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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

The work presented in this thesis has been carried out at the University of Zululand,<br />

KwaDlangezwa, Empangeni, South Africa<br />

I would like to thank all the people that contributed to this thesis.<br />

• My promoter, Professor Andy Opoku (Department of Biochemistry), for your<br />

support and encouragement. Thank you for keeping me focused during the<br />

stressful times.<br />

• My co-promoters Professor T Djarova (Department ofBiochemistry) and Dr OA<br />

Oyedeji (Department ofChemistry).<br />

• Professor Djarova, thank you for directing and providing me with invaluable<br />

advice.<br />

• Bola if it wasn't for you helping me with characterization of saponin I would<br />

never have finished - thank you for assisting and encouraging me when my<br />

moral was low.<br />

• My darling husband Andrew for all your help, especially with feeding the rats!<br />

Also your love and endless support, always being positive and putting me and the<br />

completion ofthis thesis first.<br />

• My daughter, Chante for being so patient with me while I worked such long hours<br />

- thank you, you are a little star.<br />

• My mom and dad for all the love and support.<br />

• All the technical help:<br />

• Anita, Brett and Dilip at the University of Kwazulu-Natal for providing your<br />

apparatus and expertise and help.<br />

• Piet Oosthuizen for providing Amadumbe from Makatini Research farm.<br />

• Lina Wallis from Capital Lab for providing me with all the chemicals.<br />

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