
Department of Pharmacognosy
Prof. Sunday Adeleke Adesegun
Professor
Specialisation Natural Products Drug Discovery and Pharmacognosy
Selected Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge
- Adegun AA, Srivedavyasasri R, Zhao J, Zulfiqar F, Adesegun S A, Odukoya OA, Khan AI and Zulfiqar A. (2024). A novel normegastigmane from the leaves of Rhaphiostylis beninensis. Natural product research, 1-7.
- Adegun AA, Adesegun SA, Usman AR and Odukoya OA. (2023. Thin Layer Chromatography Bio-autography guided identification of Antibacterial constituents of leaf extract of Stereospermum kunthianum(Bignoniaceae). Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 1-10.
- Orabueze IC, Obi E, Adesegun SA. and Coker HA. (2020). Potential antimalarial activity of Coccinia barterileaf extract and solvent fractions against Plasmodium berghei infected mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 248: 112334
- Alaribe CS, Esposito T, Sansone F, Adesegun S A, Pagano I. Piccinell, AL, Celano R, Rubio OC, Coker HA, Nabavi SM, Rastrelli L and Patrizia PP (2019.: Nigerian propolis: chemical composition, antioxidant activity and α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition. Journal of Natural Product Research, 8; 1-5.
- Adesegun SA, Nnaemeka I, Orabueze CI, Ota D and Coker HAB. (2019). Antiplasmodial activity of leaf extract and fractions of Rutidea smithiiHiern (Rubiaceae). West African Journal of Pharmacy, 30(1): 88-95
Collaborations / Networks
- Mark T. Hamann, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
- Dulcie Mulholand, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
- Peng Jiangnan, Morgan State University, USA
- John Bowling, St. Jude Children”s Research Hospital, USA