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  1. The Role of African Medicinal Plants in Dermatological Treatments: A Systematic Review of Antimicrobial, Wound-Healing and Melanogenesis Inhibition

    Article • Cosmetics, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  2. Aloe ferox, Agathosma betulina, and Bulbine frutescens Extracts Show Antifungal Activity at Concentrations Favourable to the Proliferation of Epidermal Cells

    Article • Journal of Herbal Medicine, June 2025, Elsevier

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa, Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes

  3. South African Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for Wound Treatment: An Ethnobotanical Systematic Review

    Article • Plants, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  4. Investigating the Synergistic Effect of Silver Nanoparticles With Third‐Generation Cephalosporins Against Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Journal of Nanotechnology, January 2025, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  5. Real-time Assessment of Interspecies Candida Biofilm Formation

    Article • The Open Microbiology Journal, December 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa, Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes

  6. Chemical Study and Comparison of the Biological Activities of the Essential Oils of Helichrysum petiolare, H. cymosum, and H. odoratissimum

    Article • Plants, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  7. Characterization and Toxicity of Hypoxoside Capped Silver Nanoparticles

    Article • Plants, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  8. Does South Africa hold the key to the development of alternative treatments for resistant dermatophyte infections? A review

    Article • Journal of Herbal Medicine, October 2021, Elsevier

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  9. Real-time assessment of Candida biofilm formation

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  10. Chemical Composition and Cosmeceutical Potential of the Essential Oil of Oncosiphon suffruticosum (L.) Källersjö

    Article • Plants, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  11. HPLC-MS identification and expression of Candida drug-resistance proteins from African HIV-infected patients

    Article • AIMS Microbiology, January 2021, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  12. Biosynthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activities of Procyanidin Capped Silver Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Functional Biomaterials, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  13. A population model for the 2017/18 listeriosis outbreak in South Africa

    Article • PLOS One, March 2020, PLOS

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  14. Measuring the adhesion of oral streptococci and a yeast (Candida albicans)

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  15. A potent new antifungal compound

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  16. Oral health during pregnancy

    Article • International Journal of Dentistry, March 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  17. Group B Streptococcus Serotypes in Pregnant Women From the Western Cape Region of South Africa

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, December 2018, Frontiers

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  18. Vaginal Microbiomes Associated With Aerobic Vaginitis and Bacterial Vaginosis

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, March 2018, Frontiers

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  19. The Threat of Aerobic Vaginitis to Pregnancy and Neonatal Morbidity

    Article • African Journal of Reproductive Health, June 2017, African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH)

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  20. Oral health and pregnancy

    Article • Biomarkers, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa, Professor Ralf Reinhold Henkel

  21. Candida drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • F1000Research, January 2017, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  22. A microscopic differentiation between gingivitis and periodontitis

    Article • BDJ Open, January 2017, Nature

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  23. Maternal gum disease may cause preterm delivery

    Article • International Dental Journal, December 2016, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  24. Candida drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • F1000Research, December 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  25. Vaginal bacteria during pregnancy

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2014, MDPI AG

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  26. Multi-drug resistant oral Candida species isolated from HIV-positive patients in South Africa and Cameroon

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  27. Is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) stage an independent risk factor for altering the periodontal status of HIV-positive patients? A South African study

    Article • BMC Oral Health, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  28. Review of methods to diagnose bacterial vaginosis

    Article • Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics, January 2013, Informa Healthcare

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  29. The Association between Gender and Tooth Loss in A Small Rural Population of South Africa

    Article • Science Journal of Clinical Medicine, January 2013, Science Publishing Group

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  30. Differentiating Candida species

    Article • Journal of Microbiology Research, December 2012, Scientific and Academic Publishing

    Dr. Pedro M.D.S. Abrantes, Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  31. BANA-Positive Plaque Samples Are Associated with Oral Hygiene Practices and Not CD4+ T Cell Counts in HIV-Positive Patients

    Article • International Journal of Dentistry, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  32. Oral bacteria and preterm delivery

    Article • Virulence, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  33. Examination of maternal gingival crevicular fluid for the presence of selected periodontopathogens implicated in the pre-term delivery of low birthweight infants

    Article • Virulence, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  34. Activation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway by TNF-α in Human Salivary Gland (HSG) cells in vitro, suggests a role for the TNF receptor (TNF-R) and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in Sjögren's Syndrome-associated autoimmune sialadenitis

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, November 2009, Elsevier

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  35. Salivary gland disease in HIV/AIDS and primary Sjogren's Syndrome: analysis of collagen I distribution and histopathology in American and African patients

    Article • Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, October 2003, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  36. Darkfield microscopy of subgingival plaque of an urban black population with poor oral hygiene

    Article • Journal Of Clinical Periodontology, July 1986, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  37. Fluoride and periodontitis

    Article • Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, April 1985, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  38. Bacteriological studies of subgingival plaque in a periodontitis-resistant population.

    Article • Journal of Periodontal Research, January 1985, Wiley

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa

  39. Reducing the incidence of postoperative anaerobic infections

    Article • Chemotherapy, July 1980, Karger Publishers

    Emerita Professor Charlene WJ Africa