Dr. Adekola, Mukaila Babatunde is a Biochemist with a toxicology option, he bagged his first degree in Biochemistry from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) between 2004 and 2008. He later proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, where he obtained a Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Biochemistry (Toxicology Option) in 2014 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree in Biochemistry in 2018.
Dr. Adekola started his academic career in 2015 as a Biology Lecturer at Osun State University, Centre for Pre-Degree Studies Ejigbo, before he was employed in 2017 as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Dr. Adekola’s research interest areas include Phytochemistry, Environmental Toxicology, Pharmacology, Biochemical biomarkers, Xenobiotics, Pharmacological Evaluation, Phytochemicals, Pesticides and their effects, Antioxidants and Herbal Medicine. He has supervised over twenty undergraduate projects and five Master’s (as sole and co-supervisor) Dissertations. Also, he has won grants as both principal investigator (PI) and co-researcher.
Dr. Adekola has presented the outcomes of some of his findings at scholarly conferences and published the same in both local and international Journals. He is presently a member, of the Time-Table and Examination Committee (TIMTEC), a Member of the College Board of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), an Examination Officer, and a Member of the Examination Questions Preparation and Coordination Committee for the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology. He has represented his College on the Board of the College of Biological Sciences (COLBIOS). He is a member of the Nigeria Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB) and African Science Network.
– Ph. D. 2019
– M. Sc. 2014
– B. Sc. 2008
Biochemistry (Toxicology option), Phytochemistry, Environmental Toxicology, Pharmacology, Biochemical biomarkers, Xenobiotics, Pharmacological Evaluation, Phytochemicals, Pesticides and their effects, Antioxidants and Herbal Medicine.
(a) Principal Investigator, Biochemical, Histological, and Hematological Alterations of Crude Oil Product (Kerosene) on African Catfish(Clarias gariepinus) and Ameliorative Effects of Blighia sapida Stem-Bark Extract. TETFUND-Institution Based Research FUNAAB 2023
(b) Co-investigator, Assessment of Water Quality, Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens and Antibiotic Residue Pathway in Fish Production Systems. TETFUND- Institution Based Research FUNAAB 2023
(c) Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Pesticide Residues and Toxicological Risk Assessment in Pepper from Selected Farms in Odeda Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. TETFUND- Institution Based Research FUNAAB 2025
i. Examination Officer 2023 to Date
ii. Member, Examination Questions Preparation and Coordination Committee 2017 to Date
iii. Member, Results Preparation and Processing Committee 2017 to Date
iv. Level Coordinator, 100 level 2018 to Date
v. Assistant coordinator, Departmental Part-time Program 2019 to Date
vi. Member, College Board of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) 2017 to Date
vii. College Representative on the Board of COLBIOS 2019 to 2021
viii. Member, Time-Table and Examination Committee (TIMTEC) 2021 to Date
I. Member, Nigeria Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB)
ii Member, AfriScience Network
I. 5th Annual South-South Conference of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria Paper Accepted: Antiplasmodial Activity of Ethyl Acetate Fraction from Stem-Bark Extract of Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig on Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei. 2020
ii. International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) Nigeria Chapter Conference Paper Accepted: Assessment of Blighia sapida on Cholinergic and Antioxidant Enzymes; Possible Use of Blighia sapida Stem-Bark as a Biological Pest Controlling Agent. 2023
iii. 8TH South-South Annual Zonal Conference of the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB); UNIBEN Paper Accepted: Biomarker Responses of African Catfish Clarias gariepinus to Crude Oil Product (Kerosene) and Ameliorative Effects of Blighia sapida Stem-Bark Extract. 2024.
iv. 4TH College of Bioscience (COLBIOS) Conference, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; Bioscience Conference Paper Accepted: Integrated Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Soil and Pepper: Ecological and Human Health Risks. 2026
v. 1ST Annual College of Environmental Resources Conference, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; COLERM Conference Paper Accepted: Alterations in Biochemical Parameters of Wistar Rats Exposed to Pesticide Residues Based on the Levels Detected in Peppers from Selected Farms.2026
Articles in Learned Journals
1. Omonkhua, A. A., Onoagbe, I. O., Fajimeye, I. A., Adekola, M. B. and Imoru, Z. A. (2014): Long-term anti-diabetic and anti-hyperlipidaemic effects of aqueous stem bark extracts of Irvingia gabonensis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. An international Journal of Nigerian Society for Experimental Biology, 26(1): 1- 8. Published by Nigerian Society for Experimental Biology. Available at https://www.bioline.org.br/bk
2. Adekola M. B., Areola J. O., Tijani A. S., Adebiyi A. E. Olatoye T. R. and Babalola O. O. (2015): Toxicological profiles of direct administration of extract of Gossypium barbadense (Linneaus) leaves. Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 6(8): 162-171. Published by College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Available at http:/dx.doi.org/10.14303/jmms.2015.112.
3. Apalowo, O. E., Adekola, M. B., Asaolu, F. T., Oriyomi, O. V., Ogunleye, G. S., Areola, J. O. and Babalola, O. O. (2019): GC-MS analysis and inhibitory effect of Kigelia africana Leaf extract and fractions on 5lipoxygenase. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(2): 625-628. Published by Society of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. Available at www.phytojournal.com. Indexed in Copernicus and Pubshub.
4. Adekola, M. B., Areola, J. O., Omisore, N. O., Asaolu, F. T., Ogunleye, S. G., Apalowo, O. E., and O. O. Babalola (2020): Sub-chronic toxicity study of ethanol stem-bark extract of Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae) in wistar rats. Heliyon, Elsevier, 6: (1-6) e02801. Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e0280 1. Indexed in Scopus and Scimago,
5. Adekola, M. B., Areola, J. O. OriyomI, O. V. Apata, J. T., Apalowo, O. E., Adesina, A. F., and Babalola, O. O. (2020): Brine Shrimps Lethality Test of Ethanol Extract and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ethyl Acetate Fraction of Blighia sapida. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 13(8): 1-5. Published by Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd. Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i8.37613.
6. Fagbohun, O. F., OriyomI, O. V., Adekola, M. B., and Msagati, T. A. (2020): Biochemical Applications of Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. Fruit Extracts in Diabetes mellitus. Comparative Clinical Pathology, 29: 1251-1264. Published by Springer-Verlag London Ltd. Available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-020- 03179-9. Indexed in Scimago and Scopus.
7. Taiwo, A. M., Adekola, M. B, Olatunde, K. A., Abdullahi K. L., Ogunkoya, P. K., Lawal, E. R., Adenekan, A., Avan, O. J., Jimoh, A. O., and Oladimeji, G. (2021): Human health risk assessment of essential and non‑essential metals in vegetables (Jute Mallow, Onions, Celosia, Spinach and Tomatoes) from Ogun, Lagos and Oyo states, southwestern Nigeria. Vegetos, Springer, 34(2): 390-403. Published by Springer Nature, Switzerland, Available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-021- 00217-x. Indexed in Scopus.
8. Adekola, M. B., Areola, J. O., Fagbohun, O. F., Asaolu, F. T. Ogundepo, G. E., Fajobi, A.O. and Babalola, O.O. (2022): In-vitro antioxidant and anti- inflammatory activities of ethanol stem-barkextract of Blighia sapida K. D. koenig, Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 12: 350-354. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Xi’an Jiaotong University. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpha.2021.04.002. Indexed in Scopus.
9. Adekola, M. B. (2022): Comparative analysis of the proximate composition, vitamins contents, and metals profile of Nigerian rice (Oryza glaberrima) and imported rice (Oryza sativa). Makerere University Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 11(1): 25-39. Published by Makerere University, Uganda.
10. Olatunde, K. A., Adekola, M. B., Jimmy, T. A., Koko, O. O., Ekhator, F. O. and Adekunle A. A. (2022): Contamination status and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in wetland soil, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Soil Science, 32(1): 102-111. Published by The
Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN).
11. Adekola, M. B., Omisore, N. O., Areola, J. O., Oriyomi, V. O., Adesina, A. F. and Babalola, O.O. (2021): Antiplasmodial Activities of Ethanol and Ethyl Acetate Stem-Bark Extract/Fraction of Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig on Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei. Journal of Natural Science, Engineering and Technology, 20(1): 80-92. Published by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
12. Oriyomia, V.O., Fagbohunb, O.F., Akinola, F.T., Adekola, M.B., Oyedeji, T.T. Assessment of Colocasia esculenta leaf extract as a natural alternative for Sitophilus zeamais control: Toxicological, biochemical, and mechanistic insights. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 195 (2023) 105545.
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