Traditional herbal medicines: potential degradation of sterols and sterolins by microbial contaminants
Medicinal plants with a high content of sterols and sterolins, such as Bulbine natalensis (rooiwortel) and Hypoxis hemerocallidea (African potato), are commonly and inappropriately used in South Africa for the treatment of HIV/AIDS due to the inaccessibility of antiretroviral drugs. This study inves...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2010-01-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science |
Online Access: | http://192.168.0.115/index.php/sajs/article/view/10037 |
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