Prof. Chukwuemeka Sylvester Nworu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPharmacology,Immunology
KeywordsHerbal Immunomodulators, Phytomedicine, Vaccines adjuvants, Immunomodulation, Antibodies

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityNsukka
InstitutionUniversity of Nigeria
InstituteDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus T. ÜberlaAbteilung für Molekulare und Medizinische Virologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2009

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2010Chukwuemeka S. Nworu, Vladimir Temchura, Festus B. C. Okoye, Peter A. Akah, Charles O. Esimone, Klaus Überla Activation of murine lymphocytes and modulation of macrophage functions by fractions of Alchornea cordifolia (Euphorbiaceae) leaf extract. In: Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 2010, 28-36
2010Chukwuemeka S. Nworu, Charles O. Esimone, Matthias Tenbusch, Ghulam Nabi, Peter Proksch, Klaus Überla, Vladimir V. Temchura: Adjuvant properties of AcF1, an immunostimulant fraction of Alchornea cordifolia extract. In: Immunological Investigations , 2010, 132-158
2010Charles O. Esimone, Gero Eck, Chukwuemeka S. Nworu, Dennis Hoffmann, Klaus Überla, Peter Proksch: Dammarenolic acid, a secodammarane triterpenoid from Aglaia sp shows potent anti-retroviral activity in vitro. In: Phytomedicine, 2010, 540-547
2010CS Nworu PA Akah FBC Okoye P Proksch CO Esimone The effects of Phyllanthus niruri aqueous extract on the activation of murine lymphocytes and bone marrow-derived macrophages.. In: Immunological Investigations , 2010, 245-267
2009CO Esimone T Grunwald CS Nworu S Kuate P Proksch K Überla (2009). Broad spectrum antiviral fractions from the lichen Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. . In: Chemotherapy, 2009, 119-126