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Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo

Publications (6)

Phytochemical Screening and Blood Glucose-lowering Effects of Ethanol Leaf Extract of Two Corchorus Species on Alloxan-induced Diabetic Albino Rats

Frank Uchenna Eneh, Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo, Chinwe Nonyelum Ezekwesili, Chidozie Godwin Ugochukwu, Chibueze Onwuegbusi & Akudo Ruth Aguedosi · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2025

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder with tremendous debilitating effects of high public health impact. Drugs employed in the treatment and management of the condition have remained unsuccessful in curbing the effects of the disease necessitating a turn to natura...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamps/2025/v27i4766

Acute and Sub-chronic Toxicological Studies of Citrus aurantium Fruit Juice in Wistar Rats

Obiajulu Christian Ezeigwe, Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo, Gift Nonso Okwuenu, Ezennaya Chidinma Felicia & Ifedilichukwu Nma Helen · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2022

Citrus aurantium remains an excellent source of vitamins and phytochemicals. C. aurantium has been associated with lots of medicinal uses ranging from weight management to the treatment of nausea, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. This study therefore aimed at determining the a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamps/2022/v24i330289

Comparative Assay of the Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Effect of the Cotyledon and Pulp of Chrysophyllum albidum fruit

Precious Uchenna Ezeobi, Innocent Onyeze Igwilo, Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo & Josiah Ndukwe · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2021

Background: Chrysophyllum albidum has been widely consumed for its flesh part as a fruit snack and source of vitamins but also grossly under-utilized because of dearth of knowledge on nutritional and therapeutic potencies of other fruit parts. This study thus aimed to comparative...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i430263

Comparative Study on the Nutritional and Antioxidant Components of Fruit Parts of Citrullus lanatus

Stanley Kanayochukwu Nnenne, Kingsley Ikechukwu Ubaoji, Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo, Victor Henry Azubuike Enemor & Adebayo Afees Oladejo · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2020

Aim: Citrullus lanatus is a fruit widely consumed for its pulp though incompletely, as its other parts (seed and rind) are discarded and may possibly offer bioactive compounds involved in ameliorating certain disease conditions. Hence, this study aimed at comparatively investigat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i1130317

Nutritional Compositions and In-vivo Antioxidant Effect of Corchorus olitorius Ethanol Leaf Extract in CCl4-induced Oxidative Stress in Wistar Rats

Josiah Ndukwe, Antoinette N. C. Okaka, Victor Henry Azubuike Enemor, Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo & Precious Uchenna Ezeobi · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2021

Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of various disease conditions with concomitant toll on the body’s defense mechanism against free radicals. To continuously sustain and support the efficiency of the body’s antioxidant defense system, natural...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530421

Anti-diabetic Effects of the Aqueous and Ethanol Extracts of Ipomoea batatas Tubers on Alloxan Induced Diabetes in Wistar Albino Rats

Chukwuemeka Sunday Okafor, Chinwe Nonyelum Ezekwesili, Nancy Amalachuwku Mbachu, Kennedy Chigaemezu Onyewuchi & Uchechukwu Chibuzo Ogbodo · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2021

Background: Diabetes mellitus continues to remain the number one cause of mortality among the low- and mid-income populations. Hence, the need for cost-effective, available and accessible novel drug agents for improved health outcomes. This study was undertaken to investigate the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030291