PROMEC Unit

Publications 2005

1. Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. Diversity and differentiation in two populations of Fusarium circinatum in South Africa. Plant Pathol 2005; 54: 46-52.
2. De Beer D, Joubert E, Gelderblom WCA, Manley M. Antioxidant activity of South African red and white cultivar wines and selected wine phenolic compounds: Inhibition of microsomal lipid peroxidation. Food Chem 2005; 90: 569 - 577.
3. De Beer D, Joubert E, Gelderblom WCA, Manley M. Changes in the phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of Pinotage, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc wines during bottle ageing. S Afr J Enol Viticult 2005; 26: 1-15.
4. Dubber M-J, Sewram V, Mshicileli N, Shephard GS, Kanfer I. The simultaneous determination of selected flavonol glycosides and aglycones in Ginkgo biloba oral dosage forms by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Analysis 2005; 37: 723-731.
5. Eloff JN, Famakin JO, Katerere DRP. Combretum woodii (Combretaceae) leaf extracts have high activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Afr J Biotechnol 2005; 4: 1161 - 1166.
6. Eloff JN, Famakin JO, Katerere DRP.  Isolation of an antibacterial stilbene from Combretum woodii (Combretaceae) leaves. Afr J Biotechnol 2005; 4: 1167 - 1171.
7. Fandohan P, Zoumenou D, Hounhouigan DJ, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ, Hell K. Fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins during the processing of maize into food products in Benin, West Africa. Int J Food Microbiol 2005; 98: 149-259.
8. Fandohan P, Gnonlonfin B, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. Natural occurrence of Fusarium and subsequent fumonisin contamination in preharvest and stored maize in Benin, West Africa. Int J Food Microbiol 2005; 99: 173-183.
9. Ghiasian SA, Rezayat SM, Kord-Bacheh P, Maghsood H, Yazdanpanah H, Shephard S, Van der Westhuizen L, Vismer HF, Marasas WFO.  Fumonisin production by Fusarium species isolated from freshly harvested corn in Iran.  Mycopathologia 2005; 159: 31-40.
10. Joubert E, Winterton P, Britz TJ, Gelderblom WCA. Antioxidant and pro-oxidant activities of aqueous extracts and crude polyphenolic fractions of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis). J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53: 10260 - 10267.
11. Katerere DR, Eloff JN. Management of diabetes in African traditional medicine. In: A Soumyanath (ed) Traditional Medicines for Modern Times  - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press 2005, pp 203-218.
12. Katerere DR, Eloff JN. Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae), a reputed anti-HIV/AID phytomedicine. Phytother Res 2005; 19: 779-781.
13. Leslie JF, Zeller KA, Lamprecht SC, Rheeder JP, Marasas WFO. Toxicity, pathogenicity and genetic differentiation of five species of Fusarium from sorghum and millet. Phytopathology 2005; 95: 275-283.
14. Marnewick JL, Joubert E, Joseph S, Swanevelder S, Swart P, Gelderblom WCA. Inhibition of tumour promotion in mouse skin by extracts of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia), unique South African herbal teas. Cancer Lett 2005; 224: 193-202.
15. Mohammadi A, Kanfer I, Sewram V, Walker RB. An LC-MS-MS method for the determination of cyclizine in human serum. J Cromatogr B 2005; 824: 148-152.
16. Pourshams A, Saadatian-Elahi M, Nouraie M, Malekshah AF, Rakhshani N, Salahi R, Yoonessi A, Semnani S, Islami F, Sotoudeh M, Fahimi S, Sadjadi AR, Nasrollhzadeh D, Aghcheli K, Kamangar F, Abnet CC, Saidi F, Sewram V, Strickland PT, Dawsey SM, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Malekzadeh R. Golestan cohort study of oesophageal cancer: feasibility and first results. Br J Cancer 2005; 92: 176-181.
17. Sewram V, Mshicileli N, Shephard GS, Vismer HF, Rheeder JP, Lee Y-W, Leslie JF, Marasas WFO. Production of fumonisin B and C analogs by several Fusarium  species. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53: 4861 - 4866.
18. Shephard GS. Overview and latest advances in fumonisins (Revision general y avences recientes en fumonisins). Revista Mexicana de Micologia 2005; 20: 81-88.
19. Shephard GS. Aflatoxin and food safety: Recent African perspectives. In: HK Abbas (ed). Aflatoxin and Food Safety. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 2005, pages 13 - 28.
20. Shephard GS, Van der Westhuizen L, Gatyeni PM, Katerere DR, Marasas WFO. Do fumonisin mycotoxins occur in wheat?  J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53: 9293 - 9296.
21. Shephard GS, Van der Westhuizen L, Gatyeni PM, Somdyala NIM, Burger H-M, Marasas WFO.  Fumonisin mycotoxins in traditional Xhosa maize beer in South Africa. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53: 9634-9637.
22. Smuts CM, Abel S. The relevance of essential fatty acids to health and disease. The Specialist Forum 2005; 5: 38-48.
23. Springfield EP, Eagles PKF, Scott G. Quality assessment of South African herbal medicines by means of HPLC fingerprinting. J Ethnopharmacol 2005; 101: 75-83.