Contact Details    

brian.beseni@nust.ac.zw

Courses being Taught    

Plant physiology, Environmental Science, Advanced Cell Biology, Advanced Metabolisms and Molecular Physiology.

Education including Awards and Honours    

PhD Biochemistry(UKZN)

MSc Biochemistry(UL)

BSc(Hons) Biochemistry(UL)

BSc Biochemistry and Botany (UL),

Work History (Public/Private Sectors)    

Lecturer (Present)
National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.
- Science Application’s Manager
Mater Pluviam Holdings, South Africa.

International Work Experience    

Science Application’s Manager
Mater Pluviam Holdings, South Africa.

Research Interests    

Cancer, Type II Diabetes, Molecular docking, Network Pharmacology, Metabolomics, Inflammation, Nutraceuticals and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Research Groups/Consortia    

Publications, Research Projects, Exhibitions, Conferences, etc.    2017. Defatting of acetone leaf extract of Acacia karroo (Hayne) enhances its hypoglycaemic potential. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 17, pp.1-11.

 2017. Antioxidant, antiglycation, and hypoglycaemic effect of Seriphium plumosum crude plant extracts. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1, p.6453567. 

2019. Potential antiglycation and hypoglycaemic effects of Toona ciliata M. Roem. and Schkuhria pinnata Lam. Thell. crude extracts in differentiated C2C12 cells. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1, p.5406862. 

2020. Sequential extracts of red honeybush (Cyclopia genistoides) tea: Chemical characterization, antioxidant potentials, and anti‐hyperglycemic activities. Journal of Food Biochemistry, 44(11), p.e13478. 

2021. Cola nitida infusion modulates cardiometabolic activities linked to cardiomyopathy in diabetic rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 154, p.112335. 

2022. Harpephyllum caffrum stimulates glucose uptake, abates redox imbalance and modulates purinergic and glucogenic enzyme activities in oxidative hepatic injury. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 12(1), pp.9-19. 

2022. Rhus longipes (Engl.) infusions improve glucose metabolism and mitigate oxidative biomarkers in ferrous sulfate-induced renal injury. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 12(11), pp.453-465. 

2022. The antioxidant and antidiabetic potentials of polyphenolic-rich extracts of Cyperus rotundus (Linn.). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 40(22), pp.12075-12087. 

2024. An in vitro and in silico study of the antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of Nauclea latifolia fruit. Scientific African, 26, p.e02340