Pharmacology and Ethnopharmacology

Professor Daniel Motlhanka has completed his PhD in Pharmacognosy from King’s College, the University of London in the United Kingdom in 2005. He is currently the only Professor of Pharmacognosy in Botswana. A leading expert in ethnopharmacological and phytochemical studies including isolation and identification of compounds from indigenous useful plants of Botswana. He is Head of Department of Basic Sciences at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has published tremendously on Bioactivity profiles of medicinal and food plants of Botswana. Professor Motlhanka who is also a herbalist is an expert in plant-based extracts used to treat many ailments. He has made presentations in international conferences in Atlanta, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Manchester, London, Harrogate, Kent, Malaysia, India, Italy, Germany, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Mauritius, Kenya, Pretoria, Durban, Capetown, Zambia and many seminars in Waterloo, London Bridge, St Thomas, Kew Gardens as well as a chain of local presentations in Botswana. Professor Motlhanka is a member of associations of Society of Economic Botany. Professor Motlhanka and his team in Botswana has formed an autonomous company “HERBS 4 YOU” that formulates and distributes herbal based products for hypertension, chronic fatigue, chronic joint pains, depression, diabetes and fertility improving formulations.