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Screening of Plants Used as Traditional Anticancer Remedies in Mkuranga and Same Districts, Tanzania, Using Brine Shrimp Toxicity Bioassay by Moshi, Mainen J., Machumi, Francis, Ngassapa, Olipa D., Matata, Daniel Z.

“…Background. Inadequate specialized cancer hospitals and high costs are contributing factors that delay cancer patients from accessing health care services in…”
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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Geniosporum rotundifolium Briq and Haumaniastrum villosum (Bene) AJ Paton (Lamiaceae) Essential Oils from Tanzania by Ngassapa, Olipa D, Runyoro, Deborah K. B, Vagionas, Konstantinos, Graikou, Konstantia, Chinou, Ioanna B

“…Purpose: To determine the chemical composition and antimicrobial potential of essential oils from two aromatic plants of Tanzania, Geniosporum rotundifolium…”
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Curricular transformation of health professions education in Tanzania: The process at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (2008—2011) by Ngassapa, Olipa D., Kaaya, Ephata E., Fyfe, Molly V., Lyamuya, Eligius F., Kakoko, Deodatus C., Kayombo, Edmund J., Kisenge, Rodrick R., Loeser, Helen, Mwakigonja, Amos R., Outwater, Anne H., Martin-Holland, Judy, Mwambete, Kennedy D., Kida, Irene, Macfarlane, Sarah B.

“…Tanzania requires more health professionals equipped to tackle its serious health challenges. When it became an independent university in 2007, Muhimbili…”
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Anticandida Agents from a Tanzanian Plant Albizia anthelmintica by Runyoro, Deborah K. B., Joseph, Cosam C., Ngassapa, Olipa D., Darokar, Mahendra P., Srivastava, Santosh K., Matee, Mecky I. N., Wright, Colin W.

“…Candidiasis is one of the most frequent opportunistic infections in individuals with severe immunosupression and further development of resistance against the…”
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Chemical Composition and in vitro Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils of Two Helichrysum Species from Tanzania by Bougatsos, Christos, Ngassapa, Olipa, Runyoro, Deborah K. B., Chinou, Ioanna B.

“…The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of Helichrysum cymosum and H. fulgidum, from Tanzania, were analyzed by GC and…”
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Screening of Tanzanian medicinal plants for anti-Candida activity by Runyoro, Deborah K B, Matee, Mecky I N, Ngassapa, Olipa D, Joseph, Cosam C, Mbwambo, Zakaria H

“…Candida albicans has become resistant to the already limited, toxic and expensive anti-Candida agents available in the market. These factors necessitate the…”
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Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical profile of Acacia drepanolobium Harms Ex Sjostedt (Fabaceae) and Solanum arundo Mattei (Solanaceae) by Mollel, Emburis, Runyoro, Deborah Kiumlo Balira, Ngassapa, Olipa David

“…Materials And Methods Plant collection and authentication Various plant parts, including leaves, stem barks and roots of Acacia drepanolobium and leaves,…”
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Ethnopharmacological survey of the Bunda district, Tanzania: Plants used to treat infectious diseases by Maregesi, Sheila Mgole, Ngassapa, Olipa David, Pieters, Luc, Vlietinck, Arnold J.

“…An ethnobotanical study was carried out in six villages in the Bunda district, Mara Region, Tanzania, where the use of plants still has a special meaning to…”
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Isolation of a new cytotoxic compound, 3-((Z)-heptadec-14-enyl) benzene - 1-ol from Rhus natalensis root extract by Matata, Daniel Zacharia, Moshi, Mainen Julius, Machumi, Francis, Ngassapa, Olipa David, Swanepoel, Bresler, Oosthuizen, Kenneth, Venables, Luanne, Koekemoer, Trevor, Heydenreich, Matthias, Kazyoba, Paul Erasto, van de Venter, Maryna

“…•The new compound, 3-((Z)-heptadec-14-enyl) benzene -1-ol was isolated from root extract of R. natalensis.•The ethyl acetate extract of R. natalensis revealed…”
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Screening of some Tanzanian medicinal plants from Bunda district for antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities by Maregesi, Sheila Mgole, Pieters, Luc, Ngassapa, Olipa David, Apers, Sandra, Vingerhoets, Rita, Cos, Paul, Berghe, Dirk A. Vanden, Vlietinck, Arnold J.

“…Extracts from 50 plant parts obtained from 39 different plants belonging to 22 families used to treat infectious diseases in Bunda district, Tanzania, were…”
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Biopiracy versus One-World Medicine–From colonial relicts to global collaborative concepts by Efferth, Thomas, Banerjee, Mita, Abu-Darwish, Mohammad Sanad, Abdelfatah, Sara, Böckers, Madeleine, Bhakta-Guha, Dipita, Bolzani, Vanderlan, Daak, Salah, Demirezer, Ömür Lutfiye, Dawood, Mona, Efferth, Monika, El-Seedi, Hesham R., Fischer, Nicolas, Greten, Henry J., Hamdoun, Sami, Hong, Chunlan, Horneber, Markus, Kadioglu, Onat, Khalid, Hassan E., Khalid, Sami A., Kuete, Victor, Mahmoud, Nuha, Marin, José, Mbaveng, Armelle, Midiwo, Jacob, Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Naß, Janine, Ngassapa, Olipa, Ochwang'i, Dominic, Omosa, Leonida K., Ooko, Edna A., Özenver, Nadire, Poornima, Paramasivan, Romero, Marta Rodriguez, Saeed, Mohamed E.M., Salgueiro, Ligia, Seo, Ean-Jeong, Yan, Ge, Yasin, Zahir, Saeed, Elfatih M., Paul, Norbert W.

“…Practices of biopiracy to use genetic resources and indigenous knowledge by Western companies without benefit-sharing of those, who generated the traditional…”
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Clinical pharmacy to meet the health needs of Tanzanians: Education reform through partnership across continents (2008—2011) by Youmans, Sharon, Ngassapa, Olipa, Chambuso, Mhina

“…In 2009, the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) School of Pharmacy began to revise its BPharm curriculum for students entering in 2011…”
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Lupane Derivatives from Lophopetalum wallichii with Farnesyl Protein Transferase Inhibitory Activity by Sturm, Sonja, Gil, Roberto R, Chai, Hee-Byung, Ngassapa, Olipa D, Santisuk, Thawatchai, Reutrakul, Vichai, Howe, Anne, Moss, Marcia, Besterman, Jeffrey M, Yang, Shi-Lin, Farthing, John E, Tait, R. Murray, Lewis, Jane A, O'Neill, Melanie J, Farnsworth, Norman R, Cordell, Geoffrey A, Pezzuto, John M, Kinghorn, A. Douglas

“…Chloroform-soluble extracts of the stems and of the mixed stems and stem bark of Lophopetalum wallichii were found to be inhibitory in a farnesyl protein…”
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Anticandidiasis agents from a Tanzanian plant, Combretum zeyheri by Runyoro, Deborah K. B., Srivastava, Santosh K., Darokar, Mahendra P., Olipa, Ngassapa D., Joseph, Cosam C., Matee, Mecky I. N.

“…Combretum zeyheri Sond (Combretaceae) has been reported to exhibit anticandida activity against Candida kruzei, C. albicans, and C. parapsilosis ; however, the…”
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Isolation of Echinocystic Acid-3-O-Sulfate, a New Triterpene, from Tetrapleura tetraptera, and Evaluation of the Mutagenic Potential of Molluscicidal Extracts and Isolates by Ngassapa, Olipa, Beecher, Christopher W. W, Pezzuto, John M, Farnsworth, Norman R, Henderson, Thomas O, Boye, Gilbert L

“…A known triterpene glycoside, 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1"-6')-2'-acetamido-2'-deoxy-beta-D-gluco pyranosyl]olean-12-en-28-oic acid [3], and new sulfated…”
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New Cytotoxic Lupane Lactones from Kokoona ochracea by Ngassapa, Olipa D, Soejarto, Djaja D, Che, Chun-Tao, Pezzuto, John M, Farnsworth, Norman R

“…Three new compounds, ochraceolides A, B, and C, were isolated from nonpolar extracts derived from Kokoona ochracea stem bark. Based on spectroscopic data,…”
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Evaluation of the Potential Cancer Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Natural Product Isolates Employing in Vivo Hollow Fiber Tests by Mi, Qiuwen, Lantvit, Daniel, Reyes-Lim, Eulenia, Chai, Heebyung, Zhao, Weimin, Lee, Ik-Soo, Peraza-Sánchez, Sergio, Ngassapa, Olipa, Kardono, Leonardus B. S, Riswan, Soedarsono, Hollingshead, Melinda G, Mayo, Joseph G, Farnsworth, Norman R, Cordell, Geoffrey A, Kinghorn, A. Douglas, Pezzuto, John M

“…The hollow fiber test has been developed for the preliminary in vivo assessment of cancer chemotherapeutic efficacy of selected natural products. Using this…”
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Bioactive constituents of Kokoona ochracea (Celastraceae) and Tetrapleura tetraptera (Leguminosae) by Ngassapa, Olipa

“…An investigation of the cytotoxic activity of the non-polar extracts from the stem bark of Kokoona ochracea (Elm.) Merrill (Celastraceae) resulted into the…”
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Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of two populations of Tanzanian Lippia javanica (Burm. f.) Spreng. (Verbenaceae) by Ngassapa, Olipa, Runyoro, Deborah K. B., Harvala, Evangelia, Chinou, Ioanna B.

“…The chemical composition of essential oils obtained from leaves of two samples of Lippia javanica (Burm. f.) Spreng, collected from the same locality in…”
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Quinone-Methide Triterpenes and Salaspermic Acid from Kokoona ochracea by Ngassapa, Olipa, Soejarto, Djaja D, Pezzuto, John M, Farnsworth, Norman R

“…Tingenone[1],20-hydroxy-20-epi-tingenone[2],celastrol[ 3], and salaspermic acid [4] have been isolated from Kokoona ochracea stem bark. The quinone-methide…”
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