Refilwe Lukhwareni

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Name: Refilwe Lukhwareni
Location: D3 Lab 330 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Zoology Academic Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0)11 559 2978

Email: rlukhwareni@uj.ac.za

About Refilwe Lukhwareni

Mrs. Lukhwareni is an aquatic ecologist trained in fish health. Her research focuses on employing histopathology, and ultrastructural assessment techniques, alongside the utilisation of biomarkers, bioaccumulation studies, and evaluation of fish age to assess environmental and physiological impacts on aquatic organisms. Her interdisciplinary background in Human Physiology and Biochemistry informs her approach to ecological and environmental health studies. She imparts her knowledge of Physiology to undergraduate students at the second-year level in the Basic physiological concepts and movement module.

Research interest: Environmental health and water pollution

Publications:

Raphel-Choma PP, Lukhwareni R, Simelane MBC, Motadi LR, Choene MS. 2024. Antitumor effect of Iso-mukaadial acetate on MCF-7 breast cancer mice xenograft model. Scientific Reports 14, 13744

Lukhwareni R, Van Dyk JC. 2018. Histology and ultrastructure of hepatic nodular alterations in Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). Journal of Fish Diseases 41,1859–1870

Mphahlele M, Papathanasopoulos M, Cinellu MA, Coyanis M, Mosebi S, Telisha Traut T, Modise R, Coates J, Hewer R. 2012. Modification of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and integrase activity by gold (III) complexes in direct biochemical assays. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 20, 401 – 407

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