C. A. Adebajo
Senior Lecturer
B. Pharm., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ife), MPSN

Email: caadebajo@yahoo.com

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and evaluation of ethnomedical claims of medicinal plants.

RESEARCH INTEREST:

1. Evaluation of ethnomedical claims of medicinal plants
2. Trace elemental analysis of Vegetables, fruits and other Food-drugs
3. Anti-diabetic potentials of Nigerian medicinal plants
4. Phytochemical and biological investigations of natural products for their bioactive constituents.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Adebajo AC, Ayoola OF, Iwalewa EO, Akindahunsi AA, Omisore NOA, Adewunmi CO, Adenowo TK (2004) Anti-trichomonal, biochemical and toxicological activities of methanolic extract and some carbazole alkaloids isolated from the leaves of Murraya koenigii growing in Nigeria. Phytomedicine , (Accepted).

Adebajo AC, Olayiwola G, Verspohl JE, Iwalewa EO, Omisore NOA, Bergenthal D, Kumar V, Adesina SK (2004) Evaluation of the ethnomedical claims of Murraya koenigii . Pharmaceutical Biology, 42(8): 1 – 10.

Obiajunwa EI, Adebajo AC, Omobuwajo OR (2002) Essential and trace element contents of some Nigerian medicinal plants.  J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 252(3): 473-476.

Onayade OA, Adebajo AC, (2000) Composition of the leaf volatile oil of Murraya koenigii growing in Nigeria. J. Herbs Spices & Med. Plants 7(4): 59-66. Kumar V, Vallipuram K, Adebajo AC, Reisch, J (1994) 2,7-Dihydroxy-3-formyl-1-(3´-methyl-2´-butenyl)-carbazole from Clausena lansium. Phytochemistry, 40(5): 1563-1565.

Reisch J, Adebajo AC, Kumar V, Aladesanmi AJ (1994) Two carbazole alkaloids from Murraya koenigii. Phytochemistry, 36(4): 1073 – 1076.

Reisch J, Adebajo AC, Aladesanmi AJ, Adesina SK, Bergenthal D, Meve U (1994) Chemotypes of Murraya koenigii growing in Sri Lanka. Planta Medica, 60: 295-296.