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PUBLICATIONS 2022

1Estefan van Vuuren, Frederick P. Malan, Werner Cordier, Margo Nell, and Marilé Landman
Self-Isomerized–Cyclometalated Rhodium NHC Complexes as Active Catalysts in the Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes
Organometallics, 2022 41 (3), 187-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00409
2G. Geldenhuys, M. Wattrus, P.B.C. Forbes
Gas and particle phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission factors from a diesel vehicle engine: Effect of operating modes in a developing country context,
Atmospheric Environment: X, Volume 13, 2022, 100158, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2022.100158
3Kabwe, K. P., Nsibande, S. A., Lemmer, Y., Pilcher, L. A., Forbes, P. B.C.,
Synthesis and characterisation of quantum dots coupled to mycolic acids as a water-soluble fluorescent probe for potential lateral flow detection of antibodies and diagnosis of tuberculosis
Luminescence 2022, 37( 2), 278. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4170
4du Toit, G.; van der Merwe, E.M.; Kruger, R.A.; McDonald, J.M.; Kearsley, E.P.
Characterisation of the Hydration Products of a Chemically and Mechanically Activated High Coal Fly Ash Hybrid Cement.
Minerals 2022, 12, 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020157
5Bianca R. Gevers, Emil Roduner, Frederick J. W. J. Labuschagné
Towards understanding photon absorption and emission in MgAl layered double hydroxide
Mater. Adv., 2022,3, 962-977, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00893E
6Schoenfuss, H.L., Propper, C.R., Kolok, A.S., Forbes, P.B.C.
Terra (Aqua) Incognita: Knowledge Gaps in Global Ecotoxicology,
Environ Toxicol Chem, Volume 41 (2), 245-246, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5159
7Adeola, A.O. and Forbes, P.B.,
Antiretroviral Drugs in African Surface Waters: Prevalence, Analysis, and Potential Remediation.
Environ Toxicol Chem, 41: 247-262, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5127
8Emil Roduner, Tjaart P.J. Krüger,
The origin of irreversibility and thermalization in thermodynamic processes,
Physics Reports, Volume 944, 2022, Pages 1-43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2021.11.002
9Mmushi M. Moeng, Frederick P. Malan, Simon Lotz, Daniela I. Bezuidenhout,
Fischer carbene complexes of cobalt(I): Synthesis and structure,
Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1252, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132093
10Adedapo O. Adeola & Patricia B.C. Forbes
Assessment of reusable graphene wool adsorbent for the simultaneous removal of selected 2–6 ringed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from aqueous solution,
Environmental Technology, 43:8, 1255-1268, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1824024
11Duma, Z.G.; Dyosiba, X.; Moma, J.; Langmi, H.W.; Louis, B.; Parkhomenko, K.; Musyoka, N.M.
Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol Using Cu-ZnO Bimetallic Catalysts Supported on Metal–Organic Frameworks. 
Catalysts (2022), 12, 401. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12040401
12Invernizzi, L., Moyo, P., Cassel, J., Maharaj, V, et al.
Use of hyphenated analytical techniques to identify the bioactive constituents of Gunnera perpensa L., a South African medicinal plant, which potently inhibit SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein–host ACE2 binding.
Anal Bioanal Chem (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04041-3
13N. C. Neyt, C. J. van der Westhuizen, J. Panayides and D. L. Riley,
Design and testing of an ozonolysis reactor module with on-the-fly ozone degassing under flow conditions
React. Chem. Eng., 2022, Advance Article , https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RE00554E
14Cukrowski, Ignacy, George Dhimba, and Darren L. Riley
A Molecular-Wide and Electron Density-Based Approach in Exploring Chemical Reactivity and Explicit Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Solvent Molecule Effects in the Proline Catalyzed Aldol Reaction
Molecules (2022) 27, no. 3: 962. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27030962
15C. Johan van der Westhuizen, André Stander, Darren L. Riley, and Jenny-Lee Panayides
Discovery of Novel Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors by Virtual Screening, In Vitro Screening, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (2022) 62 (6), 1550-1572, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01443
16Mabasa, L.; Kotze, A.; Shabalala, S.; Kimani, C.; Gabuza, K.; Johnson, R.; Sangweni, N.F.; Maharaj, V.; Muller, C.J.F. Sclerocarya birrea (Marula)
Extract Inhibits Hepatic Steatosis in db/db Mice.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073782
17Tshifhiwa Ramabulana, Musawenkosi Ndlovu, Rebamang A. Mosa, Molahlehi S. Sonopo, and Mamoalosi A. Selepe
Phytochemical Profiling and Isolation of Bioactive Compounds from Leucosidea sericea (Rosaceae)
ACS Omega 2022 7 (14), 11964-11972, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c00096
18Ngwenya, T.; Nombona, N.; Shozi, M.
Synthesis and Characterization of Supported Pd Catalysts for Potential Application in Glycerol Electro-Oxidation. 
Catalysts 2022, 12, 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12020192
19Adeola, A.O., Nsibande, S.A., Osano, A.M., Forbes, P.B.C., Naudé, Y. et al.
Analysis of gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions from cooking devices in selected rural and urban kitchens in Bomet and Narok counties of Kenya.
Environ Monit Assess 194, 435 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10062-3
20Cukrowski I.
A unified molecular-wide and electron density based concept of chemical bonding.
WIREs Comput Mol Sci. 2022;12:e1579. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1579
21Nape, I., Singh, K., Klug, A., Forbes, A., Forbes, P., Kritzinger, A et al.
Revealing the invariance of vectorial structured light in complex media.
Nat. Photon. 16, 538–546 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01023-w
22Tembeni, B.; Sciorillo, A.; Invernizzi, L.; Klimkait, T.; Urda, L.; Moyo, P.; Naidoo-Maharaj, D.; Levitties, N.; Gyampoh, K.; Zu, G.; Yuan, Z.; Mounzer, K.; Nkabinde, S.; Nkabinde, M.; Gqaleni, N.; Tietjen, I.; Montaner, L.J.; Maharaj, V.
HPLC-Based Purification and Isolation of Potent Anti-HIV and Latency Reversing Daphnane Diterpenes from the Medicinal Plant Gnidia sericocephala (Thymelaeaceae).
Viruses 2022, 14, 1437. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071437
23Bodede, O.; More, G.K.; Moodley, R.; Steenkamp, P.; Baijnath, H.; Maharaj, V.; Prinsloo, G. New Alk(en)ylhydroxycyclohexanes with Tyrosinase Inhibition Potential from Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. Gum Exudate.
Molecules 2022, 27, 3839. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123839
24Mariscal Brice Tchatat Tali, Darline Dize, Steven Collins Njonte Wouamba, Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, Rodrigue Keumoe, Cyrille Njanpa Ngansop, Michelle Sidoine Nguembou Njionhou, Cedric Derick Jiatsa Mbouna, Lauve Rachel Yamthe Tchokouaha, Vinesh Maharaj, Ndivhuwo Kevin Khorommbi, Dashnie Naidoo-Maharaj, Jean Claude Tchouankeu, Fabrice Fekam Boyom
In vitro antiplasmodial activity-directed investigation and UPLC–MS fingerprint of promising extracts and fractions from Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev. and Terminalia brownii Fresen.,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 296, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115512  
25Danquah, C.A.; Minkah, P.A.B.; Agana, T.A.; Moyo, P.; Ofori, M.; Doe, P.; Rali, S.; Osei Duah Junior, I.; Amankwah, K.B.; Somuah, S.O.; Nugbemado, I.N.; Maharaj, V.J.; Bhakta, S.; Gibbons, S.
The Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Tulbaghia, Allium, Crinum and Cyrtanthus: ‘Talented’ Taxa from the Amaryllidaceae.
Molecules 2022, 27, 4475. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27144475
26Sephora Mutombo Mianda, Luke Invernizzi, Mariëtte E. van der Watt, Janette Reader, Phanankosi Moyo, Lyn-Marié Birkholtz, Vinesh J. Maharaj
In vitro dual activity of Aloe marlothii roots and its chemical constituents against Plasmodium falciparum asexual and sexual stage parasites,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 297, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2022.115551
27Dehouche, N., Kaci, M., Focke, W. W., Van Der Merwe, L. 
Accelerated Photo-Oxidation of Polyamide 11 Nanocomposites under Various Clays Nanofillers. 
Macromol. Symp. 2022, 404, 2100352. https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.202100352
28Gugu Kubheka, Adedapo O. Adeola and Patricia B. C. Forbes
Hexadecylamine functionalised graphene quantum dots as suitable nano-adsorbents for phenanthrene removal from aqueous solution
RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 23922-23936, DOI: 10.1039/D2RA04641E (Paper)
29K. P. Kabwe, S. A. Nsibande, L. A. Pilcher, P. B. C. Forbes
Development of a mycolic acid-graphene quantum dot probe as a potential tuberculosis biosensor
Luminescence 2022, 37(11), 1881, https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4368
30Mamoalosi A. Selepe, Phaladi Kunyane, Pule Seboletswe, Shankari Nair, Nosipho Cele, Monique Engelbrecht, Daniël F. Joubert, Charlot Vandevoorde, Parvesh Singh, Molahlehi S. Sonopo
Synthesis and evaluation of benzoylbenzofurans and isoflavone derivatives as sirtuin 1 inhibitors with antiproliferative effects on cancer cells
Bioorganic Chemistry, Volume 128, 2022, 106101, ISSN 0045-2068, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106101
31Lesego Malepea, Derek Tantoh Ndinteha, Patrick Ndungu and Messai Adenew Mamo
Selective detection of methanol vapour from a multicomponent gas mixture using a CNPs/ZnO@ZIF-8 based room temperature solid-state sensor
RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 27094–27108, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ra04665b
32Duma, Z.G.; Moma, J.; Langmi, H.W.; Louis, B.; Parkhomenko, K.; Musyoka, N.M.
Towards High CO2 Conversions Using Cu/Zn Catalysts Supported on Aluminum Fumarate Metal-Organic Framework for Methanol Synthesis.
Catalysts 2022, 12, 1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12101104
33Ané Kritzinger, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, Sifiso A. Nsibande, Patricia B. C.
Forbes, Andrew Forbes
A vectorial structured light holographic optical trap for control of fluorescent particles
Proc. SPIE 12152, Mesophotonics: Physics and Systems at Mesoscale, 121520A (24 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2626569
34Buyens, D.M.S.; Pilcher, L.A.; Cukrowski, I.
Coordination Sites for Sodium and Potassium Ions in Nucleophilic Adeninate Contact ion-Pairs: A Molecular-Wide and Electron Density-Based (MOWED) Perspective.
Molecules 2022, 27, 6111. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27186111
35Kornelius, G., Forbes, P., Fischer, T., & Govender, M.
Determination of country-specific greenhouse gas emission factors for South African liquid and gaseous fuels.
Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2022, 33(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2022/v33i3a13592
36Cukrowski, I.; Dhimba, G.; Riley, D.L.
A Molecular-Wide and Electron Density Based Approach in Exploring Chemical Reactivity and Explicit Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Solvent Molecule Effects in the Proline Catalysed Aldol Reaction.
Molecules 2022, 27, 962., https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27030962
37Kritzinger, A., Forbes, A. & Forbes, P.B.C.
Optical trapping and fluorescence control with vectorial structured light. 
Sci Rep 12, 17690 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21224-1
38Abdalla, M.A.; Famuyide, I.; Wooding, M.; McGaw, L.J.; Mühling, K.H.
Secondary Metabolite Profile and Pharmacological Opportunities of Lettuce Plants Following Selenium and Sulfur Enhancement.
Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2267. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14112267
39Nicole C. Neyt, C. Johan van der Westhuizen, Jenny-Lee Panayides and Darren L. Riley
Design and testing of an ozonolysis reactor module with on-the-fly ozone degassing under flow conditions
React. Chem. Eng., 2022, 7, 1718-1727, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RE00554E
40C. Johan van der Westhuizen, André Stander, Darren L. Riley, and Jenny-Lee Panayides
Discovery of Novel Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors by Virtual Screening, In Vitro Screening, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2022 62 (6), 1550-1572, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01443
41C. Johan van der Westhuizen, Jurie du Toit, Nicole Neyt, Darren Riley and Jenny-Lee Panayides
Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment
Digital Discovery, 2022, 1, 596-604, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DD00036A
42M. C. N. Ngwem, J. C. Kemmegne-Mbouguen, H. W. Langmi, N. M. Musyoka, R. Mokaya
Electrochemical Sensor for Ascorbic Acid, Acetaminophen and Nitrite Based on Organoclay/Zr-MOF Film Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode
ChemistrySelect 2022, 7, e202202308. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202202308
43Dennis Simbarashe Moyo, António Benjamim Mapossa, Melanie Rademeyer, Elizabet Margaretha van der Merwe, Walter Wilhelm Focke
TGA investigation of the volatilisation of fipronil at elevated temperatures
Thermochimica Acta, Volume 718, 2022, 179379, ISSN 0040-6031, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2022.179379
44Roderick T. Stark, Dominic R. Pye, Wenyi Chen, Oliver J. Newton, Benjamin J. Deadman, Philip W. Miller, Jenny-Lee Panayides, Darren L. Riley, Klaus Hellgardt and King Kuok (Mimi) Hii
Assessing a sustainable manufacturing route to lapatinib
React. Chem. Eng., 2022, 7, 2420-2426, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RE00267A
45Khunoana, E.T.; Eloff, J.N.; Ramadwa, T.E.; Nkadimeng, S.M.; Selepe, M.A.; McGaw, L.J.
In Vitro Antiproliferative Activity of Ptaeroxylon obliquum Leaf Extracts, Fractions and Isolated Compounds on Several Cancer Cell Lines.
Appl.Sci. 2022, 12, 11004. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122111004
46Kariska Potgieter, Frederick P. Malan and Reinout Meijboom
catena-Poly[[(benzyl­di­phenyl­phosphine-κP)silver(I)]-μ-nitrato-κ2O:O′-[(benzyl­di­phenyl­phosphine-κP)silver(I)]-μ-nitrato-κ4O,O′:O′,O′′]
IUCrData (2022). 7, x220772, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314622007726
47Kariska Potgieter, Frederick P. Malan, Oyekunle Azeez Alimi and Reinout Meijboom
Bis[(4-methyl­phen­yl)di­phenyl­phosphine-κP](nitrito-κ2O,O′)silver(I)
IUCrData (2022). 7, x220771, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2414314622007714
48F. P. Malan
Structural, Electrochemical and Catalytic Elucidation of Cyclooctadiene Ru(II)-Nitrile Complexes of the Type [RuCl2(cod)(NCR)2]
ChemistrySelect 2022, 7, e202201432, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202201432
49Amanda-Lee Ezra Manicum, Marietjie Schutte-Smith, Frederick P. Malan, Hendrik Gideon Visser
Steric and electronic influence of Re(I) tricarbonyl complexes with various coordinated β-diketones
Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1264, 2022, 133278, ISSN 0022-2860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133278
50R. A. Adigun, F. P. Malan, M. O. Balogun, N. October
Rational Optimization of Dihydropyrimidinone-Quinoline Hybrids as Plasmodium falciparum Glutathione Reductase Inhibitors
ChemMedChem 2022, 17, e202200034, https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202200034
51Jairus L. Lamola, Adedapo S. Adeyinka, Frederick P. Malan, Paseka T. Moshapo, Cedric W. Holzapfela  and  Munaka Christopher Maumela
Exploring steric and electronic parameters of biaryl phosphacycles
New J. Chem., 2022,46, 4677-4686, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ05769C
52Audu, O., Stander, A., Ajani, O., Egieyeh, S., & October, N.
In silico design, chemical synthesis and biological screening of novel 4-(1H)-pyridone-based antimalarial agents.
Chemical Biology & Drug Design, (2022) 99, 674– 687. https://doi.org/10.1111/cbdd.13987
53Marius Balemaken Missi, Jean Noel Evina, Auguste Abouem A Zintchem, Natasha October, Angela Bona, Pontsho Moela, Patrick Hervé Betote Diboué, Dominique Serge Ngono Bikobo & Dieudonné Emmanuel Pegnyemb
Antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of undescribed cassiaric acid and other constituents from Cassiaarereh stem barks,
Natural Product Research, (2022) 36:17, 4330-4339, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2021.1981313
54Gwladys Djikam Sime, Norbert Mbabi Nyemeck II, Auguste Abouem A Zintchem, Natasha October, Marius Balemaken Missi, Rabia Farooq, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Dominique Serge Ngono Bikobo, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary & Dieudonné Emmanuel Pegnyemb
Secondary metabolites of the leaves of Tricalysiaatherura N. Hallé (Rubiaceae) and their potential antiplasmodial activity
Natural Product Research, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2022.2137796
55Siya T. Hulushe, Frederick P. Malan, Eric C. Hosten, Kevin A. Lobb, Setshaba D. Khanye and Gareth M. Watkins
Photo-and thermoresponsive N-salicylideneaniline derivatives: solid-state studies and structural aspects
New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 20940-20950, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ03056F
56Maharaj, V.; Ezeofor, C.C.; Naidoo Maharaj, D.; Muller, C.J.F.; Obonye, N.J.
Identification of Antidiabetic Compounds from the Aqueous Extract of Sclerocarya birrea Leaves.
Molecules 2022, 27, 8095. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27228095
57Pilcher, Lynne A.
Embedding systems thinking in tertiary chemistry for sustainability
Physical Sciences Reviews, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2022-0119
58Rants’o TA, van Greunen DG, van der Westhuizen CJ, Riley DL, Panayides J-L, Koekemoer LL, van Zyl RL
The in silico and in vitro analysis of donepezil derivatives for Anopheles acetylcholinesterase inhibition.
PLoS ONE (2022) 17(11): e0277363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277363
59Twilley, D.; Thipe, V.C.; Kishore, N.; Bloebaum, P.; Roma-Rodrigues, C.; Baptista, P.V.; Fernandes, A.R.; Selepe, M.A.; Langhansova, L.; Katti, K.; Lall, N.
Antiproliferative Activity of Buddleja saligna (Willd.) against Melanoma and In Vivo Modulation of Angiogenesis.
Pharmaceuticals 2022, 15, 1497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15121497
60Daniel T. Pretorius, Egmont Rohwer, Yvette Naudé
Identifying foliar volatile organic compounds of Plectranthus and Coleus (Lamiaceae) as predictive markers of genus using GC×GC-TOFMS and machine learning
Journal of Chromatography Open, Volume 2, 2022, 100071, ISSN 2772-3917, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcoa.2022.100071