Misitura Arowona: Anti-TB Drug Developed By UNILORIN PhD Student
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A PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin,
Misitura Arowona, has developed a drug that promises to be potent in the
treatment of tuberculosis, an infectious disease that usually attacks
the lungs.
The University of Ilorin Bulletin, on Monday,
stated that the student, who is being supervised by Prof. Joshua
Obaleye, former Dean, Faculty of Science of Unilorin, is currently
undergoing a sandwich fellowship at the Faculty of Science of The
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India.
According to
the publication, the metal attached anti-TB drug developed by Arowona,
has improved the efficiency of the anti-TB drugs compared to normal
drugs that are consumed globally.
“The country is ranked
seventh among the 30 high TB burden countries and second in Africa and
the problem of TB in Nigeria has been made worse by the issues of
drug-resistant TB and the HIV/AIDS.
“It is estimated that about 407, 000 people in Nigeria have TB in a year,” it said.
The
publication explained that Arowona, who is in Vadodara for a year-long
project, said, “Earlier studies have proved that when a metal is
attached with a pharmaceutical, it increases the efficacy of the drug.
“Taking
a cue from cisplatin, an anti-cancer drug, whose efficacy improved
after applying platinum as metal, the scholar worked on multiple
metal-based drugs to see whether the efficiency of anti-TB drugs can be
increased by attaching metals to it”.
Also quoting a Professor of
Chemistry, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, of Sayajirao University, India, the
Nigerian scholar used metals like ion, cobalt, copper and zinc to
prepare the metallodrugs.
“The drugs, which have been developed,
include ciprofloxacin HCl, ofloxacin, pyrazinamide and moxifloxacin HCl.
Presently, there is no metal-based anti-TB drug available in the
market.
“When we compared the metallodrugs with the original anti-TB drugs, the metallodrugs were more effective.
“We did in-vitro test against bacteria. The metals we have chosen are non-harmful to human beings.
“Also, we found that of all the metallodrugs, the copper complex of ciprofloxacin is most effective.”
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Woww
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Nice one
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THis is serious
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Hmmm,nice post
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amazing... this shows the great work and power of true education
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Well thanks for the update
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Wow
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Lovely post
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