FORTUNATUS THADEO SUNGHWA

Principal lab scientist 1, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

1997 - 2001: Ph.D-(Carbohydrate Chemistry), Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2006-2008: Postdoc Research Fellow at Gifu University, Japan. 1994 - 1996: M.Sc-(Natural Product Chemistry), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1991 - 1994: B

Publications:

Nelson E. Masota , Matobola Mihale, Joseph Sempombe , Leonia Henry , Veronica Mugoyela , Fortunatus Sunghwa. Pesticidal Activity of Wild Mushroom Amanita muscaria (L) Extracts against Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Stored Maize Grains. Journal of Food Security 5 (2).  2017, 26-32.

Nelson E. Masota, Matobola Mihale, Joseph Sempombe, Leonia Henry, Veronica Mugoyela, Fortunatus Sunghwa. Pesticidal Activity of Wild Mushroom Cantharellus cibarius (FR) Extracts against Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Stored Maize Grains Journal of Food Security 5 (1) 2017, 13-18

M. Qwarse , J. Sempombe , M.J. Mihale , L. Henry , V. Mugoyela and F. Sunghwa.  Cytotoxicity, antibacterial and antifungal activities of five plant species used by agro-pastoral communities in Mbulu district, Tanzania. IJRPC 2017, 7 (1), 1-14.

M. Qwarse , J. Sempombe , M.J. Mihale , L. Henry , V. Mugoyela and F. Sunghwa.  Pesticidal Activity of Phytolacca Dodecandra Extracts against Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Curculionidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Tenebrionidae) Storage Pests in Maize.  Journal of Food Security, 2016,

4 ( 6), 147-155

Malebo, H. M., Kihampa, C., Mgina, C. A., Sunghwa, F., Waibel, R., Jonker, S. A., Nkunya, M. H. H. Antifungal Enantiomeric Styrylpyrones from Sanrafaelia ruffonammari and Ophrypetalum odoratum. Nat Prod Bioprospect. 4 (2), 129-133, 2014.

Takeda, Y., Tanigawa, N. Sunghwa, F. Ninomiya, M., Hagiwara, M., Matsushita, K., Koketsu, M. Morroniside cinnamic acid conjugate as an anti-inflammatory agent. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 20, 4855-4857, 2010.

Sunghwa, F, and Koketsu, M. Phenolic and bis-iridoid glycosides from Strychnos cocculoides. Natural Product Research 23(15)1408-1415, 2009.

Sunghwa, F, Hiroaki, H., Ikuo, S., and Koketsu, M. Iodine-catalyzed Etherification of Morroniside. Chem. Pharm. Bull, 57(1), 112-115, 2009.

 Sunghwa, F., Axel, S., Henk, R., Zwanenburg, B., and Chittenden, J. F. G. Synthesis of 2(R), 3-dihydroxypropyl and 2(R), 3(R)-dihydroxybutyl -D-fructopyranosides and some derivatives. Carbohydrate Research, 341, 846-854, 2006.