Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research Unit

Our publications

1. M.G. Matsabisa, T. Spotose, D. Hoho & M. Javu
   Traditional Health Practitioners’ Awareness Training Programme on TB, HIV and AIDS: A pilot project for the Khayelitsha area in Cape Town, South Africa

2. Joseph  L Kgokong,  MG Matsabisa and Peter P Smith
   1,2,3-Tiazino-[5,6b] indole derivatives: Effects of the trifluoromethyl group on  in vitro  antimalarial activity Biorganic & Medical Chemistry 13:2035 – 2042, 2005

3. M.G. Matsabisa, JP Dheyongera,WJ Gledenhuys,TG Dekker and CJ  Van der Schyf
   Antimalarial activity of thioacridone compounds related to the acronycine alkaloid  Biorganic & Medical Chemistry (2005). In press.

4. Matsabisa MG and SC Ntutela.
   Treatment of Tuberculosis by Traditional Healers. CME 21(2): 2003, p.98

5. Kgokong J.L, Matsabisa M.G, Breytenbach J.C.
   The In vitro Antimalarial Activity of Novel Triflouromethyl- and Bis (Triflouromethyl) quinoline Derivatives Arzneimittel Forschung Drug Research 51(1): 163 - 168, 2001

6. South African primary Healthcare Handbook: Combining Western and Traditional Practices. Co-author: South African Primary Health Care Handbook: combining Western and Traditional Practices 2nd Ed. FormsXpress, Cape Town. 1999 ISBN 0 620 23767 8

7. Merlin Willcox ¹, Shungu K Gamaniel ², Motlalepula G Matsabisa ³, Jean René Randriasamimanana ⁴, Charles O.N Wambebe ², Philippe Rasoanaivo ⁵
   Chapter17: Guidelines for the pre-clinical Evaluation of the Safety of Traditional Herbal Antimalarials.
   

8. Cailean Clarkson ^a, Vinesh J. Maharaj ^b, Neil R. Crouch ^c,d, Olwen M. Grace ^c, Pamisha Pillay ^b, Motlalepula G. Matsabisa ^e, Niresh Bhagwandin ^e, Peter J Smith ^a, Peter I. Folb ^a
   In vitro Antiplasmodial Activity of Medicinal Plants native to or Naturalised in South Africa.