Indigenous knowledge system for treatment of trypanosomiasis in Kaduna state of NigeriaS E Atawodi
Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
J Ethnopharmacol 79:279-82. 2002
..The method of preparation and mode of administration of some of these plants in the treatment of trypanosomiasis are reviewed and discussed...
Evaluation of the polyphenol content and antioxidant properties of methanol extracts of the leaves, stem, and root barks of Moringa oleifera LamSunday E Atawodi
Biochemistry Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
J Med Food 13:710-6. 2010
..The possibility that this high antioxidant/radical scavenging capacity may impact on the cancer chemopreventive potential of the plant must be considered...
- Hepatotoxic effects of chloroform extract of Artemisia macivera Linn in rats following intraperitoneal administration of different subchronic doses
S E Atawodi
Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Hum Exp Toxicol 30:25-33. 2011
..The results indicate that long-term exposure to therapeutic doses of chloroform extract of A maciverae is relatively safe, but high dose exposure may result in hepatocellular injury...
- Evaluation of the polyphenol composition and antioxidant activity of African variety of Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J Lam fruit
S E Atawodi
Institute for Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
J Med Food 12:1321-5. 2009
..These results suggest that consumption of D. edulis could contribute to prevention of diseases that are related to oxidative stress...
- Polyphenol composition and antioxidant potential of Hibiscus esculentus L. fruit cultivated in Nigeria
S E Atawodi
Institute for Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
J Med Food 12:1316-20. 2009
..esculentus, popular especially during the rainy season in Nigeria and many tropical West, Central, and Eastern African countries, is a good contributor to the antioxidant status and disease chemoprevention of people in these countries...
- Assessment of the phytochemical and antitrypanosomal properties of some extracts of leaves, stem and root bark of Landolphia sp., P. Beauv
S E Atawodi
Biochemistry Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
J Ethnopharmacol 114:207-11. 2007
..INTRODUCTION/JUSTIFICATION: There is urgent need to source for alternative chemotherapy against trypanosmosis, a disease of major importance in human and economic animals...
- Occurrence of preformed volatile nitrosamines in preparations of some Nigerian medicinal plants: a preliminary report
S E Atawodi
Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Food Chem Toxicol 41:551-4. 2003
..These preliminary data suggest that medicinal plant preparations may be due in part to microbial contamination, contributing to N-nitroso compound burden in many developing countries where ethnomedicine in still widely practised...
Nigerian foodstuffs with prostate cancer chemopreventive polyphenolsSunday Eneojo Atawodi
Biochemistry Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Infect Agent Cancer 6:S9. 2011
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- Bioassay-guided fractionation and in vivo antiplasmodial effect of fractions of chloroform extract of Artemisia maciverae Linn
A C Ene
Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Acta Trop 112:288-94. 2009
..maciverae. Further chemical work is however required to characterize the active constituents...
- Antitrypanosomal effects of petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of Artemisia maciverae Linn
A C Ene
Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Indian J Exp Biol 47:981-6. 2009
..It can be inferred that fraction 54-57 contains the active component responsible for the high antitrypanosomal activity of the chloroform extract of A. maciverae...
- Changes in weight gain, faecal oocyst count and packed cell volume of Eimeria tenella-infected broilers treated with a wild mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) aqueous extract
A O Ogbe
Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria
J S Afr Vet Assoc 80:97-102. 2009
..The results confirmed the virulence of the Houghton strain of E. tenella and the effectiveness of both amprolium and G. lucidum extract against E. tenella...
