (2018) (4)
- Contribution of South African plants to medicinal plant biotechnology (2008) (3)
- The role of alkaloids in chemical defence in Clivia miniata (Amaryllidaceae) against herbivory by Brithys crini (2018) (3)
- DNA fingerprinting and anti-inflammatory activity of Ocotea bullata bark from different locations (2005) (3)
- Soil pH influences the organic acid metabolism and exudation in cluster roots of protea species from the mediterranean-type fynbos ecosystem, Western Cape, South Africa (2022) (3)
- African medicinal flora in the limelight (2011) (3)
- Growing a Community: The Inaugural #Blackbotanistsweek Recap and Looking Forward (2021) (2)
- Hypersensitivity of Arabidopsis TAXIMIN1 overexpression lines to light stress is correlated with decreased sinapoyl malate abundance and countered by the antibiotic cefotaxime (2016) (2)
- Molecular analysis of in vitro Salvia africana-lutea L. organ cultures (2008) (1)
- Editorial: Metabolomics as a tool in ethnobotany-driven drug discoveries (2022) (1)
- Piecing together Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R. Br. metabolism using in vitro tools (2009) (1)
- Changing the chemical mosaic of South African medicinal plants through biotechnological strategies (2007) (1)
- The effect of various factors on seed germination and the influence of abiotic stresses on growth productivity, physiology and differences in metabolite profiles (diterpene glycosides) of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (2016) (1)
- Effect of nitrogen and phosphate on the growth productivity and biochemicals of Stevia rebaudiana (2016) (1)
- Cannabis sativa: From Therapeutic Uses to Micropropagation and Beyond (2021) (1)
- Metabolomic differentiation in wild and cultures populations of Cape medicinal plants (2017) (0)
- Establishing a tissue culture system to increase secondary metabolite production: Over-expression of geranyl diphosphate synthase to up-regulate production of terpenes in Salvia stenophylla (2009) (0)
- Investigating the potential of a traditional medicinal plant as an adjuvant remedy in the treatment of breast cancer (2015) (0)
- Effect of blanching pretreatment on the phytochemical properties, and bioactivities of ‘Herskawitz’ pomegranate peel extracts at three different harvest maturities (2022) (0)
- Conservation of indigenous medicinally important plants through the application of micropropagation using both liquid and solid cultures (2015) (0)
- Genetic transformation and micropropagation of Thapsia garganica L. : a medicinal plant (2013) (0)
- Altered metabolism in vitro of two aromatic medicinal Cape plants (2009) (0)
- From jelly beans to jumping genes — Application of biotechnology in conifers (2007) (0)
- The establishment of a micropropagation system for wild Aspalathus linearis (Rooibos) ecotypes (2018) (0)
- Effect of strigolactones and auxins on growth and metabolite content of Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R. Br. microplants in vitro (2014) (0)
- Corrigendum: Mass spectrometry metabolomics and feature-based molecular networking reveals population-specific chemistry in some species of the Sceletium genus (2022) (0)
- Professor Oswald Hercules Daluxolo Makunga (1932–2013) (2015) (0)
- Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics and Feature-Based Molecular Networking Reveals Population-Specific Chemistry in Some Species of the Sceletium Genus (2022) (0)
- Effect of nitrogen and phosphate on in vitro growth and metabolite profiles of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Asteraceae) (2018) (0)
- MOLECULAR BASIS OF CANAVANINE SYNTHESIS IN ORGAN CULTURES OF LESSERTIA FRUTESCENS (2009) (0)
- Seed germination behaviour, micropropagation and Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of Salvia runcinata (L.f.): implications for conservation and cultivation (2012) (0)
- In vitro micropropagation and the production of secondary metabolites in Agathosma betulina (Berg.): An important aromatic ethnomedicinal plant (2017) (0)
- African medicinal flora in the limelight, Thomas Brendler, Jacobus N. Eloff , Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, L. Denzil Phillips (Eds.) : book review (2011) (0)
- A versatile untargeted metabolomics-driven technology for rapid phytochemical profiling of stem barks of Zanthoxylum species with antioxidant and antimicrobial activities (2022) (0)
- Genetic modification and biochemical analysis of in vitro cultures of Pelargonium sidoides (2008) (0)
- Resprouters Versus Reseeders: Are Wild Rooibos Ecotypes Genetically Distinct? (2021) (0)
- Chemical Variation in Essential Oil Profiles Detected Using Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography Spectrometry in Response to Potassium, Nitrogen, and Water Available to Micropropagated Plants of Salvia stenophylla (Burch. ex Benth.) (2011) (0)
- The Informal Trade of Medicinal Plants by Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape of South Africa (2014) (0)
- The rhizomes of Alepidea amatymbica and A. natalensis are used for colds, coughs, asthma and abdominal cramp in tra- ditional medicine. Antibacterial (two Gram-positive: Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and two Gram-negative: Es- cherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae), antifungal (Candida (2009) (0)
- Molecular basis of anthocyanin production in callus and cell cultures of Oxalis reclinata. (1996) (0)
- Investigating a potential adjuvent remedy for cancer treatment: LC/MS based methods to differentiate and assess chemical composition of wild populations of Dodonaea viscosa (2016) (0)
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