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Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike (née Njoku)..[1] is a Nigerian-Finnish scientist working at the Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research area is in the field of pharmaceutical biology with special emphasis on bioactivity screening and characterization of medicinal plants as sources of antimicrobial compounds and extracts for drug discovery. She is an award winning scientist whose work has been recognized globally in the area of Medicine and Pharmacology[2]. She is currently working on Finnish willow species (Salix spp.) as sources of novel antimicrobial extracts and compounds at the University of Helsinki[3]

Early life and education

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Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike (nee Njoku) was born in Okwuato, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria to the family of Mr Julius Benard and Mrs Angelina Nwakaego Njoku. She grew up in Imo State in her village in Ibekuta Ibeku Okwuato and was the 5th of the eight children of Mr Julius Bernard who sponsored her education through his public service job. She got admission into the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria where she studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2004. After the one year mandatory National Youth Service in Nigeria, Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike enrolled for a Masters program in Organic Chemistry at the Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture and completed her Master of Science degree in Organic Chemistry where she published two scientific articles in 2010[4][5]. In 2012, she moved to Finland and later got a Ph.D. admission at the University of Helsinki. In 2015 she presented her research work focusing on antimicrobial research at the European University Consortium for Pharmaceutical Sciences in Châtenay-Malabry, France[6] and also at the Congress of the Society for Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Research (GA) in Hungary [7] where she talked about thin-layer chromatography method optimization of a Piper guineense extract[8]

Career

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Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike joined the University of Helsinki, Finland as a doctoral researcher and defended her Ph.D. in 2019[9][10]. She has been conducting research on the bioactivity screening of medicinal plants against pathogenic bacterial strains of clinical importance and detailed characterisation studies of these novel antimicrobial substances to enhance antimicrobial drug discovery[11][12]. She has successfully found new antibacterial and antifungal compounds from natural sources to address the problem of antimicrobial resistant pathogens[13][14][15]. She has optimised and developed an analytical tool for the analysis of Piper plant extracts in search of new antimicrobial compounds[16]. She presented her work at the Nordic Natural Product Conference[17][18][19]and other international conferences in Pharmaceutical sciences[20]

Awards

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2021 Best paper award in Medicine and Pharmacology[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ^ "MDPI's 2021 Best Paper Awards in "Medicine & Pharmacology"—Winners Announced". www.mdpi.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  3. ^ "Finnish willow species (Salix spp.) as sources of novel antimicrobial extracts and compounds". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  4. ^ Njoku, Eunice Ego; Okwu, Donatus Ebere (2009). "Chemical Composition and in Vitro Antifungal Activity Screening of Seed and Leaf Extracts from Aframomum meleguata and Monodora myristica against Sclertium rolfsii of Cowpea Plant (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)" (PDF). Pest Technology. 3 (1): 58–62.
  5. ^ Njoku, Eunice Ego; Okwu, Donatus Ebere (2010). "Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid from Aframomum Meleguata". International Journal of Pharmtech Research. 2 (1): 910–913. ISSN 0974-4304.
  6. ^ "ULLA Summer School 2015". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  7. ^ "63rd International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  8. ^ Mgbeahuruike, E. E.; Vuorela, H.; Yrjönen, T. (November 2015). "Thin-layer chromatographic method optimization of a Piper guineense extract: comparison with published methods". Planta Medica. 81 (16): PW_238. doi:10.1055/s-0035-1565862. ISSN 0032-0943.
  9. ^ "DSpace". helda.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  10. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego (2019). Evaluation of the Medicinal Uses and Antimicrobial Activity of Piper guineense Schumach and Thonn. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. ISBN 978-951-51-5280-0.
  11. ^ "Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  12. ^ Mgbeahuruike, E.E.; Yrjönen, T.; Vuorela, H.; Holm, Y. (September 2017). "Bioactive compounds from medicinal plants: Focus on Piper species". South African Journal of Botany. 112: 54–69. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2017.05.007.
  13. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Holm, Yvonne; Vuorela, Heikki; Amandikwa, Chinyere; Fyhrquist, Pia (January 2019). "An ethnobotanical survey and antifungal activity of Piper guineense used for the treatment of fungal infections in West-African traditional medicine". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 229: 157–166. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2018.10.005. ISSN 0378-8741. PMID 30336302.
  14. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Fyhrquist, Pia; Vuorela, Heikki; Julkunen-Tiitto, Riitta; Holm, Yvonne (2018-11-09). "Alkaloid-Rich Crude Extracts, Fractions and Piperamide Alkaloids of Piper guineense Possess Promising Antibacterial Effects". Antibiotics. 7 (4): 98. doi:10.3390/antibiotics7040098. ISSN 2079-6382. PMC 6316075. PMID 30423994.
  15. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Stålnacke, Milla; Vuorela, Heikki; Holm, Yvonne (2019-05-04). "Antimicrobial and Synergistic Effects of Commercial Piperine and Piperlongumine in Combination with Conventional Antimicrobials". Antibiotics. 8 (2): 55. doi:10.3390/antibiotics8020055. ISSN 2079-6382. PMC 6627571. PMID 31060239.
  16. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Vuorela, Heikki; Yrjönen, Teijo; Holm, Yvonne (January 2018). "Optimization of Thin-layer Chromatography and High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Piper guineense Extracts". Natural Product Communications. 13 (1): 1934578X1801300. doi:10.1177/1934578X1801300109. ISSN 1934-578X.
  17. ^ "Nordic Natural Products Conference". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  18. ^ Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Salih, Enass; Prévost-Monteiro, Stella; Julkunen-Tiitto, Riitta; Fyhrquist, Pia Johanna (2023-06-14). "Antibacterial Effects of Twig Extracts of Salix Aurita, Salix Caprea and Salix Pyrolifolia Growing Naturally in Finland". NNPC2023 – Nordic Natural Products Conference 2023: 54.
  19. ^ Salih, Enass; Mgbeahuruike, Eunice Ego; Prévost-Monteiro, Stella; Sipari, Nina; Fyhrquist, Pia Johanna (2023-06-14). "Phytochemistry, antibacterial activity and antioxidant effects of polar extracts of Salix starkeana, S. pendulina, S. myrsinifolia and S. phylicifolia extracts: Nordic Natural Products Conference (NNPC2023)". NNPC2023 – Nordic Natural Products Conference 2023: 1.
  20. ^ Stålnacke, M; Mgbeahuruike, E; Holm, Y (December 2019). "Combination effects of essential oils with antimicrobials". 67th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) in cooperation with the French Society of Pharmacognosy AFERP. Vol. 85. pp. P–292. doi:10.1055/s-0039-3400018.
  21. ^ "MDPI's 2021 Best Paper Awards in "Medicine & Pharmacology"—Winners Announced". www.mdpi.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
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