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Service learning in pharmacy: Opportunities for student learning and service delivery
(Academic Journals, 2011)
High patient load and understaffing in public health care facilities preclude the provision of optimal
pharmaceutical services in South Africa. A Service Learning in Pharmacy (SLIP) programme for the
University of the ...
Numerical treatment of Kap's equation using a class of fourth order method
(Academic Journals, 2011)
Kap's equation is a stiff initial value problem. This paper deals with the treatment of Kap's equation using a class of 4th order explicit Runge-Kutta method. Numerical computation was carried out using Microsoft Visual ...
Direct inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme by an extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, harpagoside and harpagide
(Academic Journals, 2011)
A methanolic extract of Harpagophytum procumbens as well as harpagoside and harpagide were tested
as direct inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme (COX-2). The H. procumbens extract demonstrated
direct inhibition (68%) of ...
Comparative study of admissions criteria of a selection of South African universities
(Stellenbosch University, 2011)
Summary:
The new school-leaving certificate, the National Senior Certificate (NSC), was awarded for the first time in 2008. This necessitated a relook at the entrance requirements for university, as the school subjects ...
Mapping and characterisation of the sorghum cell suspension culture secretome
(Academic Journals, 2011)
Here we reported the first secretomic study of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), a naturally drought tolerant cereal crop. In this study, we used a gel-based proteomic approach in combination with mass spectrometry to separate ...
Chromista
(Wiley Online, 2011)
The concept of chromists, at its most expansive, includes the heterokonts (stramenopiles), alveolates, rhizarians, heliozoans, telonemians, haptophytes and cryptophytes. There is mounting evidence that this grouping is not ...
DDPC: Dragon database of genes associated with prostate cancer
(Oxford Journals, 2011)
Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men. PC is relatively difficult to diagnose due to a lack of clear early symptoms. Extensive research of PC has led to the availability of a large amount ...
Acute pharmacokinetics of first line anti-tuberculosis drugs in patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and in patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis co-infected with HIV
(David Publishing, 2011)
The aim of this study was to compare the pharmacokinetics of antituberculosis drugs in patients with
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and in patients with PTB and HIV during the first 24 h of treatment. Designed as a ...
Inorganic ions in leonotis leonurus extract do not explain changes in isolated Wistar rat heart function
(Open Access Science Research Publisher, 2011)
Leonotis leonurus (L. leonurus) R. Br (Lamiaceae) is used by healers in South Africa. The present study was conducted to determine if the L. leonurus effect on isolated rat heart is due to ionic changes in the perfusion fluid.
Nevirapine plasma concentrations in premature infants exposed to single-dose nevirapine for prevention of mother-tochild transmission of HIV-1
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2011)
Background: No pharmacokinetic data exist for premature infants receiving single-dose nevirapine (sd NVP) for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV.
Aim: To describe NVP decay pharmacokinetics in two ...