Research Interest: Medicinal plant extracts used in treating Diabetes mellitus.

Selected Publications:

Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A., James L. Mills, Eric G. Choo-Kang and Errol Y. Morrison. "The role of C-peptide in the classification of diabetes mellitus." West Indian Medical Journal. 49.2 (2000): 138-42.
Grindley, P. B., Felix O. Omoruyi., Helen N. Asemota and Errol Y. Morrison. Effects of Yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) and Dasheen ( Colocassia esculenta ) extracts on the kidney of streptozotocin - induced diabetic rats. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 52.5 (2001): 429 -33.
Grindley, P. B., Felix O. Omoruyi., Helen N. Asemota and Errol Y. Morrison. Carbohydrate digestion and intestinal ATPases in streptozotocin - induced diabetic rats feed extract of Yam ( Dioscorea cayenesis ) or Dasheen ( Colocassia esculenta ). Nutrition Research.. 22.3 (2001): 333 - 41.
Wheatley, Andrew O., Helen N. Asemota and Errol Y. Morrison. Glycaemic Index: Not all carbohydrates are created equal [Abstract]. West Indian Medical Journal 51.Suppl. 1 (2002): 60.
Marie A. McAnuff, Felix O. Omoruyi, Errol Y. St. A Morrison and Helen N. Asemota. Plasma and liver lipid distributions in streptozotocin - induced diabetic rats fed sapogenin extract of the Jamaican bitter yam ( Dioscorea polygonoides ). Nutrition Research 22: (13) 1427 -34.(2002)
Ragoobirsingh, Dalip., Donovan A. McGrowder, Errol Y. Morrison, P. Johnson, E. Lewis-Fuller and J. Fray. The Jamaican hypertension prevalence study. Journal of the National Medical Association. 94.7 (2002): 561-65.