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Sherifat Adeyinka Aboaba

Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: Nigeria, Ibadan General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2008 Doctorate Chemical Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Other

Plant essential oil characterization and their biological activities as well as synthesis and characterization of biological active essential oil moieties.


Publications resulting from Research: 


1. Aboaba, S., Ogunwande, I., Walker, T., Setzer., W., Oladosu, I. and Ekundayo, O. (2009). Essential Oil Composition, Antibacterial Activity and Toxicity of the Leaves of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taubert from Nigeria. Natural Product Communications Vol. 4. No. 2: 287-290.

2. Aboaba, S., Aiyelaagbe, O. and Ekundayo, O. (2010). Chemical Composition, Toxicity and Larvicidal Activity of the Essential Oil from the Whole Plant of Acalypha segetalis from South-West Nigeria. Natural Product Communications Vol. 5. No. 3: 481-483.

3. Aboaba, S., Oladosu, I and Ekundayo, O. (2010). Chemical Composition, Acetyl cholinesterase Inhibitory Properties and Brine Shrimp Toxicity of Essential Oils from Ficus capensis Thunb from Nigeria. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences Vol. 4. No. 5: 1494-1500.

4. Aboaba, S., Ibrahim, K. and Omotoso, O. (2012). Toxicity and Mosquito Larvicidal Activities of the Essential Oils from the Leaves of Acalypha ornata and Acalypha ciliata in South-West Nigeria. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases Vol. 49. No. 2: 114-116.

5. Aboaba, S. A. (2013). Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Volume 36: Essential Oils. In: Govil, J.N and Bhattacharya, S (Eds.) Characterization and Biological Activities of Essential Oils: Houston: Studium Press LLC. 1-20pp. ISBN: 0-9656038-5-7.

6. Aboaba, S. A., Akande, O. and Flamini, G (2014). Chemical Composition and Toxicity of Essential Oil of Vitellaria paradoxa (C. F. Gaertn) from Nigeria. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants Vol. 17. No. 1: 126-130.

7. Aboaba, S. A., Igumoye, H and Flamini, G. (2016). Chemical Composition of the leaves and stem bark of Sterculia tragacantha, Anthocleista vogelii and Leaves of Bryophyllum pinnatum. Journal of Essential Oil Research. DOI:10.1080/10412905.2016.1178182.

8. Ante, I., Aboaba, S., Sidiqqui, H and Choudhary, I. (2016). Essential oils of the Leaf, Stem-bark and Nut of Artocarpus camansi Blanco: Gas chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Activities against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plant, 22(3): 203-210 DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2016.1159638.

9. Iniobong E. Ante, Sherifat A Aboaba, Hina Siddiqui, Muhammad A Bashir, and Muhammad. I Choudhary (2018). Derivatives of 2-aminopyridines as Inhibitors of Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. International Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 10 (1): 153-161.

10. A. A. Akande, K. M. Khan, U. Salar, S. A. Aboaba, S. Kanwal, I. Fatima, M. Taha, A. Wadood, J. I. Mohammed, H. Khan, S. Perveen (2018). 2-Aryl benzimidazoles: Synthesis, In Vitro α-amylase inhibitory activity, and molecular docking study. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 150: 248-260. doi: 10:1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.011. 25%



Current profession

Teaching and Research

Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Jul 2009
Postgraduate Award for Publications from Thesis by University of Ibadan Postgraduate School
Cash prizes as incentive for PhD students who have journal publications from their PhD work prior to completion of their programme.
Apr 2019
MacArthur Foundation Grant for Female Faculty
A special research grant for Female Faculty members to execute research of their choice upon a successful defense of the research proposal.
Sep 2010
University of Ibadan Senate Research Grant
A staff development package by the Senate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria to young academic members for enhancement of their research work.
Oct 2014
TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Award
An Award as Visiting Scholar to carry out research in an institution of choice. The award was utilized at International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

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