Dr. Racheal Odiri Awolope

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Bioorganic and Biological Chemistry
Keywordsphotodynamic inactivation, Coumarin derivatives, Phytopatogenic infection, Chromophore, singlet oxygen quantum yield

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityAyobo
InstitutionAnchor University
InstituteFaculty of Science and Science Education
Homepagehttps://aul.edu.ng/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael HöpfnerInstitut für Physiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2016

Program(s)

2016Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Bamigboye, Mercy O and Ejidike, Ikechukwu P and Awolope, Racheal O and Obaleye, Joshua A and Ejimofor, Favour K: Preparation, characterization, and antimicrobial activities of mixed {Ibuprofen-Salicylic} acid metal-drug complexes. In: Tanzan. J. Sci., 47, 2021, 1835--1843
2020Racheal O. Ogbodu and Bianca Nitzsche and Andi Ma and Devrim Atilla and Ayşe Gül Gürek and Michael Höpfner: Photodynamic therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma using tetra-triethyleneoxysulfonyl zinc phthalocyanine as photosensitizer. In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 208, 2020, 111915
2019Racheal O. Ogbodu and Bianca Nitzsche and Michael Höpfner: {Photodynamic therapy with a novel zinc phthalocyanine: an innovative approach to hepatocellular carcinoma treatment}. In: Tayyaba Hasan, 17th International Photodynamic Association World Congress. SPIE, 2019. 372 -- 372
2018Schmidt, Jacob and Kuzyniak, Weronika and Berkholz, Janine and Steinemann, Gustav and Ogbodu, Racheal and Hoffmann, Björn and Nouailles, Geraldine and Gürek, Ay{\c s}e Gül and Nitzsche, Bianca: Novel zinc-and silicon-phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy of cholangiocarcinoma. In: International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 42, 2018, 534--546
2015Ogbodu, Racheal O. and Omorogie, Martins O. and Unuabonah, Emmanuel I. and Babalola, Jonathan O.: Biosorption of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by Parkia biglobosa biomass: Equilibrium, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies. In: Environmental Progress \& Sustainable Energy, 34, 2015, 1694-1704
2015Racheal O. Ogbodu and Tebello Nyokong: Enhanced triplet state parameters for zinc carboxy phenoxy phthalocyanine following conjugation to ascorbic acid: Effects of adsorption on single walled carbon nanotubes. In: Polyhedron, 90, 2015, 175-182
2015Racheal O. Ogbodu and Ivy Ndhundhuma and Aletta Karsten and Tebello Nyokong: Photodynamic therapy effect of zinc monoamino phthalocyanine–folic acid conjugate adsorbed on single walled carbon nanotubes on melanoma cells. In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 137, 2015, 1120-1125
2015Racheal O. Ogbodu and Janice L. Limson and Earl Prinsloo and Tebello Nyokong: Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy effect of zinc phthalocyanine-spermine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. In: Synthetic Metals, 204, 2015, 122-132
2015Racheal O. Ogbodu and Edith K. Amuhaya and Philani Mashazi and Tebello Nyokong: Photophysical properties of zinc phthalocyanine–uridine single walled carbon nanotube – conjugates. In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 149, 2015, 231-239
2015Racheal O. Ogbodu and Tebello Nyokong: The effect of ascorbic acid on the photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of zinc phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate on MCF-7 cancer cells. In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 151, 2015, 174-183
2015Sarah D'Souza and Racheal Ogbodu and Tebello Nyokong: The effects of gold coated and uncoated zinc oxide nanohexagons on the photophysicochemical properties of the low symmetry zinc phthalocyanine. In: Journal of Molecular Structure, 1099, 2015, 551-559
2014Racheal O. Ogbodu and Tebello Nyokong: Effect of bovine serum albumin and single walled carbon nanotube on the photophysical properties of zinc octacarboxy phthalocyanine. In: Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 121, 2014, 81-87
2014Racheal O. Ogbodu and Tebello Nyokong: Effects of number of ring substituents on the physicochemical properties of zinc aminophenoxy phthalocyanine-single walled carbon nanotube conjugate. In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 274, 2014, 83-90
2013Ogbodu, Racheal O. and Antunes, Edith and Nyokong, Tebello: Physicochemical properties of a zinc phthalocyanine – pyrene conjugate adsorbed onto single walled carbon nanotubes. In: Dalton Trans., 42, 2013, 10769-10777
2013Racheal O. Ogbodu and Edith Antunes and Tebello Nyokong: Physicochemical properties of zinc monoamino phthalocyanine conjugated to folic acid and single walled carbon nanotubes. In: Polyhedron, 60, 2013, 59-67