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Chika Chukwuma

Research areas: Medicine · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies · Medicinal Plant Research · Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3739-2258
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Projects & Funding

  • Functional Food Product Prepared from the Fruit Peel of Pomegranate: Maximizing the Therapeutic Potential of Fruit wastes National Research Foundation
    2021 - 2023
  • Studies on the antidiabetic and antioxidative potentials of zinc complexes of phenolic acids and fruit wastes Central University of Technology
    2021 - Present
  • Mineral complexes in diabetes management National Research Foundation
    2019 - 2021
  • Hypertension and diabetes research on Medicinal plants (Indigenous Knowledge Systems) University of the Free State
    2017 - Present
  • A comparative study on the physicochemical, anti-oxidative, anti-hyperglycemic and anti-lipidemic properties of amadumbe (Colocasia esculenta) and okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) mucilage: Postdoctoral Fellowship (01 April to 31 May, 2017), Durban Universi… Durban University of Technology
    2017 - 2017
  • Travel grant for local conference: 2nd prize awards for oral presentation, 2015 College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science Postgraduate Research Day, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
    2015 - Present
  • Studies on the hyperglycemic potentials and possible mode of actions of some commonly used sugar alcohols, doctoral degree (2014-2016), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Supervised by Prof. Shahidul Islam (Ph. D.). Innovation Doctoral Scholarshi… National Research Foundation
    2014 - 2016
  • Travel grant for international conference: 1st prize awards for oral presentation, 2014 College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science Postgraduate Research Day, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    2014 - Present

Publications (83)