Publications by authors named "Onaadepo Olufunke"

Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a global health challenge that leads to severe complications, negatively impacting overall health, life expectancy, and quality of life. Herbal medicines, valued for their accessibility and therapeutic benefits with minimal side effects, have been promoted as potential treatments. Managing conditions like diabetes, characterized by free radical production and cytokine-driven inflammation, is vital due to the active components in plants that exert direct pharmacological effects.

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  • The study addresses the challenges faced by struggling medical and nursing students by implementing a peer mentorship strategy to enhance their well-being, self-determination, school connectedness, and academic performance.
  • Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research will evaluate the impact of this mentorship intervention on students’ subjective vitality, school engagement, and academic records based on two cumulative continuous assessment test (CAT) scores.
  • Aimed at filling knowledge gaps in Nigeria and Rwanda, the research will contribute valuable insights into effective interventions for improving the experiences of low-performing medical and nursing students.
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Patients who are receiving carboplatin therapy for cancer often experience toxic side effects. This study examined the effects of lyophilized aqueous leaf extracts of F. capensis (LALEFC) on oxidative stress and inflammatory markers in albino rats with carboplatin-damaged livers.

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This study investigated the capability of a co-delivery system of thymol (THY) and sulfoxaflor that can serve to minimize the development of epididymal and testicular injury arise from SFX exposures alone. Forty-eight adult male rats were orally treated by gavage for 28 consecutive days. The rats were divided into six groups comprising control, THY alone (30 mg/kg), low SFX alone (79.

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