An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand

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dc.contributor.advisorGammon, David Wen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHoffman, Timmen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorChibale, Kellyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWheat, Nicola Men_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-11T07:02:24Z
dc.date.available2014-11-11T07:02:24Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this thesis is to investigate medicinal plants from different perspectives in an attempt to arrive at a new, integrated and streamlined method for the discovery of bioactive secondary metabolites of plant origin. This will be done through a focused study of the traditionally used medicinal plants of the Paulshoek region of Namaqualand and a demographic study of the people who use them. Trends in traditional medicinal plant choice will be investigated and methods of traditional knowledge acquisition and transfer will be examined. Additional assessment of bioactivity and trends in bioactivity will be conducted and a variety of physico-chemical and computational techniques will be used to determine the major metabolites present in selected plant species. These different approaches to medicinal plants will be brought together in a single holistic method put forward as a possible way of conducting future studies into discovering active metabolites for potential drug development.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWheat, N. M. (2014). <i>An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9541en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWheat, Nicola M. <i>"An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9541en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWheat, N. 2014. An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wheat, Nicola M AB - The aim of this thesis is to investigate medicinal plants from different perspectives in an attempt to arrive at a new, integrated and streamlined method for the discovery of bioactive secondary metabolites of plant origin. This will be done through a focused study of the traditionally used medicinal plants of the Paulshoek region of Namaqualand and a demographic study of the people who use them. Trends in traditional medicinal plant choice will be investigated and methods of traditional knowledge acquisition and transfer will be examined. Additional assessment of bioactivity and trends in bioactivity will be conducted and a variety of physico-chemical and computational techniques will be used to determine the major metabolites present in selected plant species. These different approaches to medicinal plants will be brought together in a single holistic method put forward as a possible way of conducting future studies into discovering active metabolites for potential drug development. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand TI - An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9541 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9541
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWheat NM. An ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualand. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9541en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemistryen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn ethnobotanical, phytochemical and metabolomics investigstion of plants from the Paulshoek Communal Area, Namaqualanden_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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