Dr Mrs FG Famuyiwa

Dr Mrs FG Famuyiwa

Lecturer I

Full Name:                                                    Dr Mrs FG Famuyiwa

AREA OF RESEARCH/RESEARCH FOCUS:  Phytochemistry; Establishment of active constituents of medicinal plants with larvicidal activity

A BRIEF BIO (BACKGROUND, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION): Dr. Mrs. FAMUYIWA Funmilayo Gladys holds the B. Pharm., M.Sc. and Ph.D (Pharmacognosy) degrees of Obafemi Awolowo University. She was appointed a Junior Trainee Fellow in Obafemi Awolowo University in 2006. She was regraded to Lecturer I cadre in 2016 after obtaining her Ph.D. She has taught all under- and post-graduate courses in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. She has 12 publications, 7 published abstracts and attended 10 conferences.

CONFERENCES:

  • 24th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy (NSP), University of Benin, Benin City,18th -19th , 2006.

(ii).           25th Annual General Meeting and 11th Scientific Conference of Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 29th Aug. –1st Sept., 2007.

  • Training Workshop on “Fourier-Transform Infrared and Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopic techniques” Central Science Lab., OAU, Ile-Ife, 30th -31st May, 2007.

(iv).          Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists in Academia. OAU, Ile-Ife, 31st July – 2nd Aug. 2008.

(v).           27th Annual General Meeting and 12th Scientific Conference of Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy, University of Lagos, Lagos, 22nd – 25th Nov., 2010.

(vi).          Training Workshop on “Separation Techniques and Spectroscopic Techniques (NMR, Infrared and UV-Vis Spectroscopy)” Central Science Laboratory in Conjunction with the Directorate of Linkages and Sponsored Research, O.A.U., Ile-Ife, 24th – 26th August, 2014.

(vii).         Workshop ResNet (Natural Products against Neglected Diseases). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 – 28th Nov., 2014.

(viii).        Training workshop on the use of E-teaching and learning infrastructure. The Nigerian Universities Electronic Teaching and Learning Platform, O.A.U., Ile-Ife, 28th – 29th October, 2015.

(ix).          First Great Ife Pharmacy Conference. “Harnessing Resources to meet Pharmaceutical Needs: Global Trends”. 22nd-27th May, 2018.

(x).           West Africa Network of Natural Products Research Scientists (WANPRESS), 3rd Southwest Zonal Symposium. “Between Plants and Animals: In whose benefits are Neutraceuticals?” 18th Feb., 2020.

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Ibikunle, G.F., Adebajo, A.C., Famuyiwa, F.G., Aladesanmi, A.J. and Adewunmi, C.O. (2011). In vitro Evaluation of Anti-trichomonal Activities of Eugenia uniflora African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 8(2): 170 – 176.

(ii).           Adebajo, A.C., Famuyiwa, F.G., John, J.D., Idem, E.S and Adeoye, A.O. (2012). Activities of Some Nigerian Medicinal Plants against Aedes aegypti. Chinese Medicine, 3: 151-156.

(iii).          Famuyiwa, F.G. and Adebajo, A.C. (2012). Larvicidal properties of Eugenia uniflora leaves. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America, 3(10): 400-405.

(iv). Adebajo, A.C., Famuyiwa, F.G. and Aliyu, F.A. (2014). Properties for Sourcing Nigerian Larvicidal Plants. Molecules, 19: 8363-8372.

(v).           Famuyiwa F.G., Ajiboye, A.A. and Ayoola, O.J. (2016). The Larvicidal Activities of Three Jatropha Species against Aedes aegypti Mosquito. Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine, 20: 105-109.

(vi). Ayoola M.D., Balogun J.O. and Famuyiwa F.G., Yeboah S.O. and Famuyiwa S.O. (2017). Isolation and characterisation of 2-hydroxy-3-[4-hydrophenyl]-2-propenoic acid and 4-bromophenol from anti-diabetic extract of the root bark of Uvaria afzelii. South African Journal of Botany, 112: 527–532.

(vii). Famuyiwa F.G., Famuyiwa S.O. and Aladesanmi A.J. (2017. Larvicidal Activities of the Kaurane Diterpenes from the Fruit of Xylopia aethiopica (A. Dunal) Rich. Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine, 21: 39 – 44.

(viii). Famuyiwa, F.G., Ayoola, M.D., Famuyiwa, S.O. and Aladesanmi, A.J.  (2018). Hyperglycaemia Lowering Effect of Kaurane Diterpenoids from the Fruits of Xylopia aethiopica (A. Dunal) Rich. International Journal of Medicinal Plants and Natural Products, 4(3): 11-19.

(ix). Famuyiwa F.G., Famuyiwa S.O. and Aladesanmi A.J. (2018). Activity of the Compounds Isolated from Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae) Stem Bark against Aedes aegypti Larvae. Ife Journal of Science, 20(3): 601 605.

(x).           Famuyiwa, F.G. and Kolawole, E.B. (2019). Larvicidal Activity of Artocarpus altilis against Culex quinquefasciatus. International Journal of Plant Studies, 2(1): 1-4.

(xi). Aladesanmi, A.J., Famuyiwa, F.G., Oriola, A. O., Oguntimehin, S. A., Aiyedun, P. O. and Arthur, G. (2019). Cytotoxic Activity of Selected Nigerian Medicinal Plants. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2019.1706214

(xii). Famuyiwa, F.G., Adewoyin, F.B., Oladiran O.J. and Obagbemi, O.R. (2020). Larvicidal Activity of Some Plants Extracts and Their Partitioned Fractions against Culex quinquefasciatus.  International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, 41(11): 23-34.

 

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