Mr. Semenya  Sebua Silas
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Mr. Semenya Sebua Silas

Researcher
University of Limpopo, South Africa


Highest Degree
M.Sc. in Botany from University of Limpopo, South Africa

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Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
100%
Ethnopharmacology
62%
Alternative Medicine
90%
Medicinal Plants
75%
Biotechnology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2015. Kirkia wilmsii: A Bapedi treatment for hypertension. S. Afr. J. Bot., 100: 228-232.
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  2. Erasmus, L.J.C., M.J. Potgieter and S.S. Semenya, 2015. Erectile dysfunction: Definition and materia medica of Bapedi traditional healers in Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Med. Plants Res., 9: 71-77.
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  3. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2014. Medicinal plants cultivated in Bapedi traditional healers homegardens, Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med., 11: 126-132.
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  4. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2014. Bapedi traditional healers in the Limpopo province, South Africa: Their socio-cultural profile and traditional healing practice. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed., Vol. 10. 10.1186/1746-4269-10-4.
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  5. Semenya, S.S., M.J. Potgieter and M.P. Tshisikhawe, 2013. Use, conservation and present availability status of ethnomedicinal plants of Matebele-village in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 12: 2392-2405.
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  6. Semenya, S.S., M.J. Potgieter and L.J.C. Erasmus, 2013. Indigenous plant species used by Bapedi healers to treat sexually transmitted infections: Their distribution, harvesting, conservation and threats. S. Afr. J. Bot., 87: 66-75.
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  7. Semenya, S.S., M.J. Potgieter and L.J.C. Erasmus, 2013. Exotic and indigenous problem plants species used, by the Bapedi, to treat sexually transmitted infections in Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr. Health Sci., 13: 320-326.
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  8. Semenya, S.S., M.J. Potgieter and L.J.C. Erasmus, 2013. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by Bapedi traditional healers to manage HIV/AIDS in the Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Med. Plants Res., 7: 434-441.
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  9. Semenya, S.S., M.J. Potgieter and L.J.C. Erasmus, 2013. Bapedi phytomedicine and their use in the treatment of sexually transmitted infections in Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 7: 250-262.
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  10. Semenya, S.S., A. Maroyi, M.J. Potgieter and L.J.C. Erasmus, 2013. Herbal medicines used by Bapedi traditional healers to treat reproductive ailments in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Afr. J. Trad. Complement. Alternat. Med., 10: 331-339.
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  11. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2013. Sexually transmitted infections and their diagnoses: Bapedi experience. Afr. Health Sci., 13: 1047-1053.
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  12. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2013. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by Bapedi traditional healers to treat erectile dysfunction in the Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Med. Plants Res., 7: 349-357.
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  13. Semenya, S.S. and M.J. Potgieter, 2013. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.: Extraordinary Bapedi medicinal herb for gonorrhoea. J. Med. Plants Res., 7: 1434-1438.
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  14. Semenya, S.S. and A. Maroyi, 2013. Medicinal plants used for the treatment of tuberculosis by bapedi Traditional healers in three districts of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med., 10: 316-323.
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  15. Rasethe, M.T., S.S. Semenya, M.J. Potgieter and A. Maroyi, 2013. The utilization and management of plant resources in rural areas of the Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed., Vol. 9. 10.1186/1746-4269-9-27.
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  16. Semenya, S.S., M.P. Tshisikhawe and M.T. Potgieter, 2012. Invasive alien plant species: A case study of their use in the Thulamela local municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Scient. Res. Essays, 7: 2363-2369.
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  17. Semenya, S.S. and A. Maroyi, 2012. Medicinal plants used by the Bapedi traditional healers to treat diarrhoea in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. J. Ethnopharmacol., 144: 395-401.
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  18. Semenya, S., M. Potgieter, M. Tshisikhawe, S. Shava and A. Maroyi, 2012. Medicinal utilization of exotic plants by Bapedi traditional healers to treat human ailments in Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Ethnopharmacol., 144: 646-655.
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  19. Semenya, S., M. Potgieter and L. Erasmus, 2012. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by Bapedi healers to treat diabetes mellitus in the Limpopo province, South Africa. J. Ethnopharmacol., 141: 440-445.
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  20. Erasmus, L.J.C., M.J. Potgieter, S.S. Semenya and S.J. Lennox, 2012. Phytomedicine versus gonorrhoea: The Bapedi experience. Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med., 9: 591-598.
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