Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye

Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye is a Nigerian pharmacologist and researcher. Elufioye works as a professor at the University of Ibadan in the department of pharmacognosy.

Quotes

• The aim of the study was to confirm the claims by traditional medical practitioners that the selected plants can enhance memory. Beyond confirming that these plants are effective, we also targeted identifying the constituents in the plants that are responsible for the activity.
• The main predisposing factor to memory loss is aging.
• Which means every single person is at risk of losing their memory as we grow old.
• We know the various challenges which are faced in Africa in terms of accessibility to medicine, unlike in the Western world.
• If we as Africans can produce our own drugs from our own resources, the impact can only be imagined both in terms of a better wellbeing as well as economic advancement.
  • Elufioye speaking about plants that can enhance memory

• This is indeed a breakthrough. First, we were able to provide scientific justification for the use of these plants in ethno-medicine. In addition, the possible chemical compounds responsible for the activity were identified.
  • Elufioye speaking about providing scientific justification for the use of certain plants

External Links

• Taiwo's Article from Researchgate