PhD Supervision

DS Grierson (2004): An ethnomedical study of plants used to treat wounds in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
PJ Masika (2005): Ethnoveterinary studies of plants used for the treatment of livestock diseases in the Eastern Cape Province.
L Kambizi (2006): Phytomedical studies of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections in the Eastern Cape.
S Koduru (2007): Validating the use of Solanum aculeastrum for the treatment of cancer in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
FB Lewu (2007): Development of conservation and propagation techniques for Pelargonium didoides DC: an overexploited medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape.
P Erasto (2007): Phytomedical investigation of Vernonia amagdalina: A medicinal plant used for the treatment of diabetes.
AA Aliero (2007): Studies on the biology of Solanum pseudocapsicum: A poisonous cosmopolitan plant.
MV Flyman (2008): Dr Flyman conducted research on the indigenous vegetable crops of Botswana.
OO Odeyemi (2009): Phytomedical investigations of insect repellant properties of some selected medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape.
OM Aboyade (2010): The effect of processing on the efficacy and safety of Solanum aculeastrum Dunal. berries.
JR Appidi (2010): Evalauation of antidiarrhoeal and toxicological properties of Hermannia incana Cav; a South African medicinal plant.
AOT Ashafa (2010): Medicinal potential of Felicia muricata Thunb. (Nees) an underutilized medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape.
MN Lewu (2010): The characterization and yield evaluation of accessions of cocoyams (Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma sagittifolium) in South Africa.
OA Aiyegoro (2010): Synergistic potentials and isolation of bioactive compounds from the extracts of two helichrysum species indigenous to the Eastern Cape Province.
SC Pendota (2010): Validating the use of Hippobromus pauciflorus (L.F.) Radlk for the treatment of eye infections in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
SO Oyedemi (2011): Evaluation of antidiabetic properties and toxicological studies of Leonotis leonurus plants.
OO Okoh (2011): The kinetics of chemical transformations in the essential oil of Calendula officinalis L.
OA Wintola (2012): The efficacy and toxicological effects of Aloe ferox Mill. used in the management of constipation in the Nkonkobe Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
C Njume (2012): Phytochemical analysis and bioactivity of selected South African medicinal plants on clinical isolates of helicobacteria pylori.
A Badmus (2012): The allelopathic potential of Arctotis arctotoides (Lf) Hoffm on some vegetables.
TK Mandindi (2013): A study of some selected wild edible plants in Amatole District of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
OO Olajuyigbe (2013): Biological activities and mechanisms of action of two ethnobotanically selected South African medicinal plants on some bacteria associated with gastro-intestinal infections.
OS Olorunnisola (2013): Anti-atherogenic and biolchemical evaluation of Tulbachia violacea Harv. rhizomes in diet-induced hypercholestrolemic rats.
C Bvenura (2014): Wild vegetables of the Eastern Cape of South Africa: The nutritional value and domestication of Solanum nigrum L.
C Chigor (2014): Development of conservation methods for Gunnera perpensa L.: An overexploited medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
EB Omoruyi (2014): Evaluation of the inhibitory potential of Carpobrotus edulis, and Bulbine asphodeloides, used traditionally for the management of AIDS, against HIV protease, DNA integrase and reverse transcriptase.
OG Idemudia (2014): Synthesis, structural characterization and biological studies of heterocyclic pyrazolone derived Schiff bases and their transition metal complexes.
IO Lawal (2015): Evaluation of medicinal potential of Clausena anisata Hook, for the treatment of tuberculosis in Eastern Cape, South Africa
EO Ajayi (2015): Studies of the biotransformation and morphological properties of Cymbopogon citratus.
LI Sowunmi (2016): The domestication of Cleome gynandra L., a wild vegetable growing in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
SO Odeyemi (2016): In vitro evaluations of anti-diabetic properties, mechanisms of action and toxicology of Albuca setosa bulb extracts.
CM Kibiti (2016): Evaluation of medicinal potential of Bulbine abyssinica A. Rich in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in the Eastern CApe, South Africa.
MA Ayodele-Asowata (2016): Ethnopharmacological activities of Lippia javanica (f.Burm) spreng (verbernaceae) and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape Province,
JI Sagbo (2017): Comparison of the antidiabetic activity and mechanism of action of extracts of Brachylaena elliptica (Thurb.) DC. and Brachylaena ilicifolia (Lam) Phill & Schweick.
AS Akinrinde (2017): Validation of the anti-diabetic properties of some plants used for the management of diabetes mellitus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
EB Famewo (2018): Evaluation and identification of microbial contaminants in polyherbal medicines used for the treatment of tuberculosis in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
RM Mangoale (2018): Development of conservation strategies for Alepidea amatymbica Eckl&Zeyh: A rare medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
FU Ohikhena (2018): Ethnopharmacological evaluation of Phragmanthera capitata (Sprengel) Balle: A parasitic mistletoe of rubber tree.
AF Ogundola (2018): Impact of soil types on growth performance, phytochemical constituents and pharmacological properties of Solanum nigrum L., a wild vegetable growing in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
JO Unuofin (2018): Pharmacological investigation of Kedrostis africana (L) Cogn. and Vernonia mespilifolia Less. used for the management of obesity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
V Mgobozi (current): Nutritional and medicinal potentials of Boletus edulis: A wild edible mushroom in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
O Idris (2019): The use of medicinal plants as worm expellant
LT Olatunji (2019): Capsaicin and DNA profiling of Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.
OD Adegbaju (2019): Nutritional and Pharmacological Evaluation of Celosia argentea: A wild vegetable in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
MO Jimoh (2019): Effect of soil types on phenotypic, phytochemical constituents and nutritional properties of Amaranthus caudatus: A wild vegetable in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
SO Salami (2019): Domestication of wild vegetables: The cultivation and propagation of Hibiscus sabdariffa.
NS Lungu (2020): Effects of Moringa oleifera leaf and root powder on cooked minced pork quality, oxidative stability, warmed-over flavour profiles and sensory characteristics.
NL Skenjana (current): Scientific authentication of ethnobotanical methods used by rural small-scales farmers in the management of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, on cabbage in the Eastern Cape Province.
TO Abifarin (2022): Nutrient properties, sensory qualities and pharmacological potentials of staple foods produced from selected under-utilized vegetables in South Africa.
AE Aladejana (2022): Pharmacological, Toxicological and Phytochemical evaluation of HELICHRYSUM PETIOLARE HILLIARD & B.L. BURTT - an indigenous plant traditionally used in the treatment of diabetes in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
S Maposa (current): Nutritional and pharmacological properties of Moringa oleifera flowers traditionally used in the management of cancer.
BO Oyeyinka (2022): Studies on the compartmentalization of mineral elements in Banana (Musa sinensis L.) and Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.)
MJ Ehiobu (2022): The use of Citrus limon (L.)Osbeck leaves extracts, for the management of potato rot disease.

PhD Supervision

DS Grierson (2004): An ethnomedical study of plants used to treat wounds in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

PJ Masika (2005): Ethnoveterinary studies of plants used for the treatment of livestock diseases in the Eastern Cape Province.

L Kambizi (2006): Phytomedical studies of plants used for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections in the Eastern Cape.

S Koduru (2007): Validating the use of Solanum aculeastrum for the treatment of cancer in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

FB Lewu (2007): Development of conservation and propagation techniques for Pelargonium didoides DC: an overexploited medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape.

P Erasto (2007): Phytomedical investigation of Vernonia amagdalina: A medicinal plant used for the treatment of diabetes.

AA Aliero (2007): Studies on the biology of Solanum pseudocapsicum: A poisonous cosmopolitan plant.

MV Flyman (2008): Dr Flyman conducted research on the indigenous vegetable crops of Botswana.

OO Odeyemi (2009): Phytomedical investigations of insect repellant properties of some selected medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape.

OM Aboyade (2010): The effect of processing on the efficacy and safety of Solanum aculeastrum Dunal. berries.

JR Appidi (2010): Evalauation of antidiarrhoeal and toxicological properties of Hermannia incana Cav; a South African medicinal plant.

AOT Ashafa (2010): Medicinal potential of Felicia muricata Thunb. (Nees) an underutilized medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape.

MN Lewu (2010): The characterization and yield evaluation of accessions of cocoyams (Colocasia esculenta and Xanthosoma sagittifolium) in South Africa.

OA Aiyegoro (2010): Synergistic potentials and isolation of bioactive compounds from the extracts of two helichrysum species indigenous to the Eastern Cape Province.

SC Pendota (2010): Validating the use of Hippobromus pauciflorus (L.F.) Radlk for the treatment of eye infections in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

SO Oyedemi (2011): Evaluation of antidiabetic properties and toxicological studies of Leonotis leonurus plants.

OO Okoh (2011): The kinetics of chemical transformations in the essential oil of Calendula officinalis L.

OA Wintola (2012): The efficacy and toxicological effects of Aloe ferox Mill. used in the management of constipation in the Nkonkobe Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

C Njume (2012): Phytochemical analysis and bioactivity of selected South African medicinal plants on clinical isolates of helicobacteria pylori.

A Badmus (2012): The allelopathic potential of Arctotis arctotoides (Lf) Hoffm on some vegetables.

TK Mandindi (2013): A study of some selected wild edible plants in Amatole District of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

OO Olajuyigbe (2013): Biological activities and mechanisms of action of two ethnobotanically selected South African medicinal plants on some bacteria associated with gastro-intestinal infections.

OS Olorunnisola (2013): Anti-atherogenic and biolchemical evaluation of Tulbachia violacea Harv. rhizomes in diet-induced hypercholestrolemic rats.

C Bvenura (2014): Wild vegetables of the Eastern Cape of South Africa: The nutritional value and domestication of Solanum nigrum L.

C Chigor (2014): Development of conservation methods for Gunnera perpensa L.: An overexploited medicinal plant in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

EB Omoruyi (2014): Evaluation of the inhibitory potential of Carpobrotus edulis, and Bulbine asphodeloides, used traditionally for the management of AIDS, against HIV protease, DNA integrase and reverse transcriptase.

OG Idemudia (2014): Synthesis, structural characterization and biological studies of heterocyclic pyrazolone derived Schiff bases and their transition metal complexes.

IO Lawal (2015): Evaluation of medicinal potential of Clausena anisata Hook, for the treatment of tuberculosis in Eastern Cape, South Africa

EO Ajayi (2015): Studies of the biotransformation and morphological properties of Cymbopogon citratus.

LI Sowunmi (2016): The domestication of Cleome gynandra L., a wild vegetable growing in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

SO Odeyemi (2016): In vitro evaluations of anti-diabetic properties, mechanisms of action and toxicology of Albuca setosa bulb extracts.

CM Kibiti (2016): Evaluation of medicinal potential of Bulbine abyssinica A. Rich in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in the Eastern CApe, South Africa.

MA Ayodele-Asowata (2016): Ethnopharmacological activities of Lippia javanica (f.Burm) spreng (verbernaceae) and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiaceae) in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape Province,

JI Sagbo (2017): Comparison of the antidiabetic activity and mechanism of action of extracts of Brachylaena elliptica (Thurb.) DC. and Brachylaena ilicifolia (Lam) Phill & Schweick.

AS Akinrinde (2017): Validation of the anti-diabetic properties of some plants used for the management of diabetes mellitus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

EB Famewo (2018): Evaluation and identification of microbial contaminants in polyherbal medicines used for the treatment of tuberculosis in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

RM Mangoale (2018): Development of conservation strategies for Alepidea amatymbica Eckl&Zeyh: A rare medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

FU Ohikhena (2018): Ethnopharmacological evaluation of Phragmanthera capitata (Sprengel) Balle: A parasitic mistletoe of rubber tree.

AF Ogundola (2018): Impact of soil types on growth performance, phytochemical constituents and pharmacological properties of Solanum nigrum L., a wild vegetable growing in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

JO Unuofin (2018): Pharmacological investigation of Kedrostis africana (L) Cogn. and Vernonia mespilifolia Less. used for the management of obesity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

V Mgobozi (current): Nutritional and medicinal potentials of Boletus edulis: A wild edible mushroom in Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

O Idris (2019): The use of medicinal plants as worm expellant

LT Olatunji (2019): Capsaicin and DNA profiling of Capsicum annuum L. and Capsicum frutescens L.

OD Adegbaju (2019): Nutritional and Pharmacological Evaluation of Celosia argentea: A wild vegetable in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

MO Jimoh (2019): Effect of soil types on phenotypic, phytochemical constituents and nutritional properties of Amaranthus caudatus: A wild vegetable in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

SO Salami (2019): Domestication of wild vegetables: The cultivation and propagation of Hibiscus sabdariffa.

NS Lungu (2020): Effects of Moringa oleifera leaf and root powder on cooked minced pork quality, oxidative stability, warmed-over flavour profiles and sensory characteristics.

NL Skenjana (current): Scientific authentication of ethnobotanical methods used by rural small-scales farmers in the management of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, on cabbage in the Eastern Cape Province.

TO Abifarin (2022): Nutrient properties, sensory qualities and pharmacological potentials of staple foods produced from selected under-utilized vegetables in South Africa.

S Maposa (current): Nutritional and pharmacological properties of Moringa oleifera flowers traditionally used in the management of cancer.

BO Oyeyinka (2022): Studies on the compartmentalization of mineral elements in Banana (Musa sinensis L.) and Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.)

MJ Ehiobu (2022): The use of Citrus limon (L.)Osbeck leaves extracts, for the management of potato rot disease.