Dr YAT Ngandjui

Qualifications

• Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.
• M.Eng. (Sanitary and Environmental Engineering), International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Burkina Faso.
• M. Sc (Organic Chemistry) University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.
• BSc (Chemistry) University of Yaounde I, Cameroon.

Fields of academic interests

• Natural Product Isolation and Drug Discovery
• Secondary Metabolites and Structure Elucidation
• Phytochemical Analysis
• NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
• Analytical Characterization

Field of Specialisation

• Natural Products Chemistry
• Ethnobotany
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
• Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• Chemical Ecology
• Environmental Engineering

Paper presentations

1. Branly-Natalien Nguena-Dongue, Joseph Tchamgoue, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Paul K. Lunga, Kouipou R. M. Toghueo, Menkem E. Zeuko’o, Yanick K. D. Melogmo, Jean-Claude Tchouankeu, Simeon F. Kouam, Boyom F. Fekam. Potentiation effect of mallotojaponin B on chloramphenicol and mode of action of combinations against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS ONE 2023, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282008.
2. Joseph Tchamgoue, Amelework N. Eyado, Boniface P. Kamdem, Yvan A. T. Ngandjui, Jean-Claude Tchouankeu, Simeon F. Kouam, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen. In vivo antiplasmodial properties of fractions and flavonoids of Pseudarthria hooheri Wight & Arn. (Fabaceae). Natural Resources for Human Health 2022, 1 – 9.
3. Christian Wanda, Ebenezer K. Soh, Guy V.W. Djumyom, Wilfried A.L. Nzouebet, Pierre Nbendah, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Louis Zapfack, Ives M. Kengne. Quantification and characterization of faecal sludge from on-site sanitation systems prior the design of a treatment plant in Bangangte, West Region of Cameroon. Environmental Challenges 2021, 5, 100236.
4. Mireille F. Kemgni, Laurice B.N. Chenda, Joseph Tchamgoue, Patrice T. Kenfack, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Steven C. N. Wouamba, Gesquière L.M. Tiani, Ivan R. Green, Simeon F. Kouam. Greenwaylactams A, B and C, the First Group of Sesquiterpene Alkaloids with an Eight-Membered Lactam Ring from Greenwayodendron oliveri. Chemistry Select 2021, 6, 1705 –1709.
5. Eric D.G. Nguimkeng, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Godswill Ntsomboh Ntsefong, Thiruvengadam Muthu, Ana-Maria Gheldiu, Ramona Paltinean, Cristina C. Gianina, Laurian Vlase, Shariati M. Ali, Tokhtarov Zhaiyk, Emmanuel Youmbi. Secondary metabolite contents and antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts reveal genetic variability of Vernonia amygdalina and Vernonia calvoana morphotypes. Biotechnol Appl Biochem. 2020, DOI: 10.1002/bab.2017.
6. Guy P. M. Kemayou, Gervais M. Happi, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Jean-Claude Tchouankeu, Norbert Sewald, Muhammad S. Ali, Simeon F. Kouam. Senegalin, a new phenylpropanoid and other secondary metabolites from the stem bark of Ekebergia senegalensis A. Juss. (Meliaceae). Natural Products Research 2020, doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2020.1729151.
7. Yvan A. T. Ngandjui, Joseph Tchamgoue, Paul K. Lunga, Janosch Knepper, Ramona Paltinean, Kerstin Ibrom, Gianina Crișan, Simeon F. Kouam, Muhammad S. Ali, Stefan Schulz. Antibacterial phloroglucinols derivatives from the leaves of Mallotus oppositifolius (Geisler) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae). Fitoterapia 2020, 142, 104527.
8. Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Guy V.W. Djumyom, Christian Wanda, Ebenezer K. Soh, Ives M. Kengne, Simeon F. Kouam. Use of Moringa oleifera seed extracts to polish effluents from natural systems treating faecal sludge. Environmental Technology 2018, 40, 2018-2026.
9. Lazare S. Sidjui, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Sidhu Radhakrishnan, Perumar Karthiga, Rufin M. K. Toghueo, Louis C. N. Famen, Paul Djomgoué, Gurumasy Annadurai, Gabriel N. Folefoc. Chemical constituents of root from Leplaea mayombensis (Meliaceae) and in vitro preliminary antimicrobial activity. Journal of Applied and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015, 16, 27816-27823.
10. Emmanuel N. Nnanga, Yves T. Omgba, Salomon A. Ngué, C. Mbakop, Lazare S. Sidjui, Louis C. N. Famen, Yvan A.T. Ngandjui, Rufin M. K. Toghueo, Yves O. D. Nganso, Emmanuel A.M. Mpondo. Preliminary antimicrobial and antioxydant activities of extracts of Pseudospondias microcarpa. International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 2015, 3, 1-10.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Africa, Florida Campus
• Welcome to Africa – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) fellowship
• Eugen Ionescu – Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) fellowship
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) fellowship
• The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) fellowship

Projects

• Endophyte and Plant Natural Products
• Marine Science Research

Other

Research gate: Yvan Anderson Ngandjui Tchangoue (researchgate.net)

ORCHID link:  https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-8595-2649