Prof. Temitope Oyedepo

About me

OYEDEPO, Temitope Adenike is a Professor of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science, Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria. She was the pioneer Dean of Science (2011-2015) at Adeleke University, Ede, Nigeria where she is currently the Director of Academic Planning (2015 - date). Her current research is on the use of medicinal food plants for amelioration of metabolic diseases. She has successfully supervised 5 PhDs and is currently supervising 2 PhDs. She was appointed full Professor in 2014. She has taught full-time for 23 years.

Degrees:

2010
Doctorate     Chemical Sciences
Biochemistry
1995
Master     Chemical Sciences
Biochemistry
1991
Undergraduate     Chemical Sciences
Biochemistry

Publications resulting from Research
Oyedepo, T.A. (2019). Herbal Medicine: A Case Study Of Nigerian Medicinal Plants. In Phytochemistry: Pharmacognosy, Nanomedicine, and Contemporary Issues; Egbuna, C.; Kumar, S.; Ifemeje, J.C.; Kurhekar, J,V., Eds.; Apple Academic Press:New Jersey, Vol 2; pp. 69-104.
Temitope Oyedepo and Adetoun E. Morakinyo (2020). Medicinal Mushrooms. In: Herbal Product Development Formulation and Applications; Anil K. Sharma, Raj K. Keservani and Surya Prakash Gautam, Eds.;CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp.
Akinlusi I. A., Akinpelu B. A., Morakinyo A. E., Adeleke A. M., Oyedepo T.A., Oyedapo O.O. (2019). Cardioprotective potentials of aqueous extract of Chrysophyllum albidum (g. Don-holl.) pulp on isoproterenol-induced cardiotoxicity in wistar rats. American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Vol. 7,
Morakinyo A.E., Oyedepo T.A., Babarinde S.O., Adelowo J.M., Adepoju A.E., and Oyedapo O.O. (2019). Anti-Hyperglycemic and Anti-Hyperlipidemic Potentials of Methanol Leaf Extracts of Aframomum melegueta and Piper guineense. European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 27(1): 1-8. http://www.journalejmp.com/index.php/EJMP/article/view/30106
Oyedepo T.A., Ajayeoba T.A., Babarinde S.O., Morakinyo A. E. and Oyetayo O. (2015). Antioxidant and hepatoprotective potentials of lemon juice and sorghum ogi (lemon-ogi) mixture against paracetamol-induced liver damage in Rats. Advances in Life Science and Technology, 38: 54-63. www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-7181(Paper) ISSN 2225-062X (Online).
Oyedepo T.A., Sodamade A. and Odefunso A.E. (2016). Effect of Fast-Food Based Hyper-Alimentation on Liver Enzymes in Healthy Nigerian Youths. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS), 15(7 ), pp 39-44. e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.
http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jdms/papers/Vol15-Issue%207/Version-4/J150743944.pdf
Oyedepo T. A., Babarinde S. O. and Ajayeoba T. A. (2013). Evaluation of anti- hyperlipidemic effect of aqueous leaves extract of Moringa oleifera in alloxan induced diabetic rats. International Journal of Biochemistry Research& Review, 3(3): 162-170. http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=231&id=3

Sodamade A., Oyedepo T.A. and Bolaji O.S. (2013). Fatty acid composition of three different vegetable oils (soybean oil, groundnut oil and coconut oil) by high-performance liquid chromatography. Chemistry and Materials Research, 3(7): 26-29. www.iiste.org ISSN 2225-0956