Du Toit Loots

Research interests

Publications

• Metabolomics describes previously unknown toxicity mechanisms of isoniazid and rifampicin

  Toxicology Letters · 2020 · 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.01.018

• Metabolomic applications for understanding complex tripartite plant-microbes interactions: Strategies and perspectives

  Biotechnology Reports · 2020 · 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00425

• Bacillus velezensis: phylogeny, useful applications, and avenues for exploitation

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2019 · 10.1007/s00253-019-09710-5

• Uncovering the metabolic response of abalone (Haliotis midae) to environmental hypoxia through metabolomics

  Metabolomics · 2018 · 10.1007/s11306-018-1346-8

• Characterising the metabolic differences related to growth variation in farmed Haliotis midae

  Aquaculture · 2018 · 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.04.052

• The cross-tissue metabolic response of abalone (Haliotis midae) to functional hypoxia

  Biology Open · 2018 · 10.1242/bio.031070

• The altered human serum metabolome induced by a marathon

  Metabolomics · 2018 · 10.1007/s11306-018-1447-4

• Metabolomics Biomarkers for Tuberculosis Diagnostics: Current Status and Future Objectives

  Biomarkers in Medicine · 2017 · 10.2217/bmm-2016-0287

• Abalone growth and associated aspects: now from a metabolic perspective

  Reviews in Aquaculture · 2016 · 10.1111/raq.12181

• New sputum metabolite markers implicating adaptations of the host to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and vice versa

  Tuberculosis · 2013 · 10.1016/j.tube.2013.02.008

• A metabolomics approach to characterise and identify various Mycobacterium species

  Journal of Microbiological Methods · 2012 · 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.01.012

• Altered Fatty Acid Metabolism Due to Rifampicin-Resistance Conferring Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Mapping the Potential of Pharmaco-metabolomics for Global Health and Personalized Medicine

  OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology · 2012 · 10.1089/omi.2012.0028

• A comparison of four sputum pre-extraction preparation methods for identifying and characterising Mycobacterium tuberculosis using GCxGC-TOFMS metabolomics

  Journal of Microbiological Methods · 2012 · 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.002

• The social aspects of alcohol misuse/abuse in South Africa

  South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2010 · 10.1080/16070658.2010.11734296

• Congenital Hypothyroidism

  Journal · 2009 · 10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_9114

• Experimental rodent models of type 2 diabetes: A review

  Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology · 2009 · 10.1358/mf.2009.31.4.1373958

• Ceramide Trihexosidase Deficiency

  Journal · 2009 · 10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_8477

• Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration

  Journal · 2009 · 10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_8232

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  Journal · 2009 · 10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_98

• Experimental rodent models of type 2 diabetes: A review

  Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology · 2009 · 10.1358/mf.2009.31.4.1362513

• Effects of Dietary Onion (Allium cepa L.) in a High-Fat Diet Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Rodent Model

  Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism · 2008 · 10.1159/000152868

• Glycaemic control improves fibrin network characteristics in type 2 diabetes – A purified fibrinogen model

  Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2008 · 10.1160/th07-11-0699

• Phytochemical Contents and Antioxidant Capacities of Two Aloe greatheadii var. davyana Extracts

  Molecules · 2008 · 10.3390/molecules13092169

• In vitro antioxidant, antimutagenic and genoprotective activity of Rosa roxburghii fruit extract

  Phytotherapy Research · 2007 · 10.1002/ptr.2330

• The effects of high walnut and cashew nut diets on the antioxidant status of subjects with metabolic syndrome

  European Journal of Nutrition · 2007 · 10.1007/s00394-007-0647-x

• Aloe feroxLeaf Gel Phytochemical Content, Antioxidant Capacity, and Possible Health Benefits

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1021/jf071110t

• Diabetes, metallothionein, and zinc interactions: A review

  BioFactors · 2007 · 10.1002/biof.5520290404

• Glycation of fibrinogen in uncontrolled diabetic patients and the effects of glycaemic control on fibrinogen glycation

  Thrombosis Research · 2006 · 10.1016/j.thromres.2006.10.016

• Polyphenol Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Kei-Apple (Dovyalis caffra) Juice

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2006 · 10.1021/jf052697j

• The effect of glycaemic control on fibrin network structure of type 2 diabetic subjects

  Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2006 · 10.1160/th06-07-0390

• Rosa roxburghii supplementation in a controlled feeding study increases plasma antioxidant capacity and glutathione redox state

  European Journal of Nutrition · 2005 · 10.1007/s00394-005-0555-x

• Identification of 19 New Metabolites Induced by Abnormal Amino Acid Conjugation in Isovaleric Acidemia

  Clinical Chemistry · 2005 · 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048421

• Acetyl-L-carnitine prevents total body hydroxyl free radical and uric acid production induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in the rat

  Life Sciences · 2004 · 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.03.007

• Melatonin prevents the free radical and MADD metabolic profiles induced by antituberculosis drugs in an animal model

  Journal of Pineal Research · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2004.00176.x

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