AVOSEH OPEYEMI NUDEWHENU

Chemistry

Chemistry Department Postgraduate Lab RM 002

11:00-14:00 hours

1. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Vaal University of Technology, South Africa ---- 2020
2. UKZN-SMRI Postdoctoral Research ---- 2016
3. ISEO Young Presenters Award for 2014/2015 ISEO Symposium in Turkey and Poland ---- 2015
4. NRF-IKS Research on Indigenous Knowledge System ---- 2014
5. Govan Mbeki Postgraduate Bursary ---- 2012

#	Certificate	School	Year
1	PhD	University of Fort Hare, South Africa	2015
2	MSc	University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	2009
3	BSc	LAgos State University, Ojo-Lagos, Nigeria	2005

Research Profile:
My research has focused on three broad areas within the concept of Natural Products Chemistry, Medicinal Plant Analysis and Material Chemistry. The areas are (i) Identification, purification and structural elucidation of potential bioactive compounds in plant materials that may be of importance for the promotion of health (ii) Isolation of volatiles and non-volatiles from plant sources by conventional methods and characterization of their aroma and flavor constituents; (iii) Evaluation of the pharmacological potentials of plant materials and implementation of in vitro and in vivo assays for bioassay-guided fractionation of plant extracts for assessment of IC50, LD50 and ED50, anti- inflammatory, analgesic etc values of isolated compounds; (iv) Synthesis, characterization and application of nanoparticles.
Present research focuses on the Chemistry of Cannabis for medicinal applications