Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Person

Dr Elizabeth Ojewole

Telephone

 +27 (0)31 260 7937

Email

ojewolee@ukzn.ac.za  

Campus

Westville

Designation

Lecturer

Research Interests

1. Clinical pharmaceutics and advanced drug delivery systems

2. Transmucosal permeability and histomorphological evaluation
3. Adherence of Patients and Healthcare Practitioners towards the use of medicines and modified release dosage forms

List of Publications

1. E. Ojewole, I. Mackraj, P Naidoo, T Govender, Exploring the use of novel drug delivery systems for antiretroviral drugs, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. (2008) 70: 690 – 710         [Paper listed in the top 20 articles in the Domain of Article 18720133, since publication]
2. T. Govender, E. Ojewole, I. Mackraj, P. Naidoo, Polymeric nanoparticles for enhancing antiretroviral drug therapy. Drug Delivery (2008) 15: 493 – 501   [Paper listed in the top 20 articles in the Domain of Article 18720133, since publication]
3. E Ojewole, E Jones, Z Madida, Z Mohajane, M Nkukhu, M Somtsewu, I Mackraj, TGovender. Preparation and Evaluation of mucoadhesive polymeric films for buccal delivery of anti-HIV-AIDS drug (didanosine), Journal of Pharmacy and Pharamcology (2009) 61: A35-A35 (Peer reviewed published abstract in ISI international journal [Accredited Journal database)
4. E Ojewole, I Mackraj, K Akhundov, J Hamman, A Viljoen, T Govender. Exploring the effect of Aloe vera gel on the buccal permeability of didanosine: Permeability and Histomorphological studies, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharamcology (2009) 61: A34-A35 (Peer reviewed published abstract in ISI international journal [Accredited Journal database)
5. E Ojewole, I Mackraj, K Akhundov J Hamman, A Viljoen, J Wesley-Smith, T Govender. Buccal Permeability Enhancement of Didanosine using Aloe Vera Gel: Histological and Microscopical Evaluations. Conference proceedings of  the Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, (MSSA 2009)
6. E Ojewole, I Mackraj, K Akhundov J Hamman, A Viljoen, E Olivier J Wesley-Smith and T Govender. Investigating the effect of Aloe vera gel on the buccal permeability of didanosine. Planta Medica 2012; 78(4): 354-361
7. Rambharose, S., Ojewole, E., Mackraj, I., Govender, T., Comparative buccalpermeability enhancement of didanosine and tenofovir by potential multifunc-tional polymeric excipients and their effects on porcine buccal histology Pharm. Dev. Technol., 2013;http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10837450.2012.752505

1. Jones E, Ojewole E, Pillay V, Kumar P, Rambharose S, Govender T. Monolayered multipolymericbuccal films with drug and polymers of opposing solubilities for ARV therapy: Physico-mechanical evaluation and molecular mechanics modelling. Int J Pharm 2013; 455: 197-212