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Kruger, MC
MSc(PU vir CHO) PhD(Medunsa) - Associate Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 319 2423
Fax number: 012 321 1679
E-mail address: mkruger@medic.up.ac.za

Research interests:

The effect of dietary supplements on bone turnover as measured using markers, calcium absorption and bone calcification. Mechanisms involved in the process of calcium absorption as modulated by vitamin D, oestrogen and fatty acids

The physiological basis of pain

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Haag M, Kearns SD, Magada NO, Mphata PR, Claassen N, Kruger MC: 2001. Effect of arachidonic acid on duodenal enterocyte ATPases. Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators, 66/Aug, pp 53-63.

Haag M, Kruger MC: 2001. Upregulation of duodenal calcium absorption by poly-unsaturated fatty acids: Events at the basolateral membrane. Medical Hypotheses, 56(5), pp 637-640.

Leonard F, Haag M, Kruger MC: 2001. Modulation of intestinal vitamin D receptor availability and calcium ATPase activity by essential fatty acids. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 64(3), pp 147-150.