Sunday J. Ameh

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

Standardization of Andrographis paniculata, Mitracarpus scaber and Nauclea latifolia Herbal Preparations as per European and Nigerian Drug Regulations

Sunday J. Ameh, Nneka Ibekwe, Aminu Ambi, Obiageri Obodozie, Mujtaba Abubakar, Magaji Garba, Herbert Cocker & Karniyus S. Gamaniel · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2014

Background: Herbal drug standardization (HDS) is multidisciplinary with botany and chemistry working together to facilitate decisions on production of herbal medicines. The common reasons for HDS are: i) it creates the need for establishing botanical identity; ii) it is necessary...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/5457

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