African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2298

Full Length Research Paper

The effect on potency of adding (-)-epicatechin to crude extracts of Elephantorrhiza elephantina and Pentanisia prunelloides

Smart J. Mpofu
  • Smart J. Mpofu
  • Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, P.O. Box 1701, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa.
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Titus A.M. Msagati*
  • Titus A.M. Msagati*
  • University of South Africa (Florida): Research Unit of Nanotechnology for Water sustainability, UNISA Science Campus, Corner of Christiaan de Wet Road & Pioneer Avenue, Florida, 1709 Johannesburg, South Africa
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Rui W. M. Krause
  • Rui W. M. Krause
  • Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 12 November 2013
  •  Accepted: 09 September 2014
  •  Published: 08 October 2014

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