The role of nutraceuticals, functional foods and value added food products in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases

CO Olaiya, KO Soetan… - African Journal of food …, 2016 - classical.goforpromo.com
The interest in phytochemicals found in plant foods as bioactive components of the diet has
expanded in the last few years. This is because they have been linked with the prevention or …

Identification of promising multi-targeting inhibitors of obesity from Vernonia amygdalina through computational analysis

OM Ogunyemi, GA Gyebi, IM Ibrahim, AM Esan… - Molecular Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Vernonia amygdalina, a widely consumed West African food herb, can be a boon in the
discovery of safe anti-obesity agents given the extensive reports on its anti-obesity and …

Alkaloids and flavonoids from African phytochemicals as potential inhibitors of SARS-Cov-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: an in silico perspective

OM Ogunyemi, GA Gyebi, AA Elfiky… - Antiviral Chemistry …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Exploiting the potentials of phytocompounds is an …

Structure-based virtual screening suggests inhibitors of 3-Chymotrypsin-Like Protease of SARS-CoV-2 from Vernonia amygdalina and Occinum gratissimum

GA Gyebi, AA Elfiky, OM Ogunyemi, IM Ibrahim… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antiviral culinary plants are potential bioresources for preventive nutraceuticals and/or
antiviral drugs in COVID-19. Structure-based virtual screening was undertaken to screen …

Safety classification of herbal medicine use among hypertensive patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Choi, HB Im, SJ Choi, D Han - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background The use of herbal medicines (HMs) for the treatment of hypertension (HTN) is
increasing globally, but research on the potential adverse effects and safety of HMs in HTN …

Vasorelaxant properties of Vernonia amygdalina ethanol extract and its possible mechanism

YS Ch'ng, YC Loh, CS Tan, M Ahmad… - Pharmaceutical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Context: Vernonia amygdalina Del.(VA)(Asteraceae) is commonly used to treat
hypertension in Malaysia. Objective: This study investigates the vasorelaxant mechanism of …

Marsectohexol and other pregnane phytochemicals derived from Gongronema latifolium as α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors: in vitro and molecular docking …

OM Ogunyemi, AG Gyebi, JO Adebayo, JA Oguntola… - SN Applied …, 2020 - Springer
This study employed in vitro and in silico techniques to screen isolated pregnane
phytochemicals (P1–P4), as well as their source pregnane-rich chromatographic fractions …

Antioxidant, nutritional, and physicochemical quality of yoghurt produced from a milk-based fermentation mix enhanced with food spices

O Ogunyemi, G Gyebi, R Shaibu, M Fabusiwa… - Croatian journal of …, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Utilization of natural additives, which could meet the growing need for 'clean
label'and value addition with respect to disease prevention and health promotion in humans …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of methanolic extract of Vernonia amygdalina on electrolytes and renal biomarkers in NaCl–induced hypertensive male wistar rats

O Onyema-iloh, S Meludu, E Iloh, C Dioka… - Journal of …, 2018 - academia.edu
Vernonia amygdalina popularly called bitter leaf is used in traditional medicine to treat fever,
malaria, diarrhoea, dysentery and diabetes. They serve as laxatives and fertility inducer …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19: an emerging rapidly evolving situation

B Prasad, N Prasad - Journal of basic and applied Research in …, 2020 - academia.edu
Coronaviruses are large group of enveloped viruses with unsegmented, single-stranded,
positive-sense RNA as genetic material. These are collection related RNA viruses that …