Member Profile
Membership type: full
PhD Fellowship Alumna
Nangula Uusiku
Country of origin: Namibia Currently in: South Africa, Pretoria General field of specialization: Biological Systems and OrganismsPhD Fellowship Alumna
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Degrees
2010 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Antioxidant activities of African leafy vegetables and their effects on health: oxidative stress is known to be an underlying factor in a number of lifestyle diseases such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Dietary antioxidants protect against free radicals in the human body. African leafy vegetables contain antioxidant activity, and may therefore reduce or manage these diseases in communities that consume these vegetables. -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2006