Anticancer and antiradical scavenging activity of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
Ageratum conyzoides has been used in folklore for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. In the present investigation, the in vitro activity of ethanol, petroleum ether, ethylacetate, butanol, and water extracts of A. conyzoides were screened in some cancer cell lines using the sulphorhodamine B (SRB) assay. These cell lines include: Human non-small cell lung carcinoma (A-549), human colon...
A. H. Adebayo, N. H. Tan, A. A. Akindahunsi, G. Z. Zeng, Y. M. Zhang
ADEBAYO ABIODUN » Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo is the current and the 7th Vice-Chancellor of Covenant
University. He obtained a B.Sc (Honours) degree in Biochemistry from the University of
Calabar in 2000. He later proceeded to the University of Jos in 2003 and was awarded an
M.Sc degree in Biochemistry (Distinction grade) in 2005.
Professor Adebayo, who joined the services of Covenant University in 2005,... view full profile