Submit an Edit

---

Message from edit submitter: Submitted: Fri, 17 May 2002 17:31:45 +0200 Alternative email address: fobuekwe@uniben.edu

* Indicates Required Field

Region of interest *
Africa Middle East South Asia

Primary country of residence *
Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Azerbaijan Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Armenia Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Belize Solomon Islands British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Myanmar Burundi Belarus Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Sri Lanka Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Mayotte Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Benin Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Eritrea Estonia Faeroe Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Fiji Finland Åland Islands France French Guiana French Polynesia Djibouti Gabon Georgia Gambia Occupied Palestinian Territory Germany Ghana Gibraltar Kiribati Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Côte d'Ivoire Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Jordan Kenya Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Latvia Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg China, Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Republic of Moldova Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Oman Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Curaçao Aruba Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba New Caledonia Vanuatu New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Norway Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Marshall Islands Palau Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Guinea-Bissau Timor-Leste Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint-Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla Saint Lucia Saint-Martin (French part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Sark Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Viet Nam Slovenia Somalia South Africa Zimbabwe Spain South Sudan Sudan Western Sahara Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Egypt United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Channel Islands Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man United Republic of Tanzania United States of America United States Virgin Islands Burkina Faso Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Wallis and Futuna Islands Samoa Yemen Zambia

First Name *

Last Name *

Title

Affiliation University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Email *'

Mailing Address Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology Faculty of Pharmacy University of Benin Benin City Nigeria

Phone/Fax Number(s) phone: 234 - 52 - 602009 fax: 234 - 52 -602009

Websites

Countries of Specialization Nigeria

Education

Research Interests 1. Microbial Contamination and Biodegradation of Drugs. 2. Quality Control in Food and Drugs Industries. 3. Antimicrobial Resistance. 4. Gender Issues ( Women's Health Issues, Women in Science and Technology, Women and Environment, Reproductive Health). 5. Antimicrobial activities of Medicinal Plants. 6. HIV/AIDS 7. Malaria Research.

Teaching Interests i. Teaching of undergraduate classes: PMB 221 & 222; General Microbiology including the Laboratory Classes ii. PMB 421 iii. PMB 523: Microbial contamination of Pharmaceutical products SUPERVISION OF BACHELOR OF PHARMACY students' projects 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002

Publications * 1. ORAKWUE, I. and N. URAIH. (1981). The microbiological quality of imported milk in Nigeria. Microbios Letters. 18 : 7-12. 2. OBUEKWE, I. F., A. O. OGBIMI and C.O. OBUEKWE (1996). Effects of some bacterial species on the disintegration properties of four commercial brands of acetylsalicylic acid tablets. Biomedical Letters. 54: 199-205. 3. OBUEKWE, I. F., C.O. OBUEKWE and A. O. OGBIMI. (1997). Microbial contamination, growth and survival in non-sterile pharmaceutical preparations in the tropics. Biomedical Letters. 56: 189-197. 4. OBUEKWE, I. F. and A. O. OGBIMI. ( 1998). Contamination of Drugs by Microorganisms. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology. 12: 13 - 17. 5. OBUEKWE, I. F., C.O. OBUEKWE and A.O OGBIMI. (1999). Changes in the absorption properties of some drugs after inoculation with some bacterial species. Nigerian Journal of Applied Science. 17: 104 -110 6. NWORGU, Z. A. M. and OBUEKWE, I. F. (1999). Alcohol consumption amongst youths - A health hazard? Nigerian Journal of Health Education and Kinensics. 1: 7. OBUEKWE, I. F., A.O OGBIMI and C.O. OBUEKWE. (2000). Microbial contamination of some antibiotics in the tropics, (Nigeria). Nigerian Journal of Science and Environment. (Accepted). 8. OBUEKWE, I. F. and M. IMARENKHUE. (1999). A comparative investigation of the effects of some fungal species on tablet hardness and disintegration properties of acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) tablets. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. 2(1): 43-47 9. OBUEKWE, I. F. and M. SADOH. (2000). Changes in the physical properties of paracetamol tablets inoculated with some fungal species. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology. 14:17-22 10. OBUEKWE, C. O., I. F. OBUEKWE and MOHAMMAD RAFIQ. (2000a). Surface microbial contamination in some commonly available tablet dosage forms. Medical Principles and Practice 2000 : 9: 290-299 11. OBUEKWE, I. F., IKPO, I. and OBUEKWE, O. N. (2000b). Contamination, growth and survival of microorganisms in seven commercially available dental adhesive powders. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. 3(1): 26 - 30 12. OBUEKWE, C.O., I. F. OBUEKWE and A.O OGBIMI (2001a). Changes in the disintegration properties of some brands of paracetamol tablets inoculated with four bacterial species. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research. 58(1): 17-20 13. OBUEKWE, I. F., EGBAGBE, E.E. and NWORGU, Z.A.M. (2001b). Pitfalls in the treatment of tuberculosis: Analysis of 25 patients seen at The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology. 15: 39-44 14. OBUEKWE, I. F., A. O. OGBIMI and C. O. OBUEKWE. (2001c). Microbial contamination of pharmaceutical products in a tropical environment. Pakistan Journal of Science and Industrial Research (In Press). 15. OBUEKWE, I. F. Treatment and Management of Diarrhoea: Indigenous methods used by women in an urban community in Edo State, Nigeria. Proceedings of the Second African Regional GASAT Conference held at The Women Development Centre Abuja, Nigeria. 29 October -2 November 2000. 16. OBUEKWE, I. F. HIV in pregnancy: Mother -to-child-transmission and possible interventions. Proceedings of the XXVth International Congress of the Medical Women International Association (MWIA) Sydney, Australia, 19th -23rd April, 2001. 17. OBUEKWE, I. F. and A. O. IMOGIE. The Impact of Arthritis on Women's Health Status in Nigeria. Ibid. 18. OBUEKWE, I. F. and E. E. EGBAGBE. Dysmenorrhea: A long-term consequence of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Ibid. 19. EGBAGBE, E. E. and I. F. OBUEKWE. Unsafe abortion: A public health problem? Ibid. 20. OBUEKWE, I. F. and L. C. MARCHIE. Family planning: a possible intervention in maternal mortality. Ibid.

Keywords

Optional Message To AMESA Administrators Submitted: Fri, 17 May 2002 17:31:45 +0200 Alternative email address: fobuekwe@uniben.edu

Recommender's Email (Leave blank if you are submitting/editing your own entry)