Fund scientific researches into Nigeria’s underutilized medicinal plants – Don to FG

A Professor of Food and Nutritional Biochemistry astatine Ekiti State University, EKSU, Folake Lucy Oyetayo has called connected the authorities and University authorities to supply much funds for the acquisition of specialized modern instrumentality to enactment technological probe into underutilized medicinal plants containing bioactive phytochemicals with promising curative properties.

The Don said this volition alteration researchers analyse the nutritional, medicinal and toxicological potentials of medicinal plants and prevention the nationalist expenses connected yearly procurement of Orthodox medications.

She urged applicable stakeholders to prioritize the acquisition of Health Professionals connected the usage of lesser-known medicinal plants to code Nutritional deficiencies and definite degenerative disorders.

The Don besides highlighted the value of nutritional accusation and nutraceutical constituents of lesser-known edible medicinal plants and the request to popularize their inclusion successful fare formulations for the absorption of respective emerging disorders .

Professor Oyetayo made the remarks portion delivering the university’s 108th inaugural lecture titled, “In Search of the Beautiful Ones: Unravelling Phytoceuticals and Phytonutrients successful Sleeping Pharmaceutical Giants.”

She stated that Nigeria is richly endowed with indigenous plants containing bio...