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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Plant Science

Meyer, JJM

PhD(Pret) - Head of Department

NRF Rating: B3

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Telephone number: 012 420 2224
Fax number: 012 362 5099
E-mail address: marion.meyer@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

The isolation and identification of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants

Biosynthesis and metabolomics of natural products

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Samie A, Obi CL, Lall N, Meyer JJM: 2009. In-vitro cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activities, against clinical isolates of Campylobacter species and Entamoeba histolytica, of local medicinal plants from the Venda region, in South Africa. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 103 (2), pp 159-170, Full Text

Samie A, Housein A, Lall N, Meyer JJM: 2009. Crude extracts of, and purified compounds from, Pterocarpus angolensis, and the essential oil of Lippia javanica: their in-vitro cytotoxicities and activities against selected bacteria and . Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 103 (5), pp 427-439, Full Text

Ziaratnia SM, Ohyama K, Hussein AA, Muranaka T, Lall N, Kunert KJ, Meyer JJM: 2009. Isolation and identification of a novel chlorophenol from a cell suspension culture ofHelichrysum aureonitens. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 57 (11), pp 1282-1283.

Kuete V, Tangmouo JG, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2009. Diospyrone, crassiflorone and plumbagin: Three antimycrobial and antigonorrhoeal naphthoquinones from twoDiospyros spp. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 34, pp 322-325.

Heyman HM, Hussein AA, Meyer JJM, Lall N: 2009. Antibacterial activity of South African medicinal plants against methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus. Pharmaceutical Biology, 47 (1), pp 67-71.

Hawas UW, Gamal-Eldeen AM, El-Toumy SAA, Meyer JJM, Hussein AA: 2009. Inhibition of the Initiation Stage of Carcinogenesis bysalvia disermas Constituents. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C-A Journal of Biosciences, 64c, pp 831-839.

 

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