Completed project · 2018

Phytochemical & Toxicological Evaluation of Nigerian Medicinal Plants (TETFund)

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) — TETFUND/ABSU/RP/2018 & RP/2022

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Phytochemical & Toxicological Evaluation of Nigerian Medicinal Plants (TETFund)

Project overview

Completed TETFund-funded programme at Abia State University evaluating Nigerian medicinal plants and agricultural by-products. Published outcomes include wound healing studies on Musa paradisiaca stem and Cucurbita pepo leaf (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2023; Scientia Pharmaceutica, 2022), antidiarrhoeal evaluation of Ananas comosus leaf (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2023), and coconut water hepatoprotection (Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2022). Recent extension: cowpea ethnomedicinal review (Clinical Traditional Medicine and Pharmacology, 2026) and natron/potash uterine smooth muscle study (2026).

Research collaborators

Prof. Elizabeth A. Ugbogu Dr. Chinwe N. Ekweogu Dr. Emmanuel I. Akubugwo — Abia State University Uturu

Timeline

  1. Start

    01 Jan 2018

  2. End

    31 Dec 2022

Completed

Project info

Grant / funder

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) — TETFUND/ABSU/RP/2018 & RP/2022

Institution

The Ohio State University

Principal investigator

Dr. Okezie Emmanuel

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