F. A. Ogunbona
Professor
B. Pharm. (Ife), Ph.D. (Lond.), FPSN

Email: fogunbon@oauife.edu.ng

Currently Position:
Chairman, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria

 

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Pharmacokinetics



 

RESEARCH INTEREST:

1. Pharmacokinetics of antimalaria drugs and some other drugs commonly used in our immediate environment

2. Development of analytical methods for the determination of drugs and their metabolites in biological fluids

3. Toxicokinetics of drugs

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Babalola CP, Bolaji OO, Ogunbona FA, Ezeomah (2004) Absolute bioavailability of quinine formulations in Nigeria. Afr J Med med Sci, 33:185-189.

Onyeji CO, Ogunbona FA (2001) Pharmacokinetic aspects of chloroquine-induced pruritus: influence of dose and evidence for varied extent of metabolism of the drug. Eur J Pharm Sci, 13:195-201.

Babalola CP, Bolaji OO, Ogunbona FA, Sowunmi, A, Walker O (1998) Pharmacokinetics of quinine in African patients with acute falciparum malaria. Pharm World Sci, 20:118-122.

Babalola CP, Bolaji OO, Ogunbona, FA, Dixon PF (1996) Relationship between plasma and saliva quinine levels in humans. Ther Drug Monit, 18:30-33.

Patel DK, Ogunbona A, Notariani LJ and Bennett PN (1990) Depletion of plasma glycine and effect of glycine by mouth on salicylate metabolism during aspirin overdosage. Human Exp Toxicol, 9:389-395.

Patel DK, Hesse A, Ogunbona A, Notariani LJ, Bennett PN (1990) Metabolism of aspirin after therapeutic and toxic doses. Human Exp Toxicol, 9:131-136.

Ogunbona FA, Onyeji CO, Bolaji OO, Torimiro SEA (1987) Excretion of chloroquine and desethylchloroquine in human milk. Br J Clin Pharmac, 23:473-476.

Ogunbona FA, Onyeji CO, Lawal AA, Chukwuani CM, Bolaji OO (1986) Liquid chromatographic analysis of chloroquine and desethylchloroquine in human plasma, saliva and urine. J Chromatogr, 380:425-430.