Nneka N. Ibekwe

Hyphenated Techniques in Liquid Chromatography as Current Trends in Natural Products Analysis

Nneka N. Ibekwe & Sunday J. Ameh · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2015

Historically, drug discovery from natural products has been a time and resource-intensive process. Bioassay-guided isolation of natural products often leads to already known compounds of limited, or no chemical or pharmacological interest. Some bioactive compounds are unstable an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/14458

Diversity, Utility, Analytical Methods and Use Implications of Aroma-active Compounds from Select Angiosperm Families

Sunday J. Ameh, Nneka N. Ibekwe, Aminu A. Ambi, Taoheed Abdulkareem, Barnabas K. Toge, Benjamin U. Ebeshi, John Alfa & Magaji Garba · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2014

Introduction: An “aroma-active compound” (AAC) has a “flavor”- ie: a “distinct taste and odor”. An example is menthol. All aromatic plants (APs), including some medicinal plants, such as Mentha×piperita (Family Lamiaceae), produce a group of fat-soluble secondary metabolites call...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/10779