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Nokwanda P Makunga

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ID178258
NAMENokwanda P Makunga
GIVEN NAMESNokwanda P
FAMILY NAMEMakunga
SIGNATUREMAKUNGA N P
AFFILIATIONSStellenbosch University
ORCID0000-0003-1507-251X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2
  • Differential impact of extracts from distinct Sceletium tortuosum chemotypes on central neurotransmitter concentrations in C57BL/6 mice

    Open Access•Catherine H Kaschula, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2025

    This finding may support a mood-enhancing effect of S. tortuosum and indicates its potential to modulate anxiety and stress processing, attention, and alertness. Alkaloid profiling further suggests that the mesembrine alcohols and sceletium A4 may be important contributors in driving these neurochemical changes

  • The antifungal and Cryptococcus neoformans virulence attenuating activity of Pelargonium sidoides extracts

    Open Access•Shakier Samie, Kim M Trollope et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2019

  • The Informal Trade of Medicinal Plants by Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape of South Africa

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Economic Botany•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • Antimicrobial interactions of Khoi-San poly-herbal remedies with emphasis on the combination; Agathosma crenulata, Dodonaea viscosa and Eucalyptus globulus

    Open Access•Samkele Zonyane, Sandy Van Vuuren et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2013

  • Local Medicinal Plant Knowledge in South Africa Preserved by Apartheid

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2011•Cited by: 3•References: 34

  • South African Salvia species

    Open Access•Guy Kamatou, G P P Kamatou et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2008

  • Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa

    Open Access•Nokwanda P Makunga, Lisa E Aston Philander et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2008•Cited by: 3•References: 2

  • Local Medicinal Plant Knowledge in South Africa Preserved by Apartheid

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2011•Cited by: 3•References: 34

  • Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa

    Open Access•Nokwanda P Makunga, Lisa E Aston Philander et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2008•Cited by: 3•References: 2

  • The Informal Trade of Medicinal Plants by Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape of South Africa

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Economic Botany•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • South African Salvia species

    Open Access•Guy Kamatou, G P P Kamatou et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2008

  • Current perspectives on an emerging formal natural products sector in South Africa

    Open Access•Nokwanda P Makunga, Lisa E Aston Philander et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2008•Cited by: 3•References: 2

  • Local Medicinal Plant Knowledge in South Africa Preserved by Apartheid

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Human Ecology•2011•Cited by: 3•References: 34

  • Antimicrobial interactions of Khoi-San poly-herbal remedies with emphasis on the combination; Agathosma crenulata, Dodonaea viscosa and Eucalyptus globulus

    Open Access•Samkele Zonyane, Sandy Van Vuuren et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2013

  • The Informal Trade of Medicinal Plants by Rastafari Bush Doctors in the Western Cape of South Africa

    Open Access•Lisa E Aston Philander, Nokwanda P Makunga et al.•ARTICLE•Economic Botany•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 19

  • The antifungal and Cryptococcus neoformans virulence attenuating activity of Pelargonium sidoides extracts

    Open Access•Shakier Samie, Kim M Trollope et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2019

  • Differential impact of extracts from distinct Sceletium tortuosum chemotypes on central neurotransmitter concentrations in C57BL/6 mice

    Open Access•Catherine H Kaschula, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Ethnopharmacology•2025

    This finding may support a mood-enhancing effect of S. tortuosum and indicates its potential to modulate anxiety and stress processing, attention, and alertness. Alkaloid profiling further suggests that the mesembrine alcohols and sceletium A4 may be important contributors in driving these neurochemical changes

Biology (5 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (5 works) · Botany (4 works) · Medicinal plants (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Traditional medicine (4 works) · Antimicrobial (3 works) · Antibacterial activity (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Bacteria (2 works)

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