Manduna Idah
| QUALIFICATIONS | Doctor of Science (DSc) Botany |
| SHORT CV | Dr Idah T Manduna has a MSc in Botany (University of Fort Hare) and DSc in Botany from Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS, Mexico). She has worked as a lecturer (Ethnobotany, Biochemistry and Economic Botany)at Walter Sisulu University and is currently a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Applied Food Sustainability and Biotechnology (CAFSaB). Her research interests are in Applied Ethnobotany centred around the development of plant derived biologicals from medicinal plants and indigenous vegetables. Dr Manduna works closely with traditional knowledge holders to assist local communities on value addition projects to enhance socioeconomic wellbeing in the Free State Province. |
| AREAS OF EXPERTISE | Applied Ethnobotany, Phytomedicine, Economic botany, Natural products |
| PUBLICATIONS | Since 2018 Motsoari, T., Manduna, I., Buwa-Komoreng, L., Ngobeni, B. and Nwafor, I., 2022. Predominantly Used Medicinal Plants for Ethnoveterinary Purposes in the Highland Grasslands of South Africa and Lesotho: An Ethnobotanical Survey. Journal of Medicinal plants and By-product. https://dx.doi.org/10.22092/jmpb.2022.357171.1437 Nwafor, I., Nwafor, C. and Manduna, I., 2021. Constraints to cultivation of medicinal plants by smallholder farmers in South Africa. Horticulturae, 7(12), p.531. Nwafor, I.C. and Manduna, I.T., 2021. Local processing methods for commonly used medicinal plants in South Africa. Medicinal Plants-International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries, 13(2), 289-301. Baah, G.O., Manduna, I.T., Malebo, N.J. and de Smidt, O. 2021. Is Moringa oleifera a potential natural preservative for fruit juice? Acta Horticulturae. 1306, 269-276 Ngobeni, B., Mashele, S.S., Malebo, N.J., van der Watt, E. and Manduna, I.T., 2020. Disruption of microbial cell morphology by Buxus macowanii. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 20(1), pp.1-8. Mfengwana, P.H., Mashele, S.S. and Manduna, I.T., 2019. Cytotoxicity and cell cycle analysis of Asparagus laricinus Burch. and Senecio asperulus DC. on breast and prostate cancer cell lines. Heliyon, 5(5), p.e01666. Mfengwana PH, Mashele SS, and Manduna IT. 2019 In vitro Antibacterial, Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Senecio asperulus and Gunnera perpensa from Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho. Pharmacognosy Journal, 11(4):730-9 Manduna IT and Vibrans H. 2018. Consumption of Wild–Growing Vegetables in the Honde Valley, Zimbabwe. Economic Botany 72(4). DOI: 10.1007/s12231-019-9441-y. Polori KL, Mashele SS, Madamombe-Manduna I and Semenya SS. 2018. Ethno-medical botany and some biological activities of Ipomoea oblongata collected in the Free State Province, South Africa. Journal of Biological Sciences 18: 441-449. |
| PRESENTED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS | Mokotla, K, Manduna IT and Nwafor I. 2021 Medicinal plants for common health conditions in Thaba ‘Nchu, Free State, South Africa. 23rd Indigenous Plant Use Forum (IPUF) 05 - 07 July 2021 Ndoro J, Manduna IT and Nyoni M. Mycotoxigenic fungal contamination in frequently traded medicinal plants in the Free State province, South Africa. Society for Economic Botany Summer 2021 Virtual Symposium 6-7 August 2021 Ngobeni, B, SS Mashele, NJ Malebo, E van Der Watt, and IT Manduna. Disruption of microbial cell morphology by extracts from Buxus macowanii. 4th Global Conference on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. 19-21 September 2019. London, United Kingdom. Manduna IT, Kobo L, Mofamere S and Ntjane E. 2018. Choosing plants for a medicinal plant garden: Perspectives from traditional healers of Thaba Nchu, South Africa. XVI Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, XII Simpósio Brasileiro de Etnobiologia e Etnoecologia and First World Sociobiodiversity Fair. 6-10 August 2018. Belém, Pará, Brazil. |
| EXTERNAL PROFILES | LinkedIn ResearchGate Google Scholar |
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Manduna Idah
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Tel: +27 (0)51 507 4023
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imanduna@cut.ac.za