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Epoxylignans from the seeds of Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae)

Shoeb, M.; Jaspars, M.; MacManus, S.M.; Majinda, R.R.T.; Sarker, S.D. (Elsevier Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/biochemsyseco, NaN, 2004)

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A study focusing on Centaurea cyanus L. (family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae), otherwise known as "cornflower" or "bachelor's button. The seed is purchased from B & T World Seeds sarl, Pauguignan, 34210 Olonzac, France and the voucher specimen (PHSH0002) kept in the Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Aberdeen, UK for testing. The result shows the occurrence of epoxylignans, berchemol (1) and lariciresinol 4-O-b-d-glucopyranoside (2) in the seeds of C. cyanus.

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Evaluation of methods for the isolation, detection and quantification of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins

Msagati, T A M; Siame, B A; Shushu, D D (Elsevier Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/aquatox, NaN, 2006)

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Cyanobacterial hepatotoxins such as microcystins and nodularins have been responsible for the poisoning of both animals and humans who ingest or come into contact with toxic blooms. They are extremely stable in water due to their stable chemical structure and can tolerate radical changes in water chemistry, including pH and salinity. Different methods for the extraction and detection of these compounds have been reported. Extraction methods utilizing both aqueous and organic solvent systems have been reported. The detection methods ranging from immunological or biochemical assays such as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and enzyme activity assays, to chemicals methods such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and more sophisticated liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) have been documented as well. We review some important aspects of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins and methods of analysis for these toxins.

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Evaluation of methods for the isolation, detection and quantification of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins

Msagati, T.A.M.; Siame, B.A.; Shushu, D.D. (Elsevier Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505509/description#description, NaN, 2006)

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Cyanobacterial hepatotoxins such as microcystins and nodularins have been responsible for the poisoning of both animals and humans who ingest or come into contact with toxic blooms. They are extremely stable in water due to their stable chemical structure and can tolerate radical changes in water chemistry, including pH and salinity. Different methods for the extraction and detection of these compounds have been reported. Extraction methods utilizing both aqueous and organic solvent systems have been reported. The detection methods ranging from immunological or biochemical assays such as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and enzyme activity assays, to chemicals methods such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and more sophisticated liquid chromatographyÃ Â¢ mass spectrometry (LC-MS) have been documented as well. We review some important aspects of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins and methods of analysis for these toxins.

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Examination of Blepharis aspera as a possible Cu–Ni indicator plant

Nkoanea, B.B.M.; Wibetoe, G.; Lund, W.; Abegaz, B. (South African Journal of Science, NaN, 2007)

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BLEPHARIS ASPERA WAS COLLECTED FROM A copper–nickel mineralized area in Botswana and examined as a possible Cu–Ni indicator plant for biogeochemical prospecting. Different plant parts and the host soils were analysed using ultrasonic slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. All plant parts accumulated Cu and Ni in above-normal amounts, although not in hyperaccumulator concentrations. The leaf to soil Cu concentration ratio varied little with metal concentration in the soil. We propose Blepharis aspera as a Cu indicator plant.

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Fire and its influence on microbial community structure and soil biochemical properties in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Mubyana-John, T.; Wutor, V.C.; Yeboah, S.O.; Ringrose, S. (Academic Journals. http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE, NaN, 2007)

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The influence of wild fires on microbial community structure, soil organic matter, sulphur oxidising and nitrifying microbial populations in the floodplains of the Okavango Delta of Botswana was assessed. Microbial community structure was assessed by phospholipids ester-linked fatty acids (PLFA) quantification while microbial sulphur oxidisers were assessed by Most Probable Number (MPN). Community structure assessment showed that burning shifted the microbial community structure from single cellular bacteria being the dominant groups to filamentous fungi and actinomycetes being the most dominant groups. Generally burning increased the fungal component (18:2 w6) matrix from 3.40 to 8.35 while the actinomycetes and sulphur reducing bacterial (10 Me 16:0) component also increased from 1.02 to 1.70 mostly in the floodplains. Generally, the organic matter content declined with burning. However, the influence of burning on soil pH was non conclusive. Soil microbial biomass carbon increased slightly after the fire. The number of heterotrophic and nitrite-oxidizing and sulphur reducing bacteria increased. Overall, these results indicate that burning significantly alters the microbial community structure as large above ground losses of nutrients during and after burning often results in low quantities of nutrients released into the soil.

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The first 60-O-sulfated phenylanthraquinones: isolation from Bulbine frutescens, structural elucidation, enantiomeric purity, and partial synthesis

Mutanyatta, J.; Bezabih, M.; Abegaz, B.; Dreyer, M.; Brun, R.; Kocher, N.; Bringmann, G (Elsevier Ltd.http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/942/description#description, NaN, 2005)

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From the roots of Bulbine frutescens, the first sulfated phenylanthraquinones were isolated, together with their known sulfate-free analogs. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic and chiroptical methods, by acid hydrolysis or by partial synthesis. The new compounds have the usual stereo-orientation at the biaryl axis (i.e., with the acetyl portion above the anthraquinone plane) except for sodium ent-knipholone 60-O-sulfate (and thus, also its hydrolysis product, ent-knipholone), which exhibit an opposite axial configuration. We also describe the first stereoanalysis of natural phenylanthraquinones, some of which were found to be not enantiomerically pure, some even nearracemic. We furthermore, report on the first X-ray structure analysis of a phenylanthraquinone, viz. 40-O-demethylknipholone.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/246

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A fluorescence spectroscopic study of a coagulating protein extracted from Moringa oleifera seeds

Kwaambwa, H.M.; Maikorera, R. (Elsevier B.V. www.elsevier.com/locate/colsurfb, NaN, 2007)

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The fluorescence studies of coagulating protein extracted from Moringa oleifera seeds have been studied using steady-state intrinsic fluorescence. The fluorescence spectra are dominated by tryptophan emission and the emission peak maximum ( max = 343±2 nm) indicated that the tryptophan residue is not located in the hydrophobic core of the protein. Changes in solution pH affected the protein conformation as indicated by changes in the tryptophan fluorescence above pH 9 whereas the ionic strength had minimal effect. The exposure and environments of the tryptophan residue were determined using collisional quenchers.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/323

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The Free-Radical Copolymerization of Difurylmethane with Maleic anhydride

Ddamba, W.A.A.; Ngila, J.C.; Mokoena, T.T.; Motlhagodi, K. (South African Journal of Chemistry. <http://ejour.sabinet.co.za/images/ejour/chem/chem_v55_a1.pdf>., NaN, 2002)

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The copolymerization of difurylmethane with maleic anhydride in the presence of azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator has been investigated at 65 °C, 72 °C and 85 °C in different solvents. Reaction feeds containing 85 mol % and higher of difurylmethane yielded a soluble alternating copolymer in which the furan residue entrained in the polymer chain formed 2,5 linkages and had 3,4 unsaturation. The 1:1 difurylmethane– maleic anhydride adduct was readily prepared, and at the above temperatures and in the presence of the radical initiator partially underwent retro-Diels–Alder reaction. Copolymerization of the difurylmethane and maleic anhydride thus formed yielded the unsaturated alternating copolymer. Copolymers prepared from reaction feeds with proportions of difurylmethane lower than 85 mol % had higher cross-link density and exhibited higher thermodecomposition temperatures.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/305

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From nature, through chemical synthesis, toward use in agriculture: Oryzoxymycin case study

Bwire, R N; Majinda, R R; Masesane, I B; Steel, P G (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. http://stage.iupac.org/publications/pac/, NaN, 2009)

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The Diels–Alder adducts of ethyl (E)-3-nitroacrylate and furan provided a common and versatile template for the stereocontrolled synthesis of an isomer of the natural product oryzoxymycin and polyhydroxylated cyclohexyl β-amino acid derivatives. The strategy for the synthesis of the polyhydroxylated cyclic β-amino acid derivatives involved base-induced fragmentation of the oxanorbornene skeleton and face selective oxidation reactions. A Pd-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation reaction in the presence of organic acids is also described. This reaction is amenable to being enantioselective through use of optical pure chiral organic acids.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/301

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Gaboroquinones A and B and 4'-O-demethylknipholone-4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, phenylanthraquinones from the roots of Bulbine frutescens

Abegaz, B.M.; Bezabih, M.; Msuta, T.; Brun, R.; Menche, D.; Muhlbacher, J.; Bringmann, G. (American Chemical Society. http://pubs.acs.org/jnp/, NaN, 2002)

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The novel phenylanthraquinones 4'-O-demethylknipholone-4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2) and gaboroquinones A (3) and B (4) were isolated from the African medicinal plant Bulbine frutescens. Biaryl 2 represents the first phenylanthraquinone glucoside, while 3 and 4 are the first side-chain-hydroxylated phenylanthraquinones. Their constitutions were determined by spectroscopic analysis, in particular by HMBC, HMQC, and ROESY NMR investigations, and by chemical transformations. The axial configurations were elucidated chemically, by deglucosylation of 2 and by side-chain deoxygenation of 3 and 4 to give the known phenylanthraquinones 4'-O-demethylknipholone (5), isoknipholone (6), and knipholone (1), respectively, and chiroptically, by CD investigations. Compounds 2, 3, and 4 showed moderate to good antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities in vitro.

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General Properties and the Fatty Acid Composition of the Oil from the Mophane Caterpillar, Imbrasia belina

Motshegwe, S.M.; Holmback, J.; Yeboah, S.O. (AOCS Press. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0003-021X, NaN, 1998)

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A preliminary investigation of the bulk properties of the oil from the edible mophane caterpillar (phane), Imbrasia belina, showed a significant difference in the iodine values of the oils from mature and young phane. Detailed analysis of the fatty acid composition of the two oil samples was thus carried out by capillary gas chromatography (GC) and complemented with 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies to investigate the degree of unstauration in the two oil samples. While these studies showed that the oil samples from the mature and young mophane caterpillar were much the same in fatty acid composition, the data revealed a significant divergence from a literature report on phane oil. This earlier report puts the ratio of total saturated to total unsaturated fatty acids at approximately 1:1 (48.2:48.8, in percentages) and estimates the fatty acid composition for the major fatty acids as 16:0 (31.9%), 18:0 (15.2%), 18:1 (20.4%), 18:2 (9.9%), and 18:3 (19%). The data collected from the present work, however, showed the fatty acid composition for total saturated and total unsaturated fatty acids to be 40.5 and 57.0%, respectively. This work estimated the fatty acid composition for the major fatty acids as 16:0 (27.2%), 18:0 (12.3%), 18:1 (16.1%), 18.2 (10.7%), and 18:3 (29.0%). Thus, linolenic acid was the most abundant fatty acid in the phane oil. The GC results of the present analysis were largely corroborated by studies of the composition of fatty acid classes in the phane oil estimated from integrals of 1H and 13C NMR signals. Oils from other edible Lepidoptera larvae are also known to be much richer in unsaturated than saturated fatty acids.

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Healthcare waste management: Current practices in selected healthcare facilities, Botswana

Mbongwe, B.; Mmereki, B.T.; Magashula, A. (Elsevier Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/404/description#description, March 12, 2007)

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Healthcare waste management continues to present an array of challenges for developing countries, and Botswana is no exception. The possible impact of healthcare waste on public health and the environment has received a lot of attention such that Waste Management dedicated a special issue to the management of healthcare waste (Healthcare Wastes Management, 2005. Waste Management 25(6) 567-665). As the demand for more healthcare facilities increases, there is also an increase on waste generation from these facilities. This situation requires an organised system of healthcare waste management to curb public health risks as well as occupational hazards among healthcare workers as a result of poor waste management. This paper reviews current waste management practices at the healthcare facility level and proposes possible options for improvement in Botswana.

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Homoisoflavonoids and xanthones from the tubers of wild and in vitro regenerated Ledebouria graminifolia and cytotoxic activities of some of the homoisoflavonoids

Mutanyatta, J.; Matapa, B.; Shushu, D.; Abegaz, B. (Elsevier Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/phytochem, NaN, 2002)

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Eleven homoisoflavonoids and two xanthones were isolated and characterized from the bulbs of Ledebouria graminifolia. Five of the homoisoflavonoids are new compounds and were identified as: 5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-(40-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-3-(40-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone, 5,7,8-trimethoxy-3-(40-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone, 5-hydroxy- 30,40,7-trimethoxyspiro{2H-1-benzopyran-70-bicyclo[4.2.0]octa[1,3,5]-trien}-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy-30,40-dimethoxyspiro{2H-1-benzopyran- 70-bicyclo[4.2.0]octa[1,3,5]-trien}-4-one. Structures were elucidated by extensive 1D, and 2D NMR spectroscopy and HRMS. A method for tissue culture was developed and the bulbs of mature plants were found to contain all the compounds isolated from the wild specimens of L. graminifolia.

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Identification of Cu and Ni indicator plants from mineralised locations in Botswana

Nkoane, B.B.M.; Sawula, G.M.; Wibetoe, G.; Lund, W. (Elsevier www.elsevier.com/locate/jgeoexp, NaN, 2005)

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Plant species that accumulate high levels of metals in proportion to the metal content in the soil are of considerable interest in biogeochemical and biogeobotanical prospecting. This study was aimed at investigating copper and nickel accumulation in the plants Helichrysum candolleanum and Blepharis diversispina, to assess their potential use as mineral indicators in biogeochemical prospecting. Soils and plants were collected from copper–nickel mineralised areas in Botswana. Analyses of the soils and the respective plant parts (roots, stem, leaves and flowers) were carried out using ultrasonic slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS), which allowed rapid determination of copper and nickel in small amounts of the samples. The metal concentration in the soil was in the range c40 Ag/g–4% (w/w) for Cu and c60 Ag/g–0.3% (w/w) for Ni. The concentration ranges of the elements in the plant parts were c6 Ag/g–0.2% Cu and c3–210 Ag/g Ni. At high soil metal content (greater than 2.5% (w/w) Cu and 0.1% (w/w) Ni), high levels of both nickel and copper were found in the shoots (leaves and flowers) of H. candolleanum. Concentrations as high as 0.2% (w/w) Cu were found in the leaves and flowers of H. candolleanum, indicating hyperaccumulation for this plant. For B. diversispina, the metal concentrations did not exceed 100 Ag/ g for any plant part, for both metals. Both plant species tolerate high concentrations of metals and should therefore be categorized as metallophytes. In order to evaluate metal translocation from the soil to the shoots, metal leaf transfer coefficients (ratio of metal concentration in the leaf to metal concentration in the soil) were calculated. Our data suggest that the two plant species have different metal uptake and transport mechanisms, which needs to be investigated further. The present work also suggests that H. candolleanum may be used as a copper/nickel indicator plant in biogeochemical or biogeobotanical prospecting.

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Influence of weak and strong donor groups on the fluorescence parameters and the intersystem crossing rate constant

Nijegorodov, N.; Mabbs, R.; Winkoun, D.P. (Elsevier Science Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/saa, NaN, 2003)

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Intermediate and ion-pair formation in the outer-sphere reactions between azido-pentacyanocobaltate(III) and iron(II) polypyridyl complexes in aqueous medium

Ogunlusi, G.O.; Ige, J.; Oyetunji, O.A.; Ojo, J.F. (Springer Science+Business Media B.V., http://www.springer.com/chemistry/journal/11243, NaN, 2009)

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Abstract:	The kinetics of the reactions between azidopentacyanocobaltate(III), Co(CN)5N3 3-, and iron(II) polypyridyl complexes, Fe(LL)3 2? (LL = bipy, phen), have been studied in both neutral and acidic aqueous solutions at I = 0.1 mol dm-3 NaCl. The reactions were carried out under pseudo-first-order conditions in which the concentration of Fe(LL)32+ was kept constant, and the second-order rate constants obtained for the reactions at 35 C were within the range of 0.156–0.219 dm3 mol-1 s-1 for LL = bipy and 0.090–0.118 dm3 mol-1 s-1 for LL = phen. Activation parameters were measured for these systems. The dependence of reaction rates on acid was studied in the range [H+] = 0.001–0.008 mol dm-3. The reaction in acid medium shows interesting kinetics. Two reactive species were identified in acid medium, namely, the protonated cobalt complex and the azido-bridged binuclear complex. The electron-transfer process is proposed to go by mixed outerand inner-sphere mechanisms in acid medium, in which electron transfer through the bridged inner-sphere complex (k5) is slower than through the outer-sphere path (k4).
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Investigation of sustainability of rain-fed agriculture through soil moisture modeling in the Pandamatenga Plains of Botswana

Alemaw, B.F.; Chaoka, T.R.; Totolo, O. (Elsevier Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/413/description#description, NaN, 2006)

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The agricultural economic sector of Botswana is limited mainly to range resources-based livestock and pockets of arable farming based on rainfall and limited irrigated agriculture at several places. In this study agricultural sustainability of rain-fed agriculture is investigated in Botswana by considering the Pandamatenga plains as a case study. Daily soil moisture regimes with respect to crop growth cycle were modelled using a water balance model based on 42 years of daily hydroclimatic inputs and corresponding simulated components of soil moisture, evaporation, surface runoff, and deep percolation. Using a sustainability criterion on crop water requirement and soil moisture availability during the cropping periods, it was found that rain-fed agriculture of maize, sunflower, and sorghum crops is sustainable. The relative sensitivity to drought of these crops was also found to conform to the Agromisa recommendations. In the pursuit to explore more IWRM opportunities, through the simulation of the corresponding direct runoff, we have also explored that more water harvesting opportunities exist in order to manage rainfall excesses effectively.

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Isoflavonoids from Seeds of Millettia griffoniana (Bail), 15

Ngamga, D.; Yankep, E.; Tane, P.; Bezabih, M.; Ngadjui, B.T.; Fomum, Z.T.; Abegaz, B.M. (Verlag der Zeitschrift fu¨r Naturforschung, Tu¨bingen · http://znaturforsch.com, NaN, 2005)

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Abstract:	Three new isoflavonoids, griffonianone F, G and H were isolated from the seeds of Millettia griffoniana, along with the known prebarbigerone, pseudobaptigenin, pseudobaptigenin methyl ether, tephrosin, dipterixine, odorantine, 7,4’,5’-tetramethoxyisoflavone and isojamaicin. Their structures were assigned on the basis of spectroscopic data and chemical transformations.
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Kinetic studies on the reactions of some tetrakis(arylisocyanide)cobalt(II) complexes with pyridine in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

Oyetunji, O.A.; Paphane, B.D.; Becker, C.A.L. (Springer, http://www.springer.com/chemistry/journal/11243, NaN, 2006)

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The interaction of pyridine with four tetraki(arylisocyanide)cobalt(II) complexes, [Co(CNR)4(ClO4)2] R = 2,6- Me2C6H3 (A), 2,4,6-Me3C6H2 (B), 2,6-Et2C6H3 (C) and 2,6-iPr2C6H3 (D), have been studied in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol medium. The kinetics of the reactions were investigated over the 293–318 K temperature range. The reaction profile exhibited two distinct processes, proposed to be an initial fast substitution followed by a slow reduction, for each of the reactions. The pseudo first-order rate constants for both processes increased with increasing concentration of pyridine with the reduction processes exhibiting saturation kinetics at high pyridine concentrations. Steric hindrance plays a significant role in the rates of the reactions, as the rates decrease in the order k(A) > k(B) > k(C) > k(D). The activation enthalpies, DH , increase from A to D while the activation entropies, DS , are relatively similar for the four reactions, indicating similar transition states and hence similar mechanisms. Complex B was first synthesized and characterized in this study.

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Lanneanol: A new cytotoxic dihydroalkylcyclohexenol and phenolic compounds from Lannea nigritana (Sc. Ell.) Keay

Kapche, G.; Laatsch, H.; Fotso, S.; Kouam, S.; Wafo, P.; Ngadjui, B.; Abegaz, B. (Elsevier Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/biochemsyseco, NaN, 2007)

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The genus Lannea belongs to the family Anacardiaceae and consists of 40 species. Lannea nigritana (Sc. Elliot) Keay is a small tree of 3e6 m of height found in the tropical rain forest (Berhaut, 1971; Letouzey, 1972). It is used in the traditional medicine for the treatment of various infectious diseases (Berhaut, 1971; Burkill, 1985). The stem bark of this plant was collected in Makenene, Centre Province of Cameroon in December 2003. The identification was done by Mr. Nana from the National Herbarium of Yaounde where a voucher specimen (N 40408/HNC) documenting the collection is deposited.

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Abstract:	Please refer to the attached article for an ABSTRACT. The abstract was not uploaded here due to formula appearance problem in UBRISA.
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