TITLE: DR

NAME: OLUBUSOLA O. OLALEYE   (NEE ODUWOLE)

POSITION: LECTURER II                                         SPECIALISATION: PHARMACOGNOSY

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Personal Statement 

“I am a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos. In addition to teaching, I am a research enthusiast with expertise in the biological evaluation of medicinal plants, as well as the isolation and characterization of natural products for pharmaceutical applications. My research focuses on medicinal plants used in the management of cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases, gastric ulcers, and neurodegenerative disorders. I have developed a robust academic and professional career that spans several institutions and countries. In line with my research interest, I have published in high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific journals and have received academic awards as testaments of my research excellence. I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Mass Spectrometry Society.”

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• PhD scholarship award (TETF/ES/UNIV/LAGOS STATE/TSAS/2020, 2021-2024).
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
• Grantee, UoN Researcher Academy Conference Grant, Republic of Ireland (2023).
• Grantee, Gordon Research Conference, USA (2023).

Selected Most Recent Publications/Contributions to Knowledge

• Olaleye, O.O., Kim, DH. & Spriggs, K.A. (2024). Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells. BMC Complement Med Ther 24, 110 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04365-w
• Isioye, I.O., Akindele, A.J., Aigbe, F.R., Olatoye, F.J., Olaleye, O., Sofidiya, M.O., Sowemimo, A., Akande, I.S. (2024). Effects of Hydroethanolic Rhizome Extract of Anchomanes difformis (Blume) in Type 2 (Streptozocin-Nicotinamide-Induced) Diabetic Rats. Trop J Nat Prod Res. 2024; 8(1):6016-6027. http://www.doi.org/10.26538/tjnpr/v8i1.44
• Margaret Sofidiya, Johnbosco U. Ikechukwu, Victoria E. Nnah, Olubusola O. Olaleye, Kazeem Basheeru, Abimbola A. Sowemimo, Abayomi M. Ajayi. (2023). Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities of Daniellia oliveri (Fabaceace) stem bark extract. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 309 116337: 1-10.
• Olubusola O. Olaleye, Margaret O. Sofidiya, Joy Ogba, Wale Lasore. (2020). Antioxidant activities of Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel and Daniellia ogea (Harms) Rolfe ex Holland (Caesalpiniaceae). Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research 4(5):210-215.
• Olubusola Omobolanle Olaleye, Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya and Oluwayemisi Kofo Ogundipe (2019). Protective Effects of the Fruits of Dialium guineenseWilld (Fabaceae) on Oxidative Stress. West African Journal of Pharmacy 30 (2): 104-113.
• Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya, Busola Oduwole, Elizabeth Bamgbade, Olukemi Odukoya and Sunday Adenekan. (2011). Nutritional composition and antioxidant activities of Curculigo pilosa (Hypoxidaceae) rhizome. African Journal of Biotechnology 10 (75): 17275-17281.

Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

• Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
• Phytopharmakon Research Group, University of Lagos, Nigeria

• Dr Keith Spriggs, Gene Regulation and RNA Biology (GRRB) Research Group, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

• Dr Dong-Hyun Kim, Centre for Analytical Biosciences (CAB) Research Group, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
• Dr Luke Schembri, Biomolecular Science and Medicinal Chemistry (BSMC) Research Group, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.