Nigerian Lecturer Develops Plant Based Anti Diabetes Drugs In South Africa

A Nigerian lecturer, Dr. Auwal Ibrahim, has developed a plant based anti-diabetes drug at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ibrahim who is a lecturer at the Biochemistry Department of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, conducted the research as part of his Ph.D thesis at the South African university.

He said his research aimed at the "development of more effective and less toxic remedies against the type 2 diabetes."

"More specifically, the work focused on the validation and development of anti-diabetes plant-based remedies as well as the identification of novel chemical leads from African plants," Dr. Ibrahim said in an interview with .

“I used a number of molecular techniques to demonstrate the potentials of some African plants in the management of type 2 diabetes.

"Overall, the findings of the work are important for relevant government agencies, pharmaceutical industries, scientific community and poor diabetic patients, because it might open an avenue for the development of viable and cost effective herbal products or novel drugs to manage type 2 diabetes.”

Student Pulse gathered that Dr. Ibrahim's research was approved without any corrections.