Full Member
Rosie McNeil
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
American Association of Anatomists -AAA
Anatomical society of Southern Africa-ASSA
American Association of clinical Anatomists- AACA
Neuroscience Society of Nigeria
Degrees:
2018
Doctorate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
• Human Developmental Anatomy
• Molecular oncology
• Phytomedicine
1999
Master Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
Among the Rukuba tribe in Bassa local government area of Plateau State in Nigeria, the use of castor seed for contraception ancient and widespread (Okwuasaba et al., 1991 1997, Osunkwo et al., 1988). In 1990, this property of castor seeds was thrown into limelight when a female traditional doctor (Hazija), communicated that 2-3 seeds protect the female from conception for a whole year (Okwuasaba et al., 1995; Kabele-Toge and Igwilo, 1997). This information has led to an enormous amount of research work on the seed between 1990 till date. Prior to this, most work done on castor seed has been from the aspect of toxicity. More interestingly, some other researchers have reported on the antifertility property of the seed, (Garg 1970, Dolfallah and Al-Mutairy, 1994; Al-Tahan, 1994.) Furthermore, 10 women volunteers, oral administration of 3 seeds prevented contraception for 12 months with no sign of toxicity (Okwuasaba et al., 1995). Expected signs of toxicity include; nausea and vomiting, weight gain and raised blood pressure as is found with conventional contraceptives which means the seed extract has both hormonal properties and a direct effect on the female reproductive system.
Thus the aim of the study was to ascertain the effect of the extract of the minor seed variety of ricinus communis on femaile fertility and evaluate its embryotoxic effect.
1986
Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Publications resulting from Research
ROSIE THECLA MCNEIL, MARGOT JILL HOSIE AND CLEMENT BRIAN PENNY (2017). Developmental angiogenesis: expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the developing avian lung. Int J Res Med and Health Sci 13(1): 1 -7
ROSIE T MCNEIL, CLEMENT B PENNY, AND MARGOT J HOSIE (2017). Antiretroviral therapy and HIV-associated cancers: anti-angiogenic effect of Efavirenz on chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). Trop J Pharm Res 16 (11): 2741-2747
Rosie Thecla McNeil, Margot Jill Hosie and Clement Brian Penny (2017). Perineural angiogenesis: expression of Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the developing spinal cord. FASEB Abstract 2016
Rosie Thecla McNeil, Margot Jill Hosie and Clement Brian Penny (2017). Developmental angiogenesis: expression of Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the developing kidney. FASEB Abstract 2017
ROSIE T MCNEIL, CLEMENT B PENNY, AND MARGOT J HOSIE (2017). Antiretroviral therapy and HIV-associated cancers: anti-angiogenic effect of Efavirenz on chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM). Trop J Pharm Res 16 (11): 2741-2747
Rosie Thecla McNeil, Margot Jill Hosie and Clement Brian Penny (2017). Perineural angiogenesis: expression of Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the developing spinal cord. FASEB Abstract 2016
Rosie Thecla McNeil, Margot Jill Hosie and Clement Brian Penny (2017). Developmental angiogenesis: expression of Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the developing kidney. FASEB Abstract 2017
“Cancer Free World – Possible or Not”
2025
London“3rd Edition of International Cancer Conference” (ICC 2019) in September 23-25, 2019 at London.
2025
London