Publications

2007

  • McGaw LJ, Steenkamp V, Eloff JN.  Evaluation of Athrixia bush tea for cytotoxicity, antioxidant activity, caffeine content and presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. J Ethnopharmacol. 2007, 110: 16-22.
  • Steenkamp V, Stewart MJ.  Medicinal applications and toxicological activities of Aloe products. Pharmaceutical Biology 2007, 45: 411-420.
  • Steenkamp V, Fernandes AC, van Rensburg CEJ. Screening of Venda medicinal plants for antifungal activity against Candida albicans. S Afr J Bot. 2007; 73: 256-258.
  • Steenkamp V, Fernandes AC, van Rensburg CEJ. Antibacterial activity of Venda medicinal plants.  Fitoterapia. 2007; 78:561-564.
  • Neuman MG, Jia AY, Steenkamp V.  Senecio latifolius induces hepatocytotoxicity in vitro in a human cell line.  Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007, 85: 1063-1075.

 

2006

  • Erasmus RT, Matsha T, Blanco E. Comparison of 1999 WHO  and 1998 ADA criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Cent Afr J Med , 2006( In press)
  • Somers A, Erasmus RT, Rusford E, Hassan S. Screening for diabetes mellitus in urban learners from the Western Cape, J  Fam Pract, 2006( In press)
  • Van Rensburg SJ, van Zyl JM, Potocnik FCV, Daniels W, Uys J, Marais L, Hon D, Van der Walt BJ,  Erasmus RT.  The effect of stress on the antioxidative potential of serum: implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Metabolic Brain Disease (In press).
  • De Villiers JNP, Treurnicht FK, Warnich L, Carr J, van Rensburg SJ , Kotze MJ.  Analysis of viral and genetic factors in South African patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease, 2006 (In press)
  • Kotze MJ, de Villiers JNP, Warnich L, Schmidt S, Carr J, Mansvelt E, Fourie E, Van Rensburg SJ.  Lack of clinical manifestation of hereditary haemochromatosis in South African patients with multiple sclerosis. Metabolic Brain Disease, 2006 (In press)
  • Potocnik FCV,  van Rensburg SJ, Hon D,  Emsley RA,  Moodie IM,  Erasmus RT. Oral zinc augmentation with vitamins A and D increases plasma zinc concentration: implications for burden of disease. Metabolic Brain Disease, 2006 (In press).
  • Matsha T, Brink L, Van Rensburg S, Erasmus R (2006). Home brewed beer is not associated with  iron overload in subjects with oesophageal cancer from the Transkei. Nutrition and Cancer (In press)
  • Steenkamp V, Gouws MC, Gulumian M, Elgorashi EE, van Staden J.   Studies on antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of herbal remedies used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis. J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Jan 3;103(1):71-5. Epub 2005 Aug 24.
  • Matsha T, Stepien A, Blanco E, Brink LT, Lombard CJ, Van Rensburg S, Erasmus RT. Self induced vomiting – risk for oesophageal cancer. S Afr Med J, 2006, 96, 3, 209 -212
  • Bezuidenhout J, Wasserman E, Mansvelt, Meyer C, Van Zyl G, Orth H, Els A. Clinical rotation in pathology: description of a case based approach. J Clin Path , 2006, 59: 355 -359
  • Le Riche M, Burgess L, Marais D. Pseudohyponatraemia in a patient with obstructive jaundice. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2006, 366, 357 -360
  • van Rensburg S, Kotze M, Hon D, Haug P, Kuyler J, Hendricks M, Botha J, Potocnik F, Matsha T, Erasmus R. Iron and the folate-vitamin B12-methylation pathway in multiple sclerosis Metabolic Brain Dis, 2006, Epub (ahead of publication)
  • Emsley R, Niehaus D, Koen L Oosthuizen P, Turner H, Carey P,van Reus S, Maritz J Murck H. The effects of eicosapentaenoic acid in tardive dyskinesia: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Schizophr Res. 2006, 84(1):112-20.
  • Delport R. The value of accurate analytics in the management of cardiovascular disease! Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2006 Jan-Feb;17(1):3-5. (Editorial)
  • Delport R. Glucose monitoring − quality and cost-effectiveness. S Afr J Diabetes Vasc Dis 2006;3:3-4 (Editorial)

 

2005

  • Ranjith N, Pegoraro RJ, Naidoo DP.    Demographic data and outcome of acute coronary syndrome in the South African Asian Indian population. Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2005 Jan-Feb;16(1):48-54. Epub 2004 Nov 30.
  • Snyman T, Stewart MJ, Grove A, Steenkamp V.   Adulteration of South African traditional herbal remedies. Ther Drug Monit. 2005 Feb;27(1):86-9.
  • Conradie J, Stewart MJ, Steenkamp V.   GC/MS identification of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in traditional remedies given to two sets of twins. Ann Clin Biochem. 2005 Mar;42(Pt 2):141-4.
  • Luyckx VA, Steenkamp V, Stewart MJ.   Acute renal failure associated with the use of traditional folk remedies in South Africa. Ren Fail. 2005;27(1):35-43.
  • Pegoraro RJ, Ranjith N, Rom L.   Coagulation gene polymorphisms as risk factors for myocardial infarction in young Indian Asians.  Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2005 May-Jun;16(3):152-7.
  • Steenkamp V, Stewart MJ.   Nephrotoxicity associated with exposure to plant toxins, with particular reference to Africa.  Ther Drug Monit. 2005 Jun;27(3):270-7. Review.
  • Delport R.  Aggressive cholesterol-lowering treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus: an update.  Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2004 Jul-Aug;15(4):195-6. 
  • Pegoraro RJ, Ranjith N.    Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) and platelet glycoprotein IIIa (PGIIIa) polymorphisms in young Asian Indians with acute myocardial infarction.  Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2005 Sep-Oct;16(5):266-70.
  • Skeie S, Perich C, Ricos C, Araczki A, Horvath AR, Oosterhuis WP, Bubner T, Nordin G, Delport R, Thue G, Sandberg S.  Postanalytical external quality assessment of blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c: an international survey.  Clin Chem. 2005 Jul;51(7):1145-53. 
  • Steenkamp V, Stewart MJ, Chimuka L, Cukrowska E.  Uranium concentrations in South African herbal remedies. Health Phys. 2005 Dec;89(6):679-83.
  • Zatta P, Messori L, Mauri P, van Rensburg SJ, Van Zyl J, Gabrielli S, Gabbiani C The C2 variant of human serum transferrin retains the iron binding properties of the native protein.Biochemica et Biophysica Acta 2005, 1741:264 -270
  • Sensi S and Van Rensburg S. 2005. Editorial: It’s all in the metals. J Alzheimers Dis. 8:207-208.
  • Potocnik FCV, Janse van Rensburg S, Bouwens
    Neurological ageing factors: neurobiology of ageing and prevention of dementia Continuing Med Education J. 2005 23(6): 307 -309
  • Zemlin AE, Sulzer NU, Burgess LJ Primary aldosteronism: its role in hypertension. The Specialist Forum, 2005 : 5(2): 30-38
  • Le Riche M, Burgess LJ, Erasmus RT The role of the clinical laboratory in the evaluation of dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular risk assessment SA Heart J, 2005 2(3): 40-46

 

2004

  • Steenkamp V, Grove A. CNS effects after muti ingestion: what is the cause? Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Jan 6;139(1):93-4.
  • Luyckx VA, Steenkamp V, Rubel JR, Stewart MJ. Adverse effects associated with the use of South African traditional folk remedies. Cent Afr J Med. 2004 May-Jun;50(5-6):46-51.
  • Steenkamp V, Mathivha E, Gouws MC, van Rensburg CE. Studies on antibacterial, antioxidant and fibroblast growth stimulation of wound healing remedies from South Africa. J Ethnopharmacol. 2004 Dec;95(2-3):353-7.
  • Steenkamp V, Grimmer H, Semano M, Gulumian M. Antioxidant and genotoxic properties of South African herbal extracts. Mutat Res. 2005 Mar 7;581(1-2):35-42. Epub 2004 Dec 23.
  • Pegoraro RJ, Roberts CB, Rom L, Moodley J. T594M mutation of the epithelial sodium channel beta-subunit gene in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Black South African women. BJOG. 2004 Sep;111(9):1012-3.
  • Pegoraro RJ, Chikosi A, Rom L, Roberts C, Moodley J. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms in black South Africans and the association with preeclampsia. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2004 May;83(5):449-54.
  • Ranjith N, Pegoraro RJ, Rom L, Rajput MC, Naidoo DP. Lp(a) and apoE polymorphisms in young South African Indians with myocardial infarction. Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2004 May-Jun;15(3):111-7.
  • Delport R, Lingenhel AW, Ubbink JB, Kraft HG. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia is an important risk factor for vascular disease in subjects with high-molecular weight apo(a) isoforms. Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2004 Sep-Oct;15(5):207-13.
  • Roberts CB, Rom L, Moodley J, Pegoraro RJ. Hypertension-related gene polymorphisms in pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and gestational hypertension in Black South African women. J Hypertens. 2004 May;22(5):945-8.
  • Worthington HV, Hunt LP, McCloy RF, Ubbink JB, Braganza JM. Dietary antioxidant lack, impaired hepatic glutathione reserve, and cholesterol gallstones. Clin Chim Acta. 2004 Nov;349(1-2):157-65.
  • Ranjith N, Pegoraro RJ, Rom L, Lanning PA, Naidoo DP. Renin-angiotensin system and associated gene polymorphisms in myocardial infarction in young South African Indians. Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2004 Jan-Feb;15(1):22-6.

 


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