Prof. Dr. Ganiyu Oboh

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiochemistry,Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics,Food Chemistry
Keywordsgreen, leaf, vegetables, phenol, antioxidant
Honours and awards

2018: Best Inventor of the Year Award, Federal University of Technology, Akure

2014: Regular Associate (Biophysics) Award, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

2012: Distinguished Alumnus Award (2012), School of Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Akure.

2009: Best Researcher of the Year Award (2009), Federal University of Technology, Akure.

2009: CAS-TWAS Visiting Scholar, Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

2007: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Deutsch Language Fellowship; Goethe Institute Dresden, Germany

2007: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

2005: TWAS-CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

2000: Junior Associate (Biophysics) Award, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

1993: Federal Government Scholarship Award for Post-Graduate Studies

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityAkure
InstitutionFederal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA)
InstituteDepartment of Biochemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas HenleFakultät für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
Prof. Dr. Heike RaddatzFachbereich Bauingenieurwesen, Lebensmitteltechnik, Versorgungstechnik (BLV), Hochschule Trier, Trier
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2007

Programme(s)

2005Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2009Ganiyu Oboh, Thomas Henle: Antioxidant and inhibitory effects of aqueous extracts of Salvia officinalis leaves on some pro-oxidants induced lipid peroxidation in brain and liver – in vitro . In: Journal of Medicinal Food , 2009, 77-84
2009Ganiyu Oboh, Heike Raddatz, Thomas Henle: Characterization of the antioxidant properties of hydrophilic and lipophilic extracts of Jute (Corchorus olitorius) leaf . In: International Journal of Food Sciences & Nutrition , 2009, 124-134
2008Ganiyu Oboh, Heike Raddatz, Thomas Henle: Antioxidant properties of polar and non-polar extracts of some tropical green leafy vegetables. . In: Journal of the Sciences of Food & Agriculture , 2008, 2486 - 2492