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February 27, 2025 · Prof. Saidu Garba Latest

Green Chemistry in Corrosion Control: CuO Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts

Our 2025 FUDMA Journal paper reports the corrosion inhibition efficiency of CuO nanoparticles synthesised using leaf extracts of Jatropha tanjorensis and Prunus domestica.

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November 14, 2024 · Prof. Saidu Garba

Green Plants: Nature's Chemical Factory for Drug Development

Reflecting on the 16th NDA Professorial Inaugural Lecture — how ordinary plants around us hold extraordinary chemical potential for modern medicine.

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March 19, 2024 · Prof. Saidu Garba

Investigating Anti-Diabetic Medicinal Plants in Northern Nigeria

Diabetes is a growing burden in Nigeria. Our NDA-funded research explores the isolation and anti-diabetic characterisation of compounds from local plants.

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June 9, 2023 · Prof. Saidu Garba

Anti-Pepsin Activity Against HIV-Protease: Findings from Vernonia amygdalina

Our 2022 study in the Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences examined whether crude extracts of bitter-leaf and lemongrass could inhibit pepsin — a model for HIV-1 protease.

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January 17, 2023 · Prof. Saidu Garba

Organochlorine Pesticides and Environmental Chemistry in Nigeria

Beyond medicinal plants, my research has long examined organochlorine pesticide contamination in Nigerian soils, water, and food crops — a serious but under-discussed environmental issue.

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September 4, 2022 · Prof. Saidu Garba

Teaching Chemistry at the Nigerian Defence Academy: Reflections and Aspirations

As Director of Academic Planning at NDA and a Visiting Professor to Gombe State University, I reflect on what it means to train the next generation of Nigerian chemists.

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