Pharmacy Latest Research Output: 2025

• Kheoane, P. S., Mokhetho, K. C., Mokhele, S., Mbara, K. C., Leonard, C. M., Gadaga, T. H., & Tarirai, C. (2025). Evaluation of Southern African wild edible plants for potential herb-drug interactions through ex vivo p-glycoprotein and in vitro cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitory effects. Phytomedicine Plus, 5(1), Article 100681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2024.100681
• Molina, IR, Ferreira Lacerda, JW, Ernzen, JP, Pradi, L, de O. Costa, G, Mansur Pontes, CL, Neves, MA, Steindel, M, Siwe-Noundou, X, Ndinteh, DT & Sandjo, LP 2025, ‘MS-DIAL and MS-FINDER-assisted dereplication of the edible mushroom, Phlebopus beniensis crude extract and fractions: Chemophenetic significance’, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, vol. 120, 104977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2025.104977
• Sankar, C, Meyer, JC, Schönfeldt, M, Gunter, H, Dawood, H, Sekiti, V, Pickard, N, Mubaiwa, L, Mawela, D, Dlamini, S, Peter, J, Spencer, D, Gray, C, Patel, V, Bamford, L, Sehloho, T & McCarthy, K 2025, ‘Vaccine safety surveillance in South Africa through COVID-19: A journey to systems strengthening’, Vaccine, vol. 46, 126535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126535
• Ramdas, N, Meyer, JC, Schellack, N, Godman, B, Turawa, EB & Campbell, SM 2025, ‘Knowledge, attitudes, motivations and expectations regarding antimicrobial use among community members seeking care at the primary healthcare level: a scoping review protocol’, BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. e088769. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088769
• the NeoAMS Study Team 2025, ‘Defining and responding to the contextual drivers for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship in 14 neonatal units in South Africa’, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 7, no. 1, dlae222. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae222
• Sebatana, R, Kudzai, KD, Magura, A, Mdlophane, A, Zeevaart, JR, Sathekge, M, Kahts, M, Mdanda, S & Witika, BA 2025, ‘An Insight to Nanoliposomes as Smart Radiopharmaceutical Delivery Tools for Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaques: Positron Emission Tomography Applications’, Pharmaceutics, vol. 17, no. 2, 240. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics17020240
• Kuete, JRN, Fadeyi, OG, Olou, BA, Kenmoe, FWT, Tsakem, B, Teponno, RB, Tapondjou, LA, Kouam, SF & Yorou, NS 2025, ‘Two hispidin dimers from Piptoporellus baudonii (Fomitopsidaceae) with anticancer activity’, Phytochemistry Letters, vol. 65, pp. 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2024.11.002
• Masemola, NM, Burnett, RJ, Makamba-Mutevedzi, PC, Schönfeldt, M, Bamford, LJ, Ismail, Z, Madhi, SA & Meyer, JC 2025, ‘Vaccine stock-outs: A preventable health facility obstacle contributing to missed vaccinations in South African children’, Vaccine, vol. 45, 126583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126583
• Leutcha, PB, Mamoudou, H, Nganso Ditchou, YO, Ansari, SA, Amang à Ngnoung, GA, Mujwar, S, Domga Taiga, J, Agrawal, M, Messah Nembot, G, Boubakari Hamadou, S, Meli Lannang, A & Siwe Noundou, X 2025, ‘Flavonoids and other constituents from Jacaranda mimosifolia: In vitro analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamic simulations of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities’, Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, vol. 182, 117768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117768
• Sefah, IA, Mensah, M, Hutton-Nyameaye, AA, Sarkodie, E, Meyer, JC, Godman, B & Bangalee, V 2025, ‘Insulin therapy adherence and its associated factors among diabetic patients in a Ghanaian primary care hospital’, PLoS ONE, vol. 20, no. 1 January, e0312094. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312094
• Ramdas, N, Meyer, JC, Schellack, N, Godman, B, Turawa, E & Campbell, SM 2025, ‘Knowledge, Attitudes, Motivations, Expectations, and Systemic Factors Regarding Antimicrobial Use Amongst Community Members Seeking Care at the Primary Healthcare Level: A Scoping Review’, Antibiotics, vol. 14, no. 1, 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14010078
• Matseke, B, Mapfumari, S & Mothibe, M 2025, ‘Qualitative Phytochemical Profiling and In Vitro Antioxidant Potential Evaluation of South African Momordica Balsamina Linn Fruit Pulp’, Life, vol. 15, no. 1, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15010004
• Nambasa, VP, Gunter, HM, Adeyemo, MB, Bhawaneedin, NY, Blockman, M, Sabblah, GT, Gyapong, JO, Guantai, EM, Abebe, T, Abebe, W, Lawson, HJ, Leburu, MC, Mohammed, A, Amponsa-Achiano, K, Matlala, MF, Elemuwa, UG, Mogtari, H, Nyarko, AK, Schönfeldt, M, Kamupira, M, McCarthy, K, Tefera, YL, Alemu, A, Yusuf, KM, Emelife, O, Sidibe, L, Dandajena, K, Onu, K, Adeyeye, MC, Darko, DM, Gerba, H, Semete, B, Siyoi, F, Ambali, A & Meyer, JC 2025, ‘Empowering African Expertise: Enhancing Safety Data Integration and Signal Detection for COVID-19 Vaccines Through the African Union Smart Safety Surveillance Joint Signal Management Group’, Drug Safety. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-024-01493-7
• Mudenda, S, Lubanga, AF, Jamshed, S, Biemba, B, Sakala, R, Chiyabi, M, Kavubya, L, Milambo, LT, Bumbangi, FN, Chizimu, JY, Yamba, K, Wesangula, E, Chigome, A, Kalungia, AC, Sefah, IA, Mustafa, ZUI, Massele, AY, Saleem, Z, Mutemwa, R, Kazonga, E, Sartelli, M, Meyer, JC, Muma, JB, Chilengi, R & Godman, B 2025, ‘Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use in Level 1 hospitals in Zambia: Future Prospects for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs’, Infection and Drug Resistance, vol. 18, pp. 887-902. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S509522
• Maphanga, B, Matlala, M, Vagiri, R, Godman, B & Makhele, L 2025, ‘The budget impact analysis of nicotine replacement therapy among patients who smoke tobacco and have mental illness in South Africa and the implications’, BMC Health Services Research, vol. 25, no. 1, 417. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12533-y
• Tchoffo Tchoupou, I, Manyeruke, MH, Salami, SA, Ezekiel, CI, Ambassa, P, Tembu, JV, Krause, RWM, Ngameni, B & Siwe Noundou, X 2025, ‘An overview of the synthesis of coumarins via Knoevenagel condensation and their biological properties’, Results in Chemistry, vol. 15, 102181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102181     
• Bronkhorst, E, Maboa, R & Skosana, P 2025, ‘Antimicrobial stewardship principles in the evaluation of empirical carbapenem antibiotics in a private hospital in South Africa’, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 7, no. 2, dlaf025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf025
• Saleem, Z, Sheikh, S, Godman, B, Haseeb, A, Afzal, S, Qamar, MU, Imam, MT, Abuhussain, SSA & Sharland, M 2025, ‘Increasing the use of the WHO AWaRe system in antibiotic surveillance and stewardship programmes in low-and middle-income countries’, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, vol. 7, no. 2, dlaf031. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf031
• Kurdi, A, Albutti, A, Darweesh, O, Amen, KM, Baker, K, Karwi, H & Godman, B 2025, ‘Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the prescribing pattern of oral anticoagulants in the English primary care setting: a population-based segmented interrupted time series analysis of over 53 million individuals’, Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2025.2473613
• Eze, O. V., Meyer, J. C., & Campbell, S. M. (2025). Poliomyelitis in Nigeria: Impact of Vaccination Services and Polio Intervention and Eradication Efforts. Vaccines, 13(3), 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13030232
• Zikria Saleem and Biset Asrade Mekonnen and Ebiowei Samuel Orubu and Md Ariful Islam and Thuy Thi Phuong Nguyen and Chukwuemeka Michael Ubaka and Deus Buma and Nga Do Thi Thuy and Yashasvi Sant and Tiyani Milta Sono and Tomasz Bochenek and Aubrey C. Kalungia and Saad Abdullah and Nenad Miljković and Eugene Yeika and Loveline Lum Niba and George Akafity and Israel Abebrese Sefah and Sylvia A. Opanga and Freddy Eric Kitutu and Felix Khuluza and Trust Zaranyika and Ayuska Parajuli and Omeed Darweesh and Salequl Islam and Santosh Kumar and Hellen Nabayiga and Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun and Audrey Chigome and Olayinka Ogunleye and Joseph Fadare and Amos Massele and Aislinn Cook and Ana Golić Jelić and Isabella Piassi Dias Godói and Amani Phillip and Johanna C. Meyer and Elisa Funiciello and Giulia Lorenzetti and Amanj Kurdi and Abdul Haseeb and Catrin E. Moore and Stephen M Campbell and Brian Godman and Mike Sharland (2025). Current access, availability and use of antibiotics in primary care among key low- and middle-income countries and the policy implications. Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2025.2477198
• Vagiri, R., Mohlabe, K., Mailula, L., Nhubunga, F., Maepa, M., Mphasha, M., Mokoena, M., Mayimele, N., Bangalee, V., Grootboom, W., Makhele, L., & Padayachee, N. (2025). Exploring Anxiety and Depression Among Medical Undergraduates in South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Healthcare, 13(6), 649. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13060649
• Kurdi, Amanj, Morven Millar, Uchenna Nnabuko, Stuart McTaggart, Tanja Mueller, Euan Proud, Barry Melia, and Marion Bennie. 2025. “A Population-Based Study of Incident Prescribing for Hypercholesterolaemia and Hypertension in Scotland: Is the Healthcare System Recovering from the Impact of COVID-19?” Current Medical Research and Opinion 41 (3): 447–53. doi:10.1080/03007995.2025.2482674.
• Zik Zikria Saleem, Catrin E Moore, Aubrey C Kalungia, Natalie Schellack, Olayinka Ogunleye, Audrey Chigome, Kona Chowdhury, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Amos Massele, Nishana Ramdas, E Sam Orubu, Aislinn Cook, Felix Khuluza, Trust Zaranyika, Elisa Funiciello, Giulia Lorenzetti, Miriam Nantamu, Ayuska Parajuli, Amanj Kurdi, Hellen Nabayiga, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Mainul Haque, Stephen M Campbell, Dena Van Der Bergh, Brian Godman, Mike Sharland, Status and implications of the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards AWaRe antibiotic use, resistance and stewardship among low- and middle-income countries, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2025, dlaf033, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf033
• Sono TM, Mboweni V, Jelić AG, Campbell SM, Marković-Peković V, Ramdas N, Schellack N, Kumar S, Godman B, Meyer JC. Pilot Study to Evaluate Patients’ Understanding of Key Terms and Aspects of Antimicrobial Use in a Rural Province in South Africa Findings and Implications. Advances in Human Biology. 2025;15(1):108-12 DOI: 10.4103/aihb.aihb_119_24
• Kayembe J, Cosa S, Bassey E. Comparative analysis of phytonutrients of moringa oleifera leaves from South Africa Nigeria and their antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials by UPLC-ESI-QToF-MS and OPLS-DA chemometrics analysis. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11:1490484. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1490484.
• Poka MS, Milne M, Wessels A, Aucamp M. An investigation into the effect of maltitol, sorbitol, and xylitol on the formation of carbamazepine solid dispersions through thermal processing. Pharmaceutics. 2025; 17(3):321. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics17030321.
• Mamabolo, M. P., Tembeni, B., Siwe Noundou, X., & Mncwangi, N. P. Selected Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment and Management of Tuberculosis and Related Symptoms in South Africa. Pharmaceuticals 2025, 18(4), 513. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18040513.
• Dzukoug RC, Messi AN, R Dongmo Zeukang, SL Bonnet, A Wilhelm, DG Tene, Siwe-Noundou X, AB Souham, KG von Eschwege, AdeT Atchade, J Ngo Mbing, DE Pegnyemb, A Ewola Tih, Ra Tih Ghogomu, MI Choudhary. Two new aggreceride derivatives and other chemical constituents from the stems of Tarenna conferta Benth and their potential antileishmanial activity against Leishmania donovani promastigotes: Insight from molecular docking analysis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 2025, 121, 104990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2025.104990.

Witika, BA, Hutton, A, Makoni, PA & Donnelly, RF 2025, ‘A State-of-the-Art Appraisal of Nanomaterials in Microneedles in the Delivery of Therapeutics and Vaccines’, Advanced NanoBiomed Research, vol. 5, no. 3, 2400162. https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202400162