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Dorcas Osei-Safo

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH. OF PHYSICAL & MATH. SC.
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Natural products chemistryPhytochemistryDrug discoveryDrug analysis
Publications

81

Citations

990

H-index

20

i10-index

35

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
12.2
Most cited paper
71
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 00:05
Publications

81 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Cytological profiling of trypanocidal principles from Aloe barbadensis and Taraxacum officinale
PI Akazue, NB Quashie, D Osei-Safo, S Vaughan, HP de Koning, ...
2025 Phytomedicine Plus 5 (2), 100793, 2025 Natural Sciences 2
Increasing the planting density of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt increased root biomass and cryptolepine yield
JN Amissah, F Opoku-Agyemang, FE Asem, D Osei-Safo, ...
2024 Heliyon 10 (10), 2024 Natural Sciences 2
4 Effect of Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. Leaf Extract on Oviposition in Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888
IF Aboagye, EJ Taylor, BNA Aryee, MCAA Koffi, J Baffoe-Ansah, ...
2023 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 31 (1), 37-43, 2023 Natural Sciences 2
Monoaminergic and L-arginine-no-cGMP pathways mediate the antidepressant–like action of alkaloids from the stem bark of Trichilia monadelpha
JA Mensah, KKE Kukuia, P Amoateng, D Osei-Safo, DW Adongo, ...
2020 Scientific African 8, e00422, 2020 Natural Sciences 2
Further Validation of a Rapid Screening Semiquantitative Thin‐Layer Chromatographic Method for Marketed Antimalarial Medicines for Adoption in Malawi
D Osei-Safo, I Chikowe, JJEK Harrison, DK Yeboah, I Addae-Mensah
2018 Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry 2018 (1), 2130390, 2018 Natural Sciences 1
Evaluation of traps and attractants for monitoring the mango stone weevil Sternochetus mangiferae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in managed orchards in southern Ghana
RS Anderson, DM Tantoh, C Akotsen-Mensah, D Osei-Safo, ...
2016 International Journal of Agricultural Research, Sustainability, and Food …, 2016 Agriculture 1
Antiproliferative screening in B cell lymphoma: Ghanaian medicinal plants and their phytochemical correlates
F Spriano, AJ Arribas, A Furlan, J Nketiah, BZ Anibea, A Cavalli, ...
2026 Cancer Research 86 (7_Supplement), 3663-3663, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Biological Targets in Leishmaniasis and the Identification of the Next: Generation of Antileishmanial Compounds
PO Sakyi, D Osei-Safo, SK Kwofie, MD Wilson, RK Amewu
2026 Current Drug Therapy, 2026 Natural Sciences 0
Isolation and synthesis of bioactive molecules against Schistosoma mansoni from Boscia senegalensis (Pers) Lam. ex Poir.(Capparaceae) bark extracts used in West African …
D Osei-Safo, SBBM Saana, L Rosenberger, C von Essen, Y Sambandan, ...
2026 Scientific African, e03309, 2026 Natural Sciences 0
Phytochemistry of limonoids and fatty acids isolated from Khaya grandifoliola root extracts
IA Agbo, M Van de Venter, D Osei-Safo, B Hlangothi
2026 Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2026 Natural Sciences 0
Chemical profiling, in vitro antifungal properties and molecular docking studies of the leaf and rhizome essential oils of Aframomum atewae (Lock & Hall)
E Coffie, EB Twumasi, BA Abbey, PK Arthur, DM Ayine-Tora, H Kinfe, ...
2025 Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 28 (2), 362-378, 2025 Natural Sciences 0
Evaluation of NTD-O2, a Ghanaian herbal medicine, for onchocerciasis and animal African trypanosomiasis
BZ Anibea, E Coffie, DM Ayine-Tora, TM Gwira, D Osei-Safo
2025 BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 26 (1), 30, 2025 Health Sciences 0
In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of a Ghanaian Herbal Medicine for the Treatment of Onchocerciasis and African Trypanosomiasis
BZ Anibea, E Coffie, DM Ayine-Tora, TM Gwira, D Osei-Safo
2025 Health Sciences 0
Anti-psychotic-like effects of Blighia unijugata: pharmacological validation of traditional uses in mental health management
FAB Dickson, P Amoateng, TA Tagoe, GA Koffuor, S Adjei, KKE Kukuia, ...
2024 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 6 (2), 869-877, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Challenges Hindering the Translation of Plant Anticonvulsants from Bench to Bedside: A Scoping Review
J Opoku, P Amoateng, KKE Kukuia, S Ankamah, E Oppong Bekoe, ...
2024 medRxiv, 2024.11. 13.24317300, 2024 Natural Sciences 0
Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents (vol 14, e0008919, 2020)
EB Twumasi, PI Akazue, K Kyeremeh, TM Gwira, J Keiser, F Cho-Ngwa, ...
2023 PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 17 (1), 2023 Natural Sciences 0
Correction: Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents
E Bonus
2023 PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Natural Sciences 0
Glycine/NMDA Receptor Pathway and Mediating the Rapid-onset Antidepressant Effect of Alkaloids Taken From Trichilia Mon-adelpha. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 12 (3), 395-408
KK Edem Kukuia, J Amoako Mensah, P Amoateng, D Osei-Safo, ...
2021 Health Sciences 0
Synthetic and Naturally Occurring Heterocyclic Anticancer Compounds with Multiple Biological Targets
D Osei-Safo, RK Amewu, PO Sakyi
2021 MDPI, 2021 Natural Sciences 0
Antinociceptive effects of an ethanolic extract of Desmodium adscendens: possible involvement of opioidergic, adrenergic, potassium channels and serotoninergic pathways
AS Bonsu, P Amoateng, KA Bugyei, J Asiedu-Larbi, S Antwi, ...
2020 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 1 (2), 71-85, 2020 Health Sciences 0
Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents
D Osei-Safo, EB Twumasi, PI Akazue
2020 PLOS, 2020 Natural Sciences 0
Differential constituents in roots, stems and leaves of Newbouldia laevis Thunb. screened by LC/ESI-Q-TOF-MS
D Osei-Safo, RK Amewu, A Dermane
2020 Elsevier, 2020 Natural Sciences 0
Results in Chemistry
A Dermane, K Kpegba, K Eloh, D Osei-Safo, RK Amewu, P Caboni
2020 Natural Sciences 0
Drug Discovery in Africa
K Kyeremeh, A Flint, M Jaspars, GA Dziwornu, KS Acquah, AN Padiki, ...
2019 Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals, 257, 2019 Natural Sciences 0
Making North–South Collaborations Work: Facilitating Natural Product Drug Discovery in Africa
D Osei-Safo, K Kyeremeh, R Amewu
2019 Springer link, 2019 Natural Sciences 0