Drug Production Activities
Conventional Drug Manufacture: The Unit successfully defended a drug production proposal for funding through the appropriate University Committees. The funding has been approved by the University Council. Funds when released will enable the Unit register the products with NAFDAC and other appropriate bodies.

1. PRODUCTS WE MANUFACTURE include paracetamol tablets, paracetamol elixir and chloroquine syrup. The Unit has validated processes for the manufacture of these drugs. These products are supplied to hospitals and clinics in and around Ile-Ife.
2. Products we can manufacture WITH ADEQUATE FUNDING include Vitamin C Syrup, Multivitamin Syrup, Calamine Lotion, Mist-Magnesium Trisilicate, Cough mixture and Mist Ferris etc.
3. Products we can manufacture IF THE REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE is provided include Chloroquine tablets, Phthalylsuphathiazole tablets, Vitamin C tablets and Co-trimoxazole tablets. The formulae for products mentioned in [b] and [c] can be readily developed and the processes validated.

Drug Development from Natural Products
Our abundant natural products - medicinal plants, animals, and inorganic residues - remain a good source of our medicines and pharmaceutical products. Of these, higher plants are comparatively cheap sources of very important active substances for the pharmaceutical industry.

Bridging the gap between Traditional Medical Practitioners and Modern Pharmaceutical Practice:
Two major seminars were organized especially for Traditional Medical Practitioners (TMP) in order to expose them to modern technological tools and knowledge that would enhance their practice. The themes were

1. New Horizons in herbal Medicines and
2. Phytomedicines in Malaria and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Challenges for the new millennium

In spite of these two seminars . The Unit discovered that only privilege few were able to benefit in the training workshops as such , The Unit in collaboration with some selected Local Government Councils in Osun State took the training to the Local Government areas .Successful seminars were held at Aiyedade Local Government, Ife South Local Government etc. The Unit was also involved in the Schistosomiasis control programme in Ondo State , Nigeria

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STAFF ACTIVITIES

Fellowships/Training posts/sabbatical leave

1. Mrs. Ogunrombi, M. O. is working for her PhD degree at the School of Pharmacy , Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa .
2. Mr. H. B. Subair is on his PhD in the Department of Pharmacology Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife, Nigeria
3. Mr. F. B. Adewoyin earned his MPhil. Parasitology has registered for his PhD at the University of Ibadan .
4. Dr J.M Agbedahunsi utilized the Royal Society Fellowship at the Pharmacy department King's College London UK between March and June 2007
5. Professor S.K. Adesina is currently on leave at the Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Balyesa State
6. Professor F.O. Shode of School of Chemistry Kwazulu- Natal University South Africa is on a 3 months visit to the DRPU from 1 st Sept. - 30 th Nov. 2007

Awards and related academic activities

1. The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) selected DRPU as a TWAS Research Unit and approved the sum of $ 20,000USD in support our project titled Antiprotozoal activities of Nigerian Medicinal Plants for a period of one year to purchase equipment for the project (August 2007- July 2008) with Professor C.O. Adewunmi as the Project leader.
2. Professor C.O. Adewunmi was awarded scholarship by the Council of Science Editors (CSI) to attend the 50th Meeting of the Council which was held in Austin Texas , USA May 2007
3. Dr. J.M. Agbedahunsi attended and made a poster presentation at the 50th Anniversary conference of the Phytochemical Society of Europe held at the Churchill College Cambridge University UK in April 2007
4. Professor C.O. Adewunmi served as external examiner to the Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology University of Chenai (Madras) India (2 PhD candidates examination in 2005 one each in 2006 and 2007)
5. Prof. Clement Adewunmi was appointed Consulting Editor, Vom Journal of Veterinary Science, 2004 till date.
6. Dr. J. M. Agbedahunsi is the Associate Editor, Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine since 2002
7. Dr. J.M. Agbedahunsi was elected the National Vice President of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy (2007- 2009)
8. .Prof. Clement Adewunmi is the Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, May 2004 till now.

Conferences/Workshops

1. Dr J.M. Agbedahunsi attended the 25th AGM/ 11th Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy , Ile Ife Nigeria. 29th August – 1st September 2007
2. Professor C.O. Adewunmi attended the 25th AGM/ 11th Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy , Ile Ife Nigeria. 29th August – 1st September 2007
3. Prof. C. O. Adewunmi attended the Western Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists (WANNPRES) and Scientific Meeting, Elmina, Ghana. August 1-4, 2006.
4. Dr. J. M. Agbedahunsi attended the Western Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists (WANNPRES) and Scientific Meeting, Elmina, Ghana. August 1-4, 2006.
5. Mrs. D. M. Aiyegoro attended Equipment Maintenance Workshop 20th-24th February, 2006, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
6. Mrs. D. M. Aiyegoro attended Equipment Maintenance Workshop 24th – 28th July, 2006, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
7. Mrs. D. M. Aiyegoro attended Equipment Maintenance Workshop 16th – 20th October, 2006, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
8. Prof. C. O. Adewunmi attended the FAME Workshop Training of Trainers for Medical Journal Editors 19TH – 21ST APRIL 2005 Windsor Lake Victoria, Entebbe, UGANDA
9. Prof. C. O. Adewunmi attended Short course for Editors of Medical Journals September 14- 15, 2005 and International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago, September 16- 18, 2005.
10. Dr. F. O. Olorunmola attended a Workshop on the Microbiological and Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Enteric Pathogens. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 10-12 October, 2005.
11. Mr. I. I. Egbujoh attended the I.T.C. Skill Acquisition Training Programme for staff – sponsored by Carnegie International U.S.A./OAU. INTECU November 16 – 18, 2005.

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Undergraduate Courses taught
Research Fellows took part in the teaching of undergraduate courses in the Departments of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration.
These courses are:

• Chemotherapy (PCL 408, 3 units);
• Final year student projects (PCG, PCL, and PHA 510 series; 2 units);
• Nigerian medicinal Plants (PCG 402, 2 units);
• Introductory Pharmaceutical Microbiology (PHA 202, 1½ units);
• Introduction to Pharmacognosy and organised vegetable drugs (PCG 201, 3 units)
• Unorganised Crude Drugs (PCG 202, 2 units).
• Drug and Society 1 (SEP 001 2 Units)
• Drug and Society II (SEP 002, 11/2 Units)

Postgraduate Courses

• Advanced Chemotherapy (PCL 609).
• Phytochemistry of Natural products (PCG 601, 4 Units)
• Chemotaxonomy of Medicinal Plants (PCG 605, 2 Units)

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