IRB Faculty
The Medical &
Scientific Research Directorate
Dr. Emelia Oppong Bekoe
B. Pharm., M.Phil., PhD.
Senior Lecturer/ Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine, School of Pharmacy, UG
eoppongbekoe@ug.edu.gh | +233-209-843392 |
Education
- B. Pharm, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2005)
- MPhil, Pharmaceutical Microbiology: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2009)
- PhD in Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry: University of Muenster, Germany (2014)
Board Certifications
- Pharmacy Council, Ghana
Research Interest
Bioactivity guided investigations of herbal medicines, Mutagenic activity investigations, Antimicrobial activities, Wound healing activities, Anti-helminthic activity, Standardization of herbal medicines, Monograph development for herbal medicines, Ethnobotany
Current projects
1.Mutagenic Investigations of herbal medicines
2.Standardization of herbal medicines
3. Ethnopharmacology
Current projects
1.Mutagenic Investigations of herbal medicines
2.Standardization of herbal medicines
3. Ethnopharmacology
Selected Publications
1. Oppong Bekoe E, Dodoo KB, Kitcher C, Gordon A, Frimpong-Manso S, Schwinger G (2020). Pharmacognostic Characteristics and Mutagenic Studies of Alstonia boonei De Wild. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy (RJP) 7(1), 2020: 7-15.
2. Oppong Bekoe E, Agyare C, Boakye YD, Baiden BM, Asase A, Sarkodie JA, Nettey H, Adu F, Out PB, Agyarkwa B, Amoateng P, Asiedu-Gyekye I, Nyarko A (2019). Ethnomedicinal survey and mutagenic studies of plants used in Accra metropolis, Ghana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 248 (2020) 112309.
3. Kisseih E., Lechtenberg M., Petereit F., Sendker J., Brandt S., Agyare C., Hensel A. (2015). Phytochemical characterization and in vitro wound healing activity of leaf extracts from Combretum mucronatum Schum. & Thonn.: Oligomeric procyanidins as strong inductors of cellular differentiation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 174:628 -636.
2. Oppong Bekoe E, Agyare C, Boakye YD, Baiden BM, Asase A, Sarkodie JA, Nettey H, Adu F, Out PB, Agyarkwa B, Amoateng P, Asiedu-Gyekye I, Nyarko A (2019). Ethnomedicinal survey and mutagenic studies of plants used in Accra metropolis, Ghana. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 248 (2020) 112309.
3. Kisseih E., Lechtenberg M., Petereit F., Sendker J., Brandt S., Agyare C., Hensel A. (2015). Phytochemical characterization and in vitro wound healing activity of leaf extracts from Combretum mucronatum Schum. & Thonn.: Oligomeric procyanidins as strong inductors of cellular differentiation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 174:628 -636.