UWC Pharmacopoeia monograph project

  • About the UWC Pharmacopoeia monograph project
  • Below is a list of 60 monographs of which some are available for viewing.

Agathosma Betulina Herba
Agathosma Crenulata Herba
Alepidea Amatymbica Rhizoma
Arctopus Echinatus Radix
Artemisia Afra Herba
Asclepias Fruticosa Herba
Ballota Africana Herba
Buddleja Saligna Herba
Bulbine Frutescens Folia
Carpobrotus Acinaciformis Folia
Carpobrotus Edulis Folia
Chironia Baccifera Herba
Cissampelos Capensis Herba
Cliffortia Ferruginea Herba
Cliffortia Odorata Herba
Conyza Scabrida Herba
Cotyledon Orbiculata Folia
Dodonaea Angustifolia Herba
Elytropappus Rhinocerotis Herba
Eriocephalus Africanus Herba

Euclea Undulata Herba
Galenia Africana Herba
Geranium Incanum Herba
Gunnera Perpensa Rhizoma
Harpagophytum Radix
Helichrysum Patulum Herba
Helichrysum Petiolare Herba
Hippia Frutescens Herba
Hypoxis Radix
Leonotis Leonurus Herba
Leonotis Ocymifolia Herba
Leysera Gnaphalodes Herba
Lobostemon Fruticosus Herba
Melianthus Comosus Folia
Melianthus Major Folia
Mentha Longifolia Herba
Nylandta Spinosa Herba
Olea Africana Herba
Ocotea Bullata Cortex
Oncosiphon Suffruticosum Herba
Osmitopsis Asteriscoides Herba
Pelargonium Betulinum Herba

Pelargonium Cucullatum Herba
Pelargonium Grossularioides Herba
Pelargonium Peltatum Herba
Pelargonium Triste Rhizoma
Peucedanum Galbanum Herba
Prunus Africana Cortex
Salvia Africana Caerulea Herba
Salvia Africana Lutea Herba
Salvia Chamelaeagnea Herba
Sceletium Tortuosum Herba
Siphonocheilus Aethiopicus Rhizoma
Stachys Aethiopica Herba
Stoebe Plumosa Herba
Sutherlandia Frutescens Herba
Tarchonanthus Camphoratus Herba
Tetradenia Riparia Herba
Tulbaghia Bulbus
Warburgia Salutaris Cortex

The monographs were compiled by Gillian Scott (PhD) and Evan Springfield (MSc.) They comprise mainly new information from the results of research conducted by the authors in the laboratories of the School of Pharmacy and Department of Microbiology (with the kind assistance of Mr Norman Coldrey) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), together with data from the published scientific literature. The line drawings of plant habit are the work of Jeanette Loedolff (National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch).

The monograph authors would like to thank the following institutions for generously providing authenticated plant material for research:

  • National Botanical Institute Montagu Museum Cape Flats Nature Reserve (UWC) Tygerberg Nature Reserve Durbanville Nature Reserve West Coast National Park Institute of Natural Resources, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg Northern Cape Nature Conservation Service Parceval Pharmaceuticals Cape Nature Conservation Grassroots Natural Products cc KwaZulu/Natal Department of Nature Conservation North West Province Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment Silverglen Nursery, Durban Parks Department
  • KwaZulu/Natal Department of Nature Conservation

The original project was funded by the Medical Research Council of South Africa.

 

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04-Jun-2013

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