Adenike Kuku

Obafemi Awolowo University

Publishing since 2004, latest 2025

Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Immunology
Food Science
Biochemistry
Insect Science

Publications: 412004–2025
Citations: 485to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 0.831.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%3 of 41 scored papers
Open access: 83%34 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

41 in all

Partial purification, characterization and immobilization of polyphenol oxidase from bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina Delile.)
2025Discover Chemistry.JournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1007/s44371-025-00294-w
Neem-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization and Biological Applications against Mosquito Larvae and Pathogenic Bacteria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Molecular Biology2254%
Plant Science1741%
Immunology922%
Food Science512%
Biochemistry410%
Insect Science410%
Nutrition and Dietetics410%
Pharmacology410%
Aquatic Science37%
Biotechnology37%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research7
Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides7
Moringa oleifera research and applications5
Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins5
Cassava research and cyanide4
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth3
Insect Pest Control Strategies3
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis3
Phytase and its Applications3
Proteins in Food Systems3
Sulfur Compounds in Biology3
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

7% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Italy2
Slovenia1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kings UniversityNG10 papers
Afe Babalola UniversityNG9 papers
Oduduwa UniversityNG5 papers
Adekunle Ajasin UniversityNG4 papers
Ekiti State UniversityNG3 papers
Osun State UniversityNG3 papers
Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG2 papers
Agricultural institute of SloveniaSI1 paper
Florida Atlantic UniversityUS1 paper
University of PaviaIT1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences3
PubMed2
Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry Reviews2
Acta Biologica Szegediensis1
African Journal of Agricultural Research1
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger7
14Life below water6
3Good health and well-being5
6Clean water and sanitation5
15Life on land3
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Efficacy of a natural coagulant protein from Moringa oleifera (Lam) seeds in treatment of Opa reservoir water, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Heliyon6
202086 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Expression of bilitranslocase in the vascular endothelium and its function as a flavonoid transporter
Cardiovascular Research2
200968 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry

Host Defense Peptides: Exploiting an Innate Immune Component Against Infectious Diseases and Cancer

2024International Journal of Peptide Research and TherapeuticsJournalSenior author4 citations10.1007/s10989-024-10655-1

Functional Bioactivities of Soluble Seed Proteins from Two Leguminous Seeds

2023Preventive Nutrition and Food ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding6 citations10.3746/pnf.2023.28.2.160

Efficacy of selected Nigerian tropical plants in the treatment of COVID-19: in silico and in vitro investigations

2022Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding7 citations10.1007/s11356-022-22025-9

Antinociceptive effects of Treculia africana decne (african breadfruit) seed lectin in Wistar rats

2022ScienceRise Pharmaceutical ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.15587/2519-4852.2022.270312

Physicochemical, enzymatic and molecular characterisation of the storage protein of aerial tuber, Dioscorea bulbifera Linn.

2020Journal of Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding5 citations10.1186/s43141-020-00040-y

Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of Tetracarpidium conophorum seed lectin

2019Scientific AfricanJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding27 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00073

In vitro anthelmintic and antioxidant activities of the leaf extracts of Theobroma cacao L.

2019AIMS Agriculture and FoodJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding9 citations10.3934/agrfood.2019.3.568

Anti-insect potential of a lectin from the tuber, Dioscorea mangenotiana towards Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2016Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access5 citations10.5897/jabsd2015.0249

ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IMMUNOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON FIBROUS PROTEINS FROM COWRY SHELL (CYPRAEA MONETA, LINNAEUS)

2016African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative MedicinesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.21010/ajtcam.v14i1.12

Processing of fluted pumpkin seeds, Telfairia occidentalis (hook f) as it affects growth performance and nutrient metabolism in rats

2014African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author24 citations10.18697/ajfand.65.13210

Comparative Study of Thiaminase in Headfoot and Hepatopancreas of Limicolaria flammea (Müller, 1774)

2012International Journal of Biochemistry Research & ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.9734/ijbcrr/2012/1087

The purification and some properties of rhodanese from tortoise (Kinixys erosa, Schweigger) liver

2010International Journal of Biological and Chemical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4314/ijbcs.v3i5.51053

Isolation and kinetic properties of soldier termite (Amitermes silvestrianus Light, 1930) rhodanese

2010International Journal of Biological and Chemical SciencesJournalOpen access5 citations10.4314/ijbcs.v4i2.58105

Comparison of the amino acid sequences of lectins from the seeds of Dioclea reflexa and Canavalia ensiformis

2008International Journal of Biological and Chemical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/ijbcs.v1i3.39706

African Journal of Food Science1

African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Diamond 17 · 41%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 41 papers name a funder

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics1
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit1
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS1
National Comprehensive Cancer Network1
TU Graz, Internationale Beziehungen und Mobilitätsprogramme1
Univerza v Ljubljani1