Assessment of the effect of selected African plants on an in vitro model of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable, progressive disease characterised by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. The main cause of dopaminergic neuron loss is attributed to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Although treatments are available, focus is...

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Main Author: Lepule, Keagile Hilda
Other Authors: Steenkamp, Vanessa
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63048
Lepule, KH 2017, Assessment of the effect of selected African plants on an in vitro model of Parkinson's disease, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63048>