BSc (Chemistry), 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû, 1992. MSc (Natural Products Chemistry), 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû, 1996. PhD (Chemistry), University of Nottingham, UK, 2001.
Dr. Mapitse is a Senior Lecturer of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. She has served the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû as Head of Chemistry Department (2010-2015) and Executive Committee Ìýmember of the Centre for Scientific Research, Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation (CesrIKi). Dr. Mapitse's research interests include alkylidene carbene reactions, chemistry of seed oils, phytochemistry of medicinal plants and synthesis of biologically active compounds. In pursuing these interests she, in collaboration with colleagues in the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû and overseas, has published several articles in reputable peer reviewed journals. Dr. Mapitse is passionate about issues of women in science and is a member of the Chemistry Department outreach committee, and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD).Ìý
Undergraduate courses:
General chemistry II (CHE 102); General chemistry applied to Home Economics (CHE 107); Structure and survey of functional groups I (CHE 232);ÌýStructure and survey of functional groups II (CHE 331); Physical organic chemistry (CHE 332); Heterocyclic chemistry, synthetic reactions and design of organic synthesis (CHE 431); Biomolecules and secondary metabolites (CHE 432).
Postgraduate courses:
Advanced organic chemistry (CHE 631); Free radical chemistry and photochemistry (CHE 633); Methods and design of organic synthesis (CHE 634); Polycyclic and heterocyclic aromatic chemistry (CHE 635).
Dr. Mapitse's research areas include alkylidene carbene reactions, chemistry of seed oils, phytochemistry of medicinal plants and synthesis of biologically active compounds.
Phytochemistry
Seed oils as potential feedstock for biodiesel production
Synthesis of biologically active compounds
1.ÌýÌýÌýÌý Linda D.K. Mogue | Patrick Y. Ango | Ghislain W. Fotso | Renameditswe Mapitse | Deccaux W.F.G. Kapche | OÄŸuzhan KaraosmanoÄŸlu | Victor Kuete | Ibrahim Demirtas | Samuel O. Yeboah | Hülya Sivas | Ngadjui T. Bonaventure (2019) . Phytochemistry Letters, 31, 161-165.
2.ÌýÌýÌýÌý Patrick Y. Ango, Deccaux W. F. G. Kapche, Ghislain W. Fotso, Christain D. Fozing, Elizabeth M. O. Yeboah, Renameditswe Mapitse, Ibrahim Dermitas, Bonaventure T. Ngadjui, Samuel O. Yeboah (2016). Thonningiiflavanonol A and thonningiiflavanonol B, two novel flavonoids, and other constituents of Ficus thonningii Blume (Moraceae). Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung. C, A Journal of Biosciences. 71, (3-4): 65-71.
3.ÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýR. Mapitse, H. Okatch and E. Moshoeshoe (2014). Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Khadi (an Unrecorded Alcohol Beverage) from Botswana by Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID). S. Afr. J. Chem., 67, 184–188.
4.Ìý Ìý ÌýVictor Kuete, Patrick Y Ango, Samuel O Yeboah, Armelle T Mbaveng, Renameditswe Mapitse, , , Thomas Efferth (2014).Ìý Cytotoxicity of four Aframomum species (A. arundinaceum, A. alboviolaceum, A. kayserianum and A. polyanthum) towards multi-factorial drug resistant cancer cell lines. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14(1):340.
5.ÌýÌýÌýÌý L. P. Sandjo, C. G. Fru, V. Kuete, F. Nana, S. O. Yeboah, R. Mapitse, B. M. Abegaz, T. Efferth, T. Opatz, B. T. NgadjuiÌýÌý (2014). Elatumic Acid: A New Ursolic Acid Congener from Omphalocarpum elatum Miers (Sapotaceae), Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung. C, A Journal of Biosciences 69c, 276-282.
6.ÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýJ. L. N. Ouete, L. P. Sandjo, D. W. F. G. Kapche, S. O. Yeboah, R. Mapitse, B. M. Abegaz, T. Opatz, B. T. NgadjuiÌý (2014). Excelsoside: A new Benzylic Diglycoside from the Leaves of Milicia excels. Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung. C, A Journal of Biosciences. 69c, 271-275.
7.ÌýÌýÌýÌý Ìý, , , , , , , , (2014). Epunctanone, a New Benzophenone, and Further Secondary Metabolites from Garcinia epunctata Stapf (Guttiferae), Helvetica Chimica Acta; 97(7), 957-964.Ìý