Ben-Erik Van Wyk

TL;DR: The ability of Cape aloes to enhance the transport of poorly permeable drugs has enjoyed recent research interest and it has been a popular research topic for natural product scientists who have isolated several chromones and anthrones from the leaf exudate and finished product.

TL;DR: The collisional cross-section data obtained from ion mobility-mass spectrometry is reported for the flavonoids in rooibos for the first time, facilitating the identification of several new compounds as well as grouping of the wild tea ecotypes according to their chemical composition.

TL;DR: The National Research Foundation of South Africa, the University of Johannesburg (NRF Grant Number 8442), and University of Venda as discussed by the authors have funded the work of as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: A systematic study of generic relationships within the tribe Crotalarieae was undertaken using nucleotide sequences from the internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA, the plastid gene rbcL, and morphological data to present an important step towards a natural and phylogenetic generic classification for the tribe.

TL;DR: It is suggested that rooibos increases stress resistance and promotes longevity under stress, probably mediated via a regulation of the DAF-16/FOXO insulin-like signalling pathway, supporting some of the health claims put forward for rooIBos tea.