PhD Project

The main aim of this study is to describe, analyse and interpret, for the first time, the main secondary metabolites present in the roots, leaves and seeds of southern African genistoid legumes (family Fabaceae), with emphasis on phenolic compounds and alkaloids.

Publications

Long, H.S., Stander M.A. & Van Wyk B.-E. 2012. Notes on the occurrence and significance of triterpenoids (asiaticoside and related compounds) and caffeoylquinic acids in Centella species. South African Journal of Botany 82: 53-59.

Long H., Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, B.-E. 2010. The ethnobotany and pharmacognosy of Olea europaea subsp. africana. South African Journal of Botany 76: 324-331.

Coventry, H.S., Dubery, I.A. 2001. Lipopolysaccharides from Burkholderiacepaciacontribute to an enhanced defensive capacity and the induction of pathogenesis-related proteins in Nicotianaetabacum. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 58: 149-158.

Conference contributions

Long, H.S., Van Wyk, B.-E., Tilney, P.M. 2013. "The identification and ethnobotany of Cape wild garlic (Tulbaghia species)." (lecture: 16th Conference of the Indigenous Plant Use Forum, Nelspruit, South Africa, 1-4 July 2013).

Kinfe, H.H., Van Wyk, B.-E., Long, H.S., 2013. "Ethnobotany and main phenolic compound of the leaves and roots of Rafnia amplexicaulis - a poorly known Cape medicinal plant."(lecture: 16 th Conference of the Indigenous Plant Use Forum, Nelspruit, South Africa, 1-4 July 2013).

Long, H.S., Stander, M.A., Van Wyk, B.-E., Tilney, P.M. 2012. "The anatomy and chemistry of Centella species used in traditional medicine." (lecture: 15th Conference of the Indigenous Plant Use Forum, Thohoyandou, South Africa, 2-5 July 2012).

Long, H.S., Van Wyk, B.-E., Tilney, P.M.2010."Ethnobotany and pharmacognosy of three Cape herbal plants."(lecture: 36 th Congress of the South African Association of Botanists, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 11-15 January 2010).

Long, H.S., Tilney, P.M., Van Wyk, B.-E. 2009. "The ethnobotany and chemical variation of Olea europaea subsp. africana." (lecture: 12th Conference of the Indigenous Plant Use Forum, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6-9 July 2009).