IRB Faculty

The Medical &
Scientific Research Directorate

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Dr. Cindy Kitcher

BSc. Botany, PhD (Pharmacognosy)

Lecturer

cikitcher@ug.edu.gh | +233-557-475022 |

Education

BSc. Botany: University of Ghana, Legon (2009)

PhD, Pharmacognosy: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2015) 

Research Interest

Quality control and standardization of herbal products 

Antiplasmodial investigation of medicinal plants

Selected Publications

1.   Oppong Bekoe E, Kitcher C, Amponsah Agyei G, Frimpong-Manso S. (2020) Pharmacognostic Characteristics of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. as a Means of Monitoring Quality. Research Journal of  Pharmacognosy;7(3):55–63. ·         

2.   Oppong Bekoe E, Dodoo Kirk, Kitcher C, Gordon A, Frimpong-Manso S, Schwinger G. (2020). Pharmacognostic Characteristics and Mutagenic Studies of Alstonia boonei De Wild. Research Journal of Pharmacognosy; 7(1): 7-15.  ·       

3.   Sarkodie JA, Debrah P, *Kitcher C, Frimpong-Manso S, Oppong Bekoe E, Winston O, Akoto G, Hasford C, Asiedu-Gyekye I, Banga KBN, Kwadwo Nyarko AK. Glucose-lowering effect and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Aqueous leaf extract of Taraxacum officinale in Wistar rats. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research. (2019); 11(4): 250-258.  ·         

4.   Emelia Oppong Bekoe, Enoch Appiah, Philip Debrah, Cindy Asare, Akua Amankwah Asante. In vitro Susceptibility Patterns of Typhoidal and Non-typhoidal Salmonella to Selected Anti-typhoid Herbal Medicinal Preparations Sold in the Ga East Municipality in Ghana. Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research. (2017); 2(1): 1-11.  

5.   Kofi Annan, Edmund Ekuadzi, Cindy Asare, Kwame Sarpong, Dominik Pistorius, Lukas Oberer, Ben A. Gyan, Michael Ofori. Antiplasmodial constituents of the stem bark of Polyalthia longifolia var pendula. Phytochemistry Letters. (2014); 11(2015): 28-31. 

Get in touch

Email Addresses:
info-msrc@ugmc.ug.edu.gh