Amanda Swart
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Amanda Cecilia Swart | |
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| Alma mater | Stellenbosch University |
| Known for | Research into health benefits of rooibos |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Stellenbosch University |
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Amanda Cecilia Swart is a South African biochemist who holds a professorship in biochemistry at Stellenbosch University.[1] She is known for her research on rooibos, a herbal tea popular in South Africa,[2] has been funded by the South African Rooibos Council in her research,[3][4] and is frequently quoted in South African media promoting the reported health benefits of rooibos.[5][6]
Swart completed her MSc in Biology in 1986[7] and her doctorate at Stellenbosch in 1999, and returned to Stellenbosch as a faculty member in 2002, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in biochemistry. She was instrumental in establishing the P450 Steroid Research Group at Stellenbosch and in 2011 she was appointed associate professor.[8] Her research areas include: Adrenal steroidogenesis, cytochrome P450 enzymes, prostate cancer, and products derived from the plants Aspalatus linearis (Rooibos), Salsola tuberculatiformis Botch. (Gannabos) and Sutherlandia frutescens (Cancer bush).[1]
