Patents

Herbal composition for the treatment of HIV. 2024.  PCT/IB2024/052529

Herbal composition for the treatment of HIV. 2023. SA 2023/03587

Books

Mbatha, N and Gqaleni N.  2017. African Traditional Medicine at the Cross-Roads in South Africa: Challenges faced by its institutionalisation, Reach Publishers, Durban, South Africa.  pp144

 Gqaleni N, et al. 2025. Foundations of African traditional medicine: a Nguni perspective. Reach publishers, Durban, South Africa

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Frimpong EK, Ngcobo M, Gqaleni N. Preparation for a pandemic: The need for a standardised African health protocol for diseases. J Public Health Africa. 2025;16(1), 735. https://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i1.735

Hlatshwayo, S.; Thembane, N.; Krishna, S.B.N.; Gqaleni, N.; Ngcobo, M. Extraction and Processing of Bioactive Phytoconstituents from Widely Used South African Medicinal Plants for the Preparation of Effective Traditional Herbal Medicine Products: A Narrative Review. Plants 2025, 14,206. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14020206

Mpofana N, Peter C, Lukman HY et al. Mechanisms of Selected Cassiopeia Metabolites for Melasma Treatment: Network Pharmacology and Molecular Dynamics Study  F1000Research 2024, 13:952   Under review (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.153996.1)

Bongani Nkala and Nceba Gqaleni. “The Analysis of Cytotoxicity of Durban Residential House Dust Extracts on Human Lung Bronchial Epithelial Cell Line (A549) and Human Lung Bronchus Virus Transformed Epithelial Cell Line (ATCC No. CRL – 9482 BBM)”. Acta Scientific Microbiology 7.8 (2024): 188-194.

Frimpong, E.K.; Thembane, N.; Hlatshwayo, S.; Ngcobo, M.; Gqaleni, N. Indigenous Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Diabetes in Africa: 5 Years (2019–2024) in Perspective. Plants 2024, 13(14), 1898.https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13141898

Thembane, N.; Hlatshwayo, S.; Ngcobo, M.; Ngubane, P.; Gqaleni, N. Review on the Anti-Hyperglycemic Potential of Psidium guajava and Seriphium plumosum L. Plants 2024, 13, 1608. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13121608

Magula N, Pillay S, Gqaleni N, Savant C, Sidibé I, Zuniga JM. Quality of Care Report, City of eThekwini. Washington, DC, USA: International Association of Providers of AIDS Care; 2023.

Setlhare B, Letsoalo M, Nkabinde SA, Nkabinde M, Mzobe G, Mtshali A, Parveen S, Ngcobo S, Invernizzi L, Maharaj V, Ngcobo M and Gqaleni N (2024), An in vitro study to elucidate the effects of product Nkabinde on immune response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy donors. Front. Pharmacol. 15:1308913. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1308913

Mpofana N, Paulse M, Gqaleni N, Makgobole MU, Pillay P, Hussein A, Dlova NC. The Effect of Melasma on the Quality of Life in People with Darker Skin Types Living in Durban, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Nov 16;20(22):7068. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20227068. PMID: 37998299; PMCID: PMC10671852.

Mpofana, N., Chibi, B., Gqaleni, N. et al. Melasma in people with darker skin types: a scoping review protocol on prevalence, treatment options for melasma and impact on quality of life. Syst Rev 12, 139 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02300-7

Chateau, A., Gqaleni, N., Aldous, C., Dlova, N., & Blackbeard, D. (2023). A qualitative study on traditional healers’ perceptions and management of epidermolysis bullosa. Health SA Gesondheid, 28, 11 pages. doi:https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v%vi%i.2266

Singh, U., Olivier, S et al. 2023.  The met and unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension, and diabetes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: analysis of a cross-sectional multimorbidity survey.  Lancet Global Health 2023; 11: e1372–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00239-5

Mpofana, N.; Chipangura,J.K.; Paulse, M.; Yalo, M.; Gqaleni, N.; Nxumalo, C.T.;Dlova, N.C.; Hussein, A.A.; Crouch, N.R. An Investigation into the Acute and Subacute Toxicity of Extracts of Cassipourea flanaganii Stem Bark In Vivo. Plants 2023, 12, 2281. https://doi.org/10.3390/

Zhandire, T., Gqaleni, N., Ngcobo, M., & Gomo, E. (2023). Attitudes and perceptions of traditional health practitioners towards documentation of patient health information in their practice in eThekwini Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal, Natal Province, South Africa. Health Information Management Journal, 52(1), 41–49. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.855881233744815

Mpofana, N.; Chibi, B.; Visser, T.; Paulse, M.; Finlayson, A.J.; Ghuman, S.; Gqaleni, N.; Hussein, A.A.; Dlova, N.C. Treatment of Melasma on Darker Skin Types: A Scoping Review. Cosmetics 2023, 10, 25.  https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics10010025

Babalwa Tembeni , Amanda Sciorillo, Luke Invernizzi, Thomas Klimkait, LorenaUrda, Phanankosi Moyo, Dashnie Naidoo-Maharaj, Nathan Levitties, Kwasi Gyampoh, Guorui Zu, Zhe Yuan, Karam Mounzer,  Siphathimandla Nkabinde, Magugu Nkabinde, Nceba Gqaleni, Ian Tietjen, Luis J. Montaner and Vinesh Maharaj, HPLC-Based Purification and Isolation of Potent Anti-HIV and Latency Reversing Daphnane Diterpenes from the Medicinal Plant Gnidia sericocephala (Thymelaeaceae), Viruses, 2022, 14, 1437. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071437

Gambo, A. and N Gqaleni.  2022. Does Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaves supplementation have an impact on the weight and BMI of people living with HIV that are on antiretroviral therapy? A double-blind randomized control trial.  Journal of Public Health in Africa 13 (3), 2126 (2022).   DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2022.2126

Gambo, A. Gqaleni, N. and Kayode, B.T. 2022. Dietary Diversity and Impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaves Supplemented – Diet on the Nutritional Status and CD4 Cell Counts of Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Nigeria: A Double – Blind Randomized Trial. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3954266 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3954266

Mangoyi , J., Ngcobo , M., Gqaleni , N., Aniekan , P., Oowira , P., Cele , P., & Gomo , E. (2022). Acute and sub-acute toxicity of Uthuli lwezichwe™, a traditional medicine used in the management of diabetes mellitus in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 18(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.21010/Ajtcamv18i1.1

Gambo, A., Moodley, I., Babashani, M., Babalola, TK & Gqaleni, N. 2021. A double-blind randomised control trial to examine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf powder supplementation on the immune status and anthropometric parameters of adult HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting. PLoS ONE 16(12):e0261935. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.026193542. 

Chabalala H, Matsabisa M, Gqaleni N, 2021 African natural medicine: Toward a health preservation theory and systematization model for clinical application, Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcms.2021.11.001.