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Vinesh Maharaj
Principal Investigator
University of Pretoria
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8 months ago
Natural Products, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Screening, Analytical Chemistry
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Vinesh Maharaj develops leads from African natural products. He built a ~11,000‑sample library with robotic HPLC‑MS/NMR for fractionation. Work spans anti‑infectives and CNS targets; issued patent on Hoodia‑based appetite suppression.
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University of Pretoria
Monatin natural high-intensity sweetener from South African indigenous plant
Monatin is a naturally occurring high-intensity sweetener isolated from the root bark of Sclerochiton ilicifolius, a South African indigenous shrub. It is 1,200 to 2,700 times sweeter than sucrose depending on isomer, co...
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Natural product discovery platform for novel insecticidal compounds from a South African plant repository
Use a validated high-throughput screening and fractionation platform with a repository of 11,000 South African plant samples to identify environmentally friendly bioactive compounds active against pesticide-resistant lep...
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