Toheeb Ayomide Lemboye

In-vitro Antisickling Activity, Pharmacognostic Characterisation, and Proximate and Elemental Composition of the Aqueous Stem Extract of Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)

Ololade Adesomi Oyedapo, Toheeb Ayomide Lemboye, Taiwo Ifeoluwa Afuye, Christanah Mojisola Cyril-Olutayo & Francis Banjo Adewoyin · Journal of Applied Life Sciences International · 2026

Background: Celosia argentea L. is an edible and medicinal plant whose leaf antioxidant activity and the anatomy and chemical composition of its different organs have been studied. The in-vitro effect of an aqueous stem extract on erythrocyte sickling was investigated alongside d...