Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy
Bester, MJ
BSc(Hons) MSc(Pret) PhD(Science)(Witwatersrand) - Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 319 2632
Fax number: 012 319 2240
E-mail address: megan.bester@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
The prevalence and role of LDL particle size as a risk entity of ischaemic heart disease in South Africans
The role of methionine-homocysteine metabolism in neural tube defects
Homocysteine metabolism
Biochemical aspects of the quality and health properties of tea
Cell Biology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Dias ASP, Bester MJ, Britz RF, Apostolides Z: 2006. Animal models used for the evaluation of antiretroviral therapies. Current HIV Research, 4 / Oct, pp 431-446.
Britz RF, Bester MJ, da Silva AA, Motsoane NA, Marx J, Naudé H, Pretorius E: 2006. Piracetam: Its possible mode of action in children with learning disabilities and its effect on in vitro cell growth. Early Child Development and Care, 176 (3/4) / May, pp 285-298.
Marx J, Pretorius E, Bester MJ: 2006. Effects of Urginea sanguinea, a traditional asthma remedy, on embryo neuronal development. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 104, pp 315-321.
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