About
Professional SummaryDr. Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan is currently working as Senior Lecturer at University of Agriculture, Nigeria. He has completed his Ph.D. in Animal and Veterinary Sciences from same University. His main area of interest focuses on Pharmacology and Toxicology. His area of expertise includes Phytochemistry, Biostatistics, Science Education, Pharmacokinetics, Malariology, Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Phrmacology, Chemotherapy, Toxicology, and Pharmacodynamics. He ha published 1 book, 2 book chapters, 34 research articles in journals and 12 abstracts contributed as author/co-author.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. University of Agriculture, Nigeria Animal and Veterinary Sciences | Completed: 2006
Publications (92)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Relationship Between Virtual Pharmacology Lecture, Attendance and Performance: Personal Experience With Veterinary Students of the University of BUEA, Southwest Cameroon
2025
Morphometric and structural dynamic parameters of hepatitis viruses: implications for therapeutic and vaccine failure
2025
Prediction of new likely emergent amino acid point mutations from USA, UK, Italy, France, Brazil, and India SARS-CoV-2 variants: a possible source for more reliable cocktail coronavirus vaccine
2024
Structure-activity relationship of pharmacophores and toxicophores: the need for clinical strategy
2024
Comparative local anaesthetic activity of lignocaine, lignocaine-adrenaline and water extracts of Annona muricata during castration in dogs
2023
Correction to: Comparative local anaesthetic activity of lignocaine, lignocaine-adrenaline and water extracts of Annona muricata during castration in dogs
2023
Acute toxicity study, haematological, biochemical and histopathological effects of Brassica oleracea var. capitata, Allium porrum and Cucurbita maxima in Rattus norvegicus
2023
Mutation of amino acids in SARS-CoV-2 may be responsible for CoV-2 vaccine long term inefficiency
2023
Protection of SARS-CoV-2 trial vaccines in human is a function of the viral genomes
2023
Biomedical Applications of Polyurethane Hydrogels, Polyurethane Aerogels,
and Polyurethane-graphene Nanocomposite Materials
2022
2021
Application of modified Michaelis – Menten equations for determination of enzyme inducing and inhibiting drugs
2021
Application of median lethal concentration (LC50) of pathogenic microorganisms and their antigens in vaccine development
2020
Comparative therapeutic index, lethal time and safety margin of various toxicants and snake antivenoms using newly derived and old formulas
2020
Phytochemical screening and toxicological effects of Amblygonocarpus andongensis aqueous stem bark extract in wistar albino rat.
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2020
2020
Mathematical determination of some oncological parameters and their therapeutic implications in dogs
2019
Epizootiology of Infectious Diseases of Dog in Some States in Nigeria (2015–2018)
2019
Comparative haematological and biochemical effects of cocktail vaccine (DHLPPi) and Abrus precatorius seed aqueous extract on canine parvoviral vaccinated and unvaccinated Nigerian local dogs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Chemistry and effects of brainstem acting drugs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Chirality of central nervous system (CNS) acting drugs: A formidable therapeutic hurdle against CNS diseases.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Conversion of benzimidazoles, imidazothiazoles and imidazoles into more potent central nervous system acting drugs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Effect of age on the pharmacokinetics of sulphadimidine in West African Dwarf (WAD) goats following a single intramuscular administration.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Therapeutic effects of Byrsocarpus coccineus root bark extract on bacterially and chemically induced diarrhea in the Wistar albino rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica).
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2019
Determination of median effective dose (ED50) of scorpion antivenom against scorpion envenomation using a newly developed formula
2018
The use of body surface area for determination of age, body weight, urine creatinine, plasma creatinine, serum creatinine, urine volume, and creatinine clearance: the reliable canonical method of assessing renotoxicity in animals.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Calculation of effective dose fifty (ED50) of antivenom for American pit viper envenomation.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Colours are indicators of phytochemical components and medicinal properties of plants: A review of natural spectroscopy.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Biomedical application of polymers: A case study of non-CNS drugs becoming CNS acting drugs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Effects of piroxicam on tissue distribution of sulfadimidine in West African Dwarf male and female goats.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Phytochemical screening, proximate analysis, median lethal dose (LD50), hematological and biochemical effects of various extracts of Abrus precatorius seeds in Mus musculus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Extrapyramidal and purgative effects of fluphenazine in turkeys
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2018
Derivation of a unique body surface area (Bsa) formula for calculation of relatively safe doses of dog and human anticancer drugs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Ethnoveterinary values of Nigerian medicinal plants: An overview.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
In vivo piroxicam metabolites: Possible source for synthesis of central nervous system (CNS) acting depressants.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Therapeutic causes OS Stevens Johnson syndrome: A mini review.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Can aneurysm be treated chemotherapeutically?
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Google scholar citations help on calculations of h-index of a researcher in pharmacology may be misleading.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Functional chemical groups with potentials of becoming central nervous system acting drugs.
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2017
Pharmacokinetics of piroxicam in male and female West African dwarf goats.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2017
Tissue distribution of sulphadimidine sodium in non-starved and starved grower turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
In vivo piroxicam metabolites: Possible source for synthesis of central nervous system (cns) acting depressants.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Piroxicam: Source for synthesis of central nervous system (cns) acting drugs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
The new algorithm for calculation of median lethal dose (ld50) and effective dose fifty (Ed50) of Micrarusfulvius venom and antivenom using mice.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Comparative pharmacokinetics of intramuscular sulphadimidinein non-starved and starved grower turkeys (Meleagrisgallopavo).
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Toxico-neurological effects of piroxicam in monogastric animals.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Physico-chemical and structure-activity properties of piroxicam. A mini-review.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
The pattern of sickle cell disease in the sickle cell patients from the north western Nigeria.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Competitive biodiversity of human and vascular plant species: The implications for pharmaceutical industries, health and world economy part 2.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Competitive biodiversity of human and vascular plant species: The implications for pharmaceutical industries, health and world economy part 1.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
The prevalence of malaria and its therapeutic implication. A case study of Katcha Community.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
The paradox of human equivalent dose formula: A canonical case study of Abrus precatorius aqueous leaf extract in monogastric animals.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2016
Toxicology: The Basis for development of antidotes.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
In vitro antiplasmodial, antitrypanosomal, and antileishmanial and cytotoxic activities of various fractions of Abrusprecatorius leaf.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
Arithmetic-Geometric-Harmonic (AGH) method of rough estimationof median lethal dose (LD50) using up-and-down procedure.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
Standardization and scoring of body surface area (bsa) formulas for calculation of anticancer agents for cancer patientsfrom the North-Western Nigeria.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
Arithmetic-Geometric-harmonic method of rough estimation of median lethal dose (LD50) using up-down-procedure.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
A review of urolithiasis in monogastric animals.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2015
Understanding of malaria and its therapeutic regimens: The way forward.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2014
Immunomodulatory potentials and histopathological effects of aqueous extract of abrus precatorius leaf in mus musculus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2014
Malaria and its therapeutic regimens: The way forward.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2014
Reassessment of acute and chronic toxicity effects of aqueous leaf extract of Morinda lucida in rattus norvegicus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2014
Ameliorative properties of aqueous extract of Ficus thonningii on erythrocyte osmotic fragility induced by acetaminophen in Rattus norvegicus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2013
Haematonic and plasma expander effects of aqueous leaf extract of Abrus precatorius in Mus musculus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2012
Estimating the plasma and serum activity levels of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, in Live animals using regression model.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2012
In vivo Antiplasmodialactivity by aqueous extract of Abrusprecatoriusin mice.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2011
A modified arithmetical method of Reed and Muench for determination of a relatively ideal median lethal dose (LD50).
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2011
Antiplasmodial activity by aqueous leaf extract of Abrus precatorius in Swiss albino mice.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2011
Comparative toxicological Effects of orally and intraoeritoneally administered aqueous extract of Abrus precatorius leaf in Swiss albino mice.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2011
Sodium chloride decrease body weight of non-water deprived rattus norvegicus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
Biochemical effects of aqueous stem bark extract of Amblygonocarpus andongensis in Wistar albino rats.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
A photo album of some medicinal plants of Nigerian middle belt.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
Sodium chloride decrease the weight of non-water deprived Rattus norvegicus.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
Antipsychotic effect of aqueous stem bark extract of Amblygonocarpus andongensis in Wistar albino rats.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
Some medicinal plants of Arabian Pennisula.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2010
Tropical plants with antihypertensive, antiasthmatic and antidiabeti value.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2009
Acute toxicity studies of potassium permanganate in Swiss albino mice.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2008
Antibacterial activity and phytochemical analysis of Amaranthus spinosus and Ipomea sarifolia.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2008
Weight reducing and anti-amphetamine effects of Amblygonocarpus andongenesis in wistar albino rats.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2008
Antagonistic effects of ceftriaxone and sulphadimidine on ketamine and thiopentone anaesthetics in Nigerian local dogs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2008
Delayed effects of ceftriaxone on haematological and biochemical parameters of Nigerian local turkey poults.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2008
Screening of Vernonia amygdalina for in-vitro antimicrobial activities and phytochemical constituents.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2007
Haematological and biochemical effects of sulphadimidine in Nigerian mongrel dogs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial activities and phytochemical constituents of C. occidentalis.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
Haematological and biochemical effects of single intravenous bolus of ceftriaxone in nigerian Mongrel dogs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
Effects of ceftriaxone on haematological and biochemical parameters of Turkey.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
Malaria parasites of clinical and laboratory importance-An update.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
Evaluation of Sida acuta subspecies acuta leaf/flower combination for antimicrobial activity and phytochemical constituents.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2006
In-vitro antimicrobial activities testing of Abrus precatorius cold-water leaf extract on Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2005
Effects of thiopentone on the kinetics of sulphadimidine in Nigerian mongrel dogs.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2005
Nutritive potential of neem seed kernel in cockerels.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2005
Disposition kinetics of sulphadimidine in Nigerian mongrel dog.
Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan
2003