Short Biography

Anywar Godwin holds a PhD as a CARTA/DAAD fellow from Makerere University which he partly pursued at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, and the Institute for Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany and. He is a lecturer at Makerere University and a fellow of the: Global Young Academy, African Studies Association, Africa Science Leadership Programme and Uganda National Academy of Sciences. He is a member of several professional bodies, and winner of several international and local awards. He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals and has published over 100 papers. He is also a Research Associate at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany in the Ethnopharmacology and Zoopharmacognosy Research Group, the vice president of the Natural Products Network for Eastern & Central Africa, Uganda Chapter (NAPRECA) & the Vice President of the Uganda Textbook Academic & Non-Fiction Authors Association (UTANA). ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-1832
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Education Background

PhD

MSc

PgDPPM

BSc

Publications

1. Malugge, A., Kakudidi, E. K., & Anywar, G. (2025). Medicinal plants traditionally used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in Uganda. Vegetos. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-025-01193-2
2. Akwongo, B., Kakudidi, E. K., Nsubuga, A. M., Andama, M., Namaganda, M., Tugume, P., Asiimwe, S., Anywar, G., & Katuura, E. (2025). Acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of the methanolic extract of Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C.DC in wistar rats: Tropical Medicine and Health IN PRESS
3. Adia, M. M., Asiimwe, S., Namukobe J., Mukwaya, J., Anywar, G., Kakudidi, E, K., & Byamukama, R. (2025). Medicinal plant species used for contraception and reproductive health care in rural Uganda. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41518
4. Muhumuza E. & Anywar G (2025) Beach Moonflower (Ipomoea violacea L. Convolvulaceae) In: Comprehensive Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants 1st Edition CRC Press eBook ISBN 9781003460336 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003460336-6/tabernanthe-iboga-baill-apocynaceae-emmanuel-muhumuza-godwin-anywar?context=ubx&refId=1193eaf4-bcf0-4199-8186-43c38bd60091
5. Anywar G, Ojelel S, Tugume P, Ssenku J, Kakudidi E (2025) Muhumuza, E., Anywar G (2025) Tabernanthe iboga Baill. Apocynaceae In: Comprehensive Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants 1st Edition CRC Press eBook ISBN 9781003460336 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003460336-15/beach-moonflower-ipomoea-violacea-convolvulaceae-anywar-godwin-ojelel-samuel-tugume-patience-ssenku-jamilu-kakudidi-esezah?context=ubx
6. Kalungi, F., Anywar G (2025) Kava (Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piperaceae) In: Comprehensive Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants 1st Edition CRC Press eBook ISBN 9781003460336 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003460336-39/kava-piper-methysticum-forst-piperaceae-frank-kalungi-godwin-anywar
7. Kanyandago, P., Anywar G (2025) Resilience of African Medicine: From Marginalisation by, to Integration with Western Type of Medicine. The Uganda Journal- ISSN 004-574X Vol54 (1)2024 https:/ugsst.nicepage.io/) https://ugsst.nicepage.io/JOURNALS.html
8. Akwongo, B., Kakudidi, E. K., Nsubuga, A. M., Andama, M., Namaganda, M., Tugume, P., Asiimwe, S., Anywar, G., & Katuura, E. (2024). In vitro antifungal activities of medicinal plants used for treatment of candidiasis in Pader district, Northern Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Health, 52(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-024-00628-x
9. Kyeyune, H., Kaggwa, B., Adome, R. O., Anywar, G., Munanura, E. I., Walusimbi, D., Mpewo, J., & Kamba, P. F. (2024). Practices of disease diagnosis and patient monitoring by traditional herbalists in Mpigi district, Uganda: Implications for integration into the conventional health care system. Advances in Integrative Medicine. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aimed.2024.10.012
10. Anywar G, Tugume AK, Mucunguzi P, Tugume P, Ssenku JE, Kakudidi EK, Oryem-Origa H (2024) Building the future in training skilled basic scientists in Makerere University: A case of the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology In: Makerere’s century of service to East Africa and beyond, 1922–2022. Eds Kasozi A B K., Ahikire, J., Dipio, D., Byamugisha H, Tibasiima, I. Makerere University Press
11. Amaza, A. R., Amutuhaire, T. A., Tusiimire, J., Amito, V. S., Ajayi, C. O., Angupale, J. R., Anywar, G Ogwang, P. E. (2024). Pharmacognostical evaluation and description of the leaf and root bark of Citropsis articulata Swingle & Kellerman. Phytomedicine Plus, 4(4), 100636. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2024.100636
12. Gum, B, Opoke, R., Akwongo, B, Oloya, B., Omony, J. B, Opiro, R, Andama, M, Anywar, G, & Malinga, G. M. (2024). An ethnobotanical survey of plant species used for medicinal purposes in Amuru district, northern Uganda. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 29, 1–17. https://ethnobotanyjournal.org/index.php/era/article/view/5995
13. Olatunde, A., Tijjani, H., Obidola, S, M., Sharif, N., Nihar, U., Munir, N., Anywar G (2024) Essential Oils from the Family Rutaceae In: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation of the Family Rutaceae . Editors: Abdur Rauf, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Syed Muhammad Mukarram CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Apple Academic Press, Palm Bay Florida, USA.
14. Kauma CM., Anywar G, Serunjogi D., Katuura, E., Namaganda M (2024) Dataset on the geographical distribution of species of the Genus Solanum, subgenus Leptostemonum in Uganda. Data in Brief 53 (2024) 110159 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110159
15. Obakiro, S. B., Kiyimba, K., Owor, R. O., Andima, M., Lukwago, T. W., Kawuma, C., Gavamukulya, Y., Nabatanzi, A., Kibuule, D., Kato, C. D., Anywar, G., & Waako, P. (2024). Acute and subacute toxicity profile of ethanolic stem bark extract of Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv. in Wistar albino rats. Toxicology Reports. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2024.01.005
16. Anywar, G., & Muhumuza, E. (2024). Bioactivity and toxicity of coumarins from African medicinal plants. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1231006
17. Anywar G, Namukobe, J., Tugume, P., Ssenku, J., Akol, M., Mulindwa J (2024) Biosorption of Volatile Organic Compounds In: BiosorbentsDiversity, Bioprocessing, and Applications 1st Edition. Eds Pramod Kumar Mahish, Dakeshwar Kumar Verma, Shailesh Kumar Jadhav Routledge Taylor & Francis Group https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003366058-15/biosorption-volatile-organic-compounds-godwin-anywar-jane-namukobe-patience-tugume-jamilu-ssenku-moses-okol-julius-mulindwa

Projects /Grants

1. The Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease (TERID) Research Hub in East Africa
2.Formulation and efficacy of pumpkin seed powder and oil in the prevention and management of Lower Urinary Tract Syndrome: From the lab bench to commercialization MRIF02/14
3.Traditional Medicine in Transition. The role of museums as agents of change for effective, safe, culturally embedded, and sustainable knowledge transfer in Uganda with funding from
4.Investigating the antimalarial potential of medicinal plants from West Nile Region towards drug development Muni RIF
5.Development of Mosquito Repellent Cosmetics from Medicinal Plants for the Prevention of Malaria Muni RIF

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