D. Tech. Chemistry. / Aims to isolate and characterise mesembrine-type alkaloids from S. tortuosum for use as reference standards ; develop and validate analytical methods for the accurate determination of mesembrine-type alkaloids in S. tortuosum samples and commercial products for quality control purposes ; investigate inter-species variation of alkaloids in endemic Sceletium species ; establish the variation of mesembrine-type alkaloids within and between different populations of S. tortuosum specimens and hence identify various chemotypes ; determine the variations of the target alkaloids in S. tortuosum commercial products purchased from various suppliers ; determine the mesembrine-type alkaloid content of the combustion products from S. tortuosum; and to evaluate the in vitro permeation of the alkaloids across oral and intestinal mucosa.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000308 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Shikanga, Emmanuel Amukohe. |
| Contributors | Viljoen, Alvaro, Combrinck, Sandra, Gericke, Nigel |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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