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📜 In review

  1. Rattray, R.D., Brendler T., “Ashwagandha: What is the quality of the evidence?” Phytotherapy Research. [IF=6.3]
  2. Brendler T., Rattray, R.D., “Ashwagandha: An umbrella review of the efficacy evidence” Phytotherapy Research. [IF=6.3]
  3. Rattray, R.D., Stander, M.A. & Van Wyk, B.-E. (2026). The ethnobotany and phytochemistry of Diosma hirsuta: The original Cape ‘buchu’ species*. South African Journal of Science*. [IF=2.3]

📜 Published Peer-reviewed

  1. Oberholzer, E., Vandebroek, I., Rattray, R.D., Van Wyk, B.-E., 2025. “The challenge of a scientific definition for the term ‘edible flowers.’” International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 42, 101356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2025.101356

  2. Rattray, R.D., Mokwena, L., Stander, M.A., Stewart, R.D., Pilusa, M., Van der Bank, M., Van Wyk, B.-E., 2025. “The medicinal uses, chemistry and phylogenetic relationships of ethnobotanically relevant South African Stachys species”. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 120467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2025.120467

  3. Rattray, R.D., Sadgrove, N.J., Oyedeji-Amusa, M.O., Stander, M.A., Van Vuuren, S.F. and Van Wyk, B.-E., 2025. “Chemical variation and biological activity of three South African species of Salvia used in Cape Herbal Medicine”. South African Journal of Botany 184, 448-457, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.06.014

  4. Oyedeji-Amusa, M.O., Van Vuuren, S.F., Rattray, R.D., Van Wyk, B.-E., 2024. “Ethnomedicinal importance and antimicrobial activity of Leonotis ocymifolia”. South African Journal of Botany 172, 678–685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.07.027

  5. Rattray, R.D., Stewart, R.D., Niemann, H.J., Olaniyan, O.D. and Van der Bank, M. 2024, “Leafing through genetic barcodes: An assessment of 14 years of plant DNA barcoding in South Africa”, South African Journal of Botany. 172(24), 474-487, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.07.055