Potential antimalarials from African natural products: A reviw

B Lawal, OK Shittu, AY Kabiru… - Journal of …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malaria remains an overwhelming infectious disease with significant health challenges in
African and other endemic countries globally. Resistance to antimalarial drugs has become …

Alteration in biochemical indices following chronic administration of methanolic extract of Nigeria bee propolis in Wistar rats

OK Shittu, B Lawal, BU Alozieuwa, GM Haruna… - Asian Pacific journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the noxious attribute of methanol extract of Nigeria bee propolis at
300 and 600 mg/kg body weight in rats. Methods Healthy Wistar rats were indiscriminately …

16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals specific gut microbes common to medicinal insects

J Geng, Z Sui, W Dou, Y Miao, T Wang, X Wei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Insects have a long history of being used in medicine, with clear primary and secondary
functions and less side effects, and the study and exploitation of medicinal insects have …

[PDF][PDF] In vitro antiprotozoal effect of alcoholic extract of hemolymph of Galleria mellonella larva against Trichomonas gallinae.

TA Ghazy, GM Sayed, DS Farghaly, MI Arafa… - 2023 - ijvets.com
Trichomonas gallinae is a protozoan parasite that lives in the upper gastrointestinal tract of
birds. Recently, the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella has been widely used as an anti …

Enhanced Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Potentials of Lipopolysaccharides-Injected Musca domestica Larvae

I El-Garawani, H El-Seedi, S Khalifa, IH El Azab… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The usage of insects as a sustainable and functional natural products resource is a new
promise in complementary and alternative medicine. The present study aimed to investigate …

[PDF][PDF] Haematopoetic effect of methanol extract of Nigerian honey bee (Apis mellifera) propolis in mice

B Lawal, OK Shittu, AN Abubakar, GM Haruna… - J Coast Life …, 2015 - academia.edu
Objective: To investigate the haematopoetic effect of methanol extract of Nigerian honey bee
propolis in mice. Methods: Fifteen white Albino mice were grouped into 3 (AC) of 5 animals …

[PDF][PDF] Toxicological Implications of Methanol Extract from Nigerian Bee Propolis on Some Selected Rat Tissues.

OK Shittu, AN Abubakar, B Busari - 2015 - researchgate.net
Objectives: The present study investigates the effects of Nigerian bee propolis on some
biochemical indices in some selected rat tissues. Methods: A total of Fifteen wistar rats were …

Immunomodulatory potential of Sarcophaga argyostoma larval hemolymph as a natural alternative to berenil in treating Trypanosoma evansi in vivo

ASM Sadek, DS Farghaly, H Kadada, A Mashaal - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study compared effects of diminazene aceturate (berenil), commonly used to treat
domestic animals infected with Trypanosoma evansi, with the hemolymph of Sarcophaga …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of methanol extract of Musca domestica larvae on antioxidants enzymes in T. Brucei infected rats

OK Shittu, B Lawal, OI Oluyomi - Niger. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol, 2014 - researchgate.net
The anti-trypanosomal potential of crude methanol extract of Musca domestica was
investigated in T. brucei infected rats. Twenty (20) rats were intraperitoneally infected with …