UNILAG Professor Highlights Healing Power of African Plants
Professor Gloria Abiodun Ayoola, a pharmaceutical chemist at the University of Lagos, has called for greater exploration of Africa’s rich biodiversity to develop life-saving medicines from indigenous plants. Delivering a lecture at the university, Professor Ayoola explained that plants such as the African walnut, star apple, guava, and bitter leaf contain potent compounds with antioxidant,