Samson Adeyemi

University of the Witwatersrand | wits · Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Cancer has been described as one of the major and leading causes of death worldwide. By the year 2030, it has been postulated that over 21.4 million new cases of cancer could be expected, 17 million cancer deaths yearly and a total of 75 million people will be living with cancer within five years of diagnosis. Chemotherapy is the main therapeutic i...

The design of targeted antiangiogenic nanovectors for the delivery of anticancer drugs presents a viable approach for effective management of nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Herein, we report on the fabrication of a targeted delivery nanosystem for paclitaxel (PTX) functionalized with a short antimatrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) CTT peptide...

Wounds are usually accompanied by complications such as excessive bleeding and bacteria invasion. The design of wound dressings that rapidly stop excessive bleeding and inhibit bacterial invasion, is crucial to promoting accelerated wound healing. To meet the abovementioned requirements in wound dressings, topical gels were prepared from sodium alg...

The optimal treatment of diabetes (in particular, type 1 diabetes—T1D) remains a challenge. Closed-loop systems (implants/inserts) provide significant advantages for glucose responsivity and providing real-time sustained release of rapid-acting insulin. Concanavalin A (ConA), a glucose affinity agent, has been used to design closed-loop insulin del...

Polymer-based sponges loaded with antibacterial agents are potential wound dressings ideal for treating bacteria-infected wounds. Gelatin/poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) sponge-based wound dressings loaded with metronidazole and Ag nanoparticles with different degrees of cross-linking were prepared, and their capability to treat infected wounds in vit...

A design has been established for the surface decoration of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor peptide, HRH, to formulate a targeted paclitaxel (PTX) delivery nanosystem with notable tumor targetability and antiangiogenic activity. The design methodology included (i) tandem surface funct...

Wound management is a key feature in saving people’s lives, and regardless of the wound size, using appropriate wound dressing is crucial. Alginate-based topical gels loaded with 2 mL essential oils (eucalyptus, lavender and rosemary oil) in combination with 30 mg magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and 70 mg tranexamic acid were prepared. Carbopol was...

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) are used extensively to achieve site-specific drug delivery with improved bioavailability and reduced toxicity. This work focused on a new approach to provide site-specific stimuli-responsive delivery of SLNs loaded within thermo-sonic nano-organogel (TNO) variants to deliver the model chemotherapeutic agent 5-FU in...

Aim: Essential oils are promising antibacterial and wound-healing agents that should be explored for the design of wound dressings. Materials & methods: Topical gels prepared from a combination of carboxymethyl cellulose and poloxamer were incorporated with tea tree and lavender oil together with Ag nanoparticles. In vitro release, cytotoxicity, an...

The treatment of infected wounds in patients with highly sensitive skin is challenging. Some of the available wound dressings cause further skin tear and bleeding upon removal thereby hindering the healing process. In this study, dissolvable antibacterial wound dressing patches loaded with cephalexin monohydrate were prepared from different amounts...

The use of biomass for the development of environmentally friendly and industrially useful materials is still attracting global interest. Herein, cellulose nanocrystals were prepared from Siam weed. The production steps involved dewaxing the biomass sample, bleaching treatment, alkali treatment and acid hydrolysis. The resulting cellulose nanocryst...

Jaspamide (jasplakinolide; NSC-613009) is a cytotoxic cyclic polypeptide that was initially isolated from the sponge Jaspis cf. Johnston. It displayed anti-tumor, anti-fungal and insecticidal activities, among others. Herein, an LC-MS/MS...

A series of new 1,2,4-triazolo-linked bis-indolyl conjugates (15a–r) were prepared by multistep synthesis and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against various human cancer cell lines. It was observed that they were more susceptible to colon and breast cancer cells. Conjugates 15o (IC50 = 2.04 μM) and 15r (IC50 = 0.85 μM) illustrated promising...

Background Currently, the treatment protocols for tuberculosis (TB) have several challenges such as inconsistent oral bioavailability, dose-related adverse effects, and off-target drug toxicity. Methods This research reports design and characterization of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) loaded hybrid lipid-polysaccharide nanoparticles using t...

There is significant interest in using stem cells in the management of cutaneous wounds. However, potential safety, efficacy, and cost problems associated with whole-cell transplantation hinder their clinical application. Secretome, a collective of mesenchymal stem-cell-stored paracrine factors, and immunomodulatory cytokines offer therapeutic pote...

Water-soluble polysaccharides have unique properties and have found wide application in the design of advanced drug-delivery systems and the biofabrication of tissue engineered scaffolds in regenerative medicine. This patent review provides a concise incursion into the mechanisms that define the key properties of water-soluble polysaccharides that...

The application of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) as a nanomedicine for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) can provide effective delivery of anticancer drugs with minimal side-effects. SPIONs have the flexibility to be modified to achieve enhanced loading of hydrophobic anticancer drugs such as paclitaxel (PTX). The purpose...

Introduction: Many chronic diseases have evolved and to circumvent the limitations of using conventional drug therapies, smart cell encapsulating delivery systems have been explored to customize the treatment with alignment to disease longevity. Cell therapeutics has advanced in tandem with improvements in biomaterials that can suitably deliver th...

This work investigated the use of LyP-1 as a homing peptide for p32 receptor targeting on the surface of an endostatin (ENT)-loaded chitosan-grafted nanosystem intended for intracellular delivery of ENT and mitochondrial targeting in a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cell line (KYSE-30) model. The angiogenic factors for VEGF-C and MMP2 were assessed...

The toxicity of existing anticancer agents on healthy cells and the emergence of multidrug-resistance cancer cells have led to the search for less toxic anticancer agents with different mechanisms of action. In this study, a novel class of ferrocenylbisphosphonate hybrid compounds (H1-H8) were designed and characterized using NMR, IR and HRMS. The...

In recent times, the development of novel, smart, and intelligent nanomaterials has improved drastically due to advances in nanotechnology and nanoscience but not without possible deleterious threats to health and environment. Moreover, the need to produce eco‐friendly safe processes for the fabrication of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles has re...

The combination of dopamine with anticancer drugs can result in enhanced anticancer activity. Polymer-drug conjugates (PDCs) containing anticancer drugs, such as platinum-based drugs, and doxorubicin together with dopamine were prepared. PDCs were characterized followed by in vitro cytotoxicity studies using pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell lines. The...

Bacterial infections, malaria and cancer are causes of high death rates. Most of the drugs used to combat these diseases suffer from drug resistance, poor absorption and bioavailability and toxic side effects. Cholesterol is a sterol abundantly found in the human body and forms part of the structure and organisation of cell membranes. It is readily...

There are growing appeals for the design of efficacious treatment options for non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) as it accrues to ∼ 85% cases of lung cancer. Although platinum-based doublet chemotherapy has been the main therapeutic intervention in NSCLC management, this leads to myriad of problems including intolerability to the doublet regimen...

Three Dimensional Printing (3DP) technology has evolved as an emerging technique with huge potential having a promising impact on the production of pharmaceuticals using simple and rapid strategies for product fabrication. The applications of 3DP have found an amazing and incredible approach in drug delivery field including space pharmaceuticals. T...

This study aims to design and synthesize Endostatin (ENT)-loaded nanoparticles using Folic acid (FA) as a driver for targeted anti-proliferative chemotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC). An ionic gelation method was employed to formulate FA-decorated, ENT-loaded nanoparticles, which were tested in vitro on KYSE-30 cells using unbia...

Cancer as a noncommunicable disease remains the major cause of death globally. A major drawback for cancer therapeutics is the lack of specific delivery to disease sites which in turn accounts for adverse effects on healthy cells. Incorporation into nanoparticle (NP) and subsequent surface functionalization remain a preferred strategy to circumvent...

The aim of this study is to effectively enhance antitumor activities of endostatin by preparing polymeric nanocarriers. NMR and FT-IR spectra confirmed the successful grafting of the CHT-g-PEI and CHT-g-PEI-PEG-NH 2 conjugates. SEM micrographs confirmed the shape of endostatin-loaded nanoparticles to be spherical while both TEM and zeta size result...

The purpose of this study was to design and characterize Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)-loaded chitosan (CHT)-based nanoparticles for the potential delivery of therapeutic proteins. Tripolyphosphate (TPP) was used as a polyanionic agent to synthesize the nanosystem that was characterized for its structural integrity, functional modification, particle s...

Nutrients availability of cultivated soils in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa is generally low, and recognizing that manure application has been one of the most effective methods to improve soil fertility and crop yield in tropical African countries, we assessed the effect of manure application on the leaf crude protein content of six cowpe...