| 09:00-09:40 |
From African traditional medicines to Indigenous food and beverage ingredients: reframing biodiversity commercialisation for greater socio-economic impact |
Cyril Lombard |
Keynote Session |
Karridene Room |
| 09:40-09:55 |
Deciphering the multi-target mechanisms of endophytic Bacillus tropicus-derived compounds against bacterial infections |
Tsolanku Maliehe |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 09:55-10:10 |
Unlocking the "Honey" behind Honeybush |
Rayganah Rhoda |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 10:10-10:25 |
Trade and cultivation of Phoenix reclinata in the Eastern Cape |
Kurhula Ndhlovu |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 10:25-10:40 |
UHTO: A game changer for Honeybush processing and community development |
Cecilia Bester |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 10:40-10:55 |
Effect of replacing lucerne hay with Seriphium plumosum meal on live weight gain, meat quality and sensory attributes Nguni steers |
Motswapo Phoko |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 10:55-11:10 |
From biopiracy to bio-sovereignty: A blockchain-enabled Helix Protocol for enforcing benefit-sharing in indigenous plant data systems |
Tshepo Aphane |
Session 1 – Conservation and Cultivation 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 11:10-11:20 |
Session Questions |
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| 11:20-11:50 |
Tea & Coffee Break |
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| 11:50-12:05 |
Exploring the anticancer and anti-metastatic potential of Nerium oleander plant extracts against cervical cancer cell lines ME-180 |
Mbangiseni Muelelwa |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 12:05-12:20 |
Computational metabolomics identifies flavonoids as chemotaxonomic markers of Plectranthus hadiensis and Plectranthus ambiguus leaf tissues |
Akhona Myoli |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 12:20-12:35 |
To bee or not to bee: the antimicrobial potential of South African bee products against Helicobacter pylori |
Sarhana Dinat |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 12:35-12:50 |
Evaluation of South African medicinal plants used for urinary tract infections: antimicrobial activity and phytochemical characterisation of the most active species |
Maboka Mabusela |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 12:50-13:05 |
Antimycobacterial potential of South African propolis: antibiofilm, quorum-sensing inhibition and antibiotic interaction studies |
Nyiko Mzimba |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 13:05-13:20 |
Secondary metabolites found in Erythrina abyssinica induce apoptosis in ME-180 cervical and A375 melanoma cancer cells |
Boitumelo Ntisa |
Session 2 –Biological Activities and Medicinal Plant Chemistry 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 13:20-13:30 |
Session Questions |
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| 13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30-14:45 |
The contribution of indigenous plants to rural livelihoods in the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Nasiphi Ntshanga |
Session 3 – Ethnobotany and Indigenous Knowledge 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 14:45-15:00 |
Plant-based drug discovery for neuropharmacology: Putting the IKS into the CNS |
Niël De Beer |
Session 3 – Ethnobotany and Indigenous Knowledge 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 15:00-15:15 |
Ethnobotanical practices and conservation of Stangeria eriopus in South Africa |
Sqinisiwe Nyawo |
Session 3 – Ethnobotany and Indigenous Knowledge 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Medicinal plant use in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa: comparisons with data from Eastern Pondoland |
Sibulele Fili |
Session 3 – Ethnobotany and Indigenous Knowledge 1 |
Karridene Room |
| 15:30-15:40 |
Session Questions |
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| 15:40-16:40 |
Tea & Coffee Break |
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| 16:40-16:55 |
Honeybush processing reimagined: Development of an ultra-high temperature oxidation (UHTO) process |
Dalene De Beer |
Session 4 – Conservation and Cultivation 2 |
Karridene Room |
| 16:55-17:10 |
The world’s trade in South African succulent plants |
Tasneem Variawa |
Session 4 – Conservation and Cultivation 2 |
Karridene Room |
| 17:10-17:25 |
Effects of cutting position and leaf area retention on rooting and growth of vegetatively propagated Cannabis sativa |
Azile Dumani |
Session 4 – Conservation and Cultivation 2 |
Karridene Room |
| 17:25-17:40 |
Importance of indigenous crops in alleviating the double burden of malnutrition and promoting access and equity in Africa |
Thierry Regnier |
Session 4 – Conservation and Cultivation 2 |
Karridene Room |
| 17:40-17:55 |
Evaluation of physiological and biochemical responses of Amaranthus genotypes under fieldinduced short-term water stress |
Pfunzo Gavhi |
Session 4 – Conservation and Cultivation 2 |
Karridene Room |
| 17:55-18:05 |
Session Questions |
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| 18:05 |
End of Day 1 |
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