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Okezie I. Aruoma

Okezie I. Aruoma

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Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
40426
World Ranking
2124
National Ranking
769

Overview

Okezie I. Aruoma is affiliated with Touro College in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics covered by Okezie I. Aruoma include:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Disaster Response and Management

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Aruoma are:

  • Harry G. Preuss
  • Debasis Bagchi
  • Gilbert R. Kaats
  • Nate Mrvichin
  • Theeshan Bahorun

Aruoma's publications have appeared regularly in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Biopharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Global Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Update
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition
  • Journal of the American Nutrition Association

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Okezie I. Aruoma include:

  • The double trouble: COVID-19 associated mucormycosis a focused review and future perspectives (2021), Global Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Update
  • Suggestions for Combatting COVID-19 by Natural Means in the Absence of Standard Medical Regimens (2020), Journal of the American College of Nutrition
  • Interplay Between Insulin Resistance and Body Fat Mass in Evolution of Perturbations Linked to the Metabolic Syndrome in Non-Diabetics: Emphasis on Inflammatory Factors (2020), Journal of the American College of Nutrition
  • Exploration of the Potential of Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity for the Development of Local Nutraceutical Products: A Case for Mauritius (2021), American Journal of Biopharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Vitamin D and Wellbeing beyond Infections: COVID-19 and Future Pandemics (2020), Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • The deoxyribose method: a simple "test-tube" assay for determination of rate constants for reactions of hydroxyl radicals.

    Barry Halliwell;John M.C. Gutteridge;Okezie I. Aruoma

  • Free radicals, oxidative stress, and antioxidants in human health and disease

    Okezie I. Aruoma

  • The antioxidant action of N-acetylcysteine: its reaction with hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, superoxide, and hypochlorous acid.

    Okezie I. Aruoma;Barry Halliwell;Brigid M. Hoey;John Butler

  • DNA damage by oxygen-derived species Its mechanism and measurement in mammalian systems

    Barry Halliwell;Okezie I. Aruoma

  • Phenolics as potential antioxidant therapeutic agents: mechanism and actions.

    M.A. Soobrattee;V.S. Neergheen;A. Luximon-Ramma;O.I. Aruoma

  • The characterization of antioxidants

    B. Halliwell;R. Aeschbach;J. Löliger;O.I. Aruoma

  • Antioxidant actions of thymol, carvacrol, 6-gingerol, zingerone and hydroxytyrosol

    R Aeschbach;J Löliger;B C Scott;A Murcia

  • Methodological considerations for characterizing potential antioxidant actions of bioactive components in plant foods.

    Okezie I. Aruoma

  • Free radicals and antioxidants in food and in vivo: What they do and how they work

    B Halliwell;M A Murcia;S Chirico;O I Aruoma

  • Nutrition and health aspects of free radicals and antioxidants

    O.I. Aruoma

  • Marked reduction of free radical generation and contractile dysfunction by antioxidant therapy begun at the time of reperfusion. Evidence that myocardial "stunning" is a manifestation of reperfusion injury.

    R Bolli;M O Jeroudi;B S Patel;O I Aruoma

  • The antioxidant action of taurine, hypotaurine and their metabolic precursors.

    O I Aruoma;B Halliwell;Brigid M Hoey;John Butler

  • Antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties of active rosemary constituents: carnosol and carnosic acid

    O. I. Aruoma;B. Halliwell;R. Aeschbach;J. Löligers

  • Antioxidant activities of phenolic, proanthocyanidin, and flavonoid components in extracts of Cassia fistula.

    Amitabye Luximon-Ramma;Theeshan Bahorun;Mohammed A. Soobrattee;Okezie I. Aruoma

  • Total phenol, flavonoid, proanthocyanidin and vitamin C levels and antioxidant activities of Mauritian vegetables

    Theeshan Bahorun;Amitabye Luximon-Ramma;Alan Crozier;Okezie I Aruoma

  • Copper-ion-dependent damage to the bases in DNA in the presence of hydrogen peroxide.

    O I Aruoma;B Halliwell;E Gajewski;M Dizdaroglu

  • Stimulation of lipid peroxidation and hydroxyl-radical generation by the contents of human atherosclerotic lesions.

    C Smith;M J Mitchinson;O I Aruoma;B Halliwell

  • Evaluation of the antioxidant and prooxidant actions of gallic acid and its derivatives

    Okezie I. Aruoma;Antonia. Murcia;John. Butler;Barry. Halliwell

  • Neuroprotective properties of the natural phenolic antioxidants curcumin and naringenin but not quercetin and fisetin in a 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease

    Virginia Zbarsky;Krishna P Datla;Shabnam Parkar;Deepal K Rai

  • Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of melatonin in vitro

    Karyn Ann Marshall;Russel J. Reiter;Burkhard Poeggeler;Okezie I. Aruoma

  • Iron ion-dependent modification of bases in DNA by the superoxide radical-generating system hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase.

    O I Aruoma;B Halliwell;M Dizdaroglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Halliwell
Barry Halliwell National University of Singapore
Jeremy P. E. Spencer
Jeremy P. E. Spencer University of Reading
Carroll E. Cross
Carroll E. Cross University of California, Davis
Miral Dizdaroglu
Miral Dizdaroglu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kyung-Sun Kang
Kyung-Sun Kang Seoul National University
Gary Williamson
Gary Williamson Monash University
Reen Wu
Reen Wu University of California, Davis
Lucia Migliore
Lucia Migliore University of Pisa
Mi-Kyung Sung
Mi-Kyung Sung Sookmyung Women's University
Alan Crozier
Alan Crozier University of Glasgow

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