{"id":1866,"date":"2025-06-30T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1866"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:42:31","slug":"omonike-olatokunbo-shonekan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1866","title":{"rendered":"OMONIKE OLATOKUNBO SHONEKAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1866\" class=\"elementor elementor-1866\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67690d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67690d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f8430a\" data-id=\"0f8430a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4e821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2c4e821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>TITLE: <strong>DR<\/strong><\/p><p>NAME: <strong>OMONIKE OLATOKUNBO SHONEKAN<\/strong><\/p><p>POSITION: <strong>SENIOR LECTURER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>SPECIALISATION<strong>:NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY<\/strong><\/p><p>EDUCATION\/TRAINING<\/p><table width=\"722\"><thead><tr><td width=\"348\"><p><strong>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p><strong>DEGREE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p><strong>COMPLETION DATE<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>MM\/YYYY<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"173\"><p><strong>FIELD OF STUDY<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife ,Osun state,<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>B.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>02\/1999<\/p><\/td><td width=\"173\"><p>Biochemistry<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>College of medicine, University of Lagos- Idi-araba, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>M.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>2001<\/p><\/td><td width=\"173\"><p>Pharmaceutical Chemistry<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"348\"><p>University of Lagos- Idi-araba, Lagos, Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>Ph.D.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>02\/2016<\/p><\/td><td width=\"173\"><p>Pharmaceutical Chemistry<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><h3><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/h3><p>&#8220;I am a senior lecturer and\u00a0 researcher who specializes in Natural Products at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria.\u00a0 I studied Biochemistry at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-ife, Osun-State, before bagging a Masters and Doctorate degree respectively in Natural Product Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. H.A.B. Coker from the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos.\u00a0\u00a0 My Ph.D project, was conducted at IBERS, Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom on the isolation and characterization of an alkaloid from isolates of the mushroom: <em>pheogyroporus portentosus <\/em>using analytical chemistry techniques which included One and Two Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1D and 2D NMR), Fourier Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) and Mass Spectrometry (MS). I acquired further training on NMR, with grants from the Royal Society of Chemistry, (RSC UK) University of Manchester with Dr Ralph Adams , African Oxford (AFOX) , Oxford University, UK with Prof. Tim Claridge and TWAS-UNESCO ,University of Karachi, Pakistan, Prof Iqbal Choudhary. I worked on the structural elucidation of isolated compounds from <em>Buccholzia coriacea<\/em> (Wonderful kola). I have published 15 papers. I am the current General secretary of Chemical Society of Nigeria, (CSN), \u00a0a member of UK NMR Discussion group and Royal Society of Chemistry, (RSC) UK.\u00a0 I have a keen interest in NMR methods, specifically to identify bioactive isolates from natural plants.&#8221;<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>General Secretary, Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN)-2024-2026<\/li><li>Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2010 till date)<\/li><\/ul><h4><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Onasanya A.K., Akintunde T.Y., Oderinde O. K., <strong>Shonekan<\/strong> O.O., Bankole I.S., Hussein H.M., Musa T.H. (2021): Research productivity and Mapping on Neem: A Bibliometric Analytical Approach Indexed in Web of Sciences&#8230;.Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21100933230\">https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sourceid\/21100933230<\/a> SCOPUS<\/li><li>\u00a0Ilomuanya, Margaret, Amaeze Ogochukwu,Umeche Chinenye ,Mbata Ugochukwu,\u00a0 Omonike\u00a0 <strong>Shonekan<\/strong>, and Abayomi Olajide, (2022): Direct medical cost of treating substance use disorders in two tertiary hospitals in South-west, Nigeria: A cross sectional study. Journal of Addiction vol 2022, Article ID\u00a0 6320141, 8 pages.<\/li><li>\u00a0Onasanya A.K., Oderinde O. K., Akintunde T.Y., <strong>Shonekan<\/strong> O.O., Bankole I.S., Fadimu B.O., Musa T.H. (2022): Bibliometric Analysis of 100 Top-cited articles on\u00a0 Neem Indexed in the web of science. Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research volume 6, Issue 1, pp 95-108.<\/li><li>Hassan Hussein Musa, Tafa Hussein Musa,Olayinka Kehinde Oderinde, Idris Hussein Musa, Omonike Olatokunbo <strong>Shonekan<\/strong>, Tosin Yinka Akintunde (2022): Traditional Herbal Medicine: Overview of Research Indexed in the scopus database. Advances In Traditional Medicine October 2022, \u00a0DOI: 10.1007\/s13596-022-00670-2<\/li><li>Ilomuanya, Margaret O., Salako, Busayo B., Ologunagba, Modupe O., Omonike <strong>Shonekan<\/strong>, Kruga Owodeha-Ashaka, Eseosa Osahon, S., Amenaghawon, Andrew N. (2022): Formulation and optimization of metronidazole and lactobacillus Spp layered suppositories via a three-variable, five level central composite design for management of <em>Bacterial vaginosis<\/em>. Progress In Bio materials. Pharmaceutics.\u00a02022 Oct 29;14(11):2337.\u00a0doi: 10.3390\/pharmaceutics14112337<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h4><strong>Collaborators\/ Networks (International inclusive)<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Ralph Adams , University of Manchester, UK.<\/li><li>Tim Claridge, AFOX, Oxford University, UK.<\/li><li>Iqbal Choudhary, ICCBS, University of Pakistan.<\/li><li>Dr Oluseun Popoola , President, Chemical Society of Nigeria (CSN), Lagos state chapter<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE: DR NAME: OMONIKE OLATOKUNBO SHONEKAN POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPECIALISATION:NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY EDUCATION\/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE COMPLETION DATE MM\/YYYY FIELD OF STUDY Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife ,Osun state, B.Sc. 02\/1999 Biochemistry College of medicine, University of Lagos- Idi-araba, Lagos Nigeria M.Sc. 2001 Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of Lagos- Idi-araba, Lagos, Nigeria Ph.D. 02\/2016 Pharmaceutical Chemistry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1866","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1866\/revisions\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharm.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}