Hussein Oyelola Bukoye Oloyede is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Ph.D. from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He joined University of Ilorin, in 1977 as a Graduate Assistant and became Professor in 1995. He was the Pioneer Vice-Chancellor at Fountain University, Osogbo, and Summit University, Offa.
His research is on Food and Nutritional Biochemistry, Antioxidants, Phytomedicine and Invertebrate Biochemistry. He established that food preservatives can cause cellular damage by oxidation. He also justified, with scientific evidence the folkloric claim and mode of action of medicinal plants like Dioscreophyllus cumminsill, Bligha sapida and Carica papaya in the management of diabetes and ulcer that are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria; attributing their action to the polyphenolic constituents. Oloyede and his colleagues showed that quercetin and catechins in Adansonia digitata ameliorated γ-irradiation-induced hepatotoxicity in rats, and that unroasted geminated sorghum-based diet improved nutritional performance and antioxidant status of weanling rats better than the roasted. Oloyede and his colleagues produced cheaper and more sensitive alternative to LAL kit for in vitro detection of endotoxins in intravenous fluids.
He has a total of 180 publications, Google Scholar Citation and h-index of 2,645, and 25 respectively. He was a recipient of Commonwealth Academic Award for Ph.D. Degree in the Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, TETFUND grants and Special National Merit Award by the National Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria for the actualization of Summit University. He has supervised 47 Dissertations and 24 Theses with 12 of them now Professors and one currently a Vice-Chancellor.
Professor Oloyede, a one-time Dean of Science is a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nigerian Society of Experimental Biology and Science Association of Nigeria.