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Esther Sakyi-Dawson

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor of Food Science, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
Food qualitysensory evaluationquality assurance and managementfood packaging and processingfood chemistry
Publications

110

Citations

2,831

H-index

28

i10-index

51

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
25.7
Most cited paper
282
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2018
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 01:05
Publications

110 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Utilization of cowpeas for human food
RD Phillips, KH McWatters, MS Chinnan, YC Hung, LR Beuchat, ...
2003 Field Crops Research 82 (2-3), 193-213, 2003 Agriculture 282
Effect of nixtamalization on the chemical and functional properties of maize
S Sefa-Dedeh, B Cornelius, E Sakyi-Dawson, EO Afoakwa
2004 Food Chemistry 86 (3), 317-324, 2004 Natural Sciences 166
Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella and Escherichia coli in live and dressed poultry from metropolitan Accra
BA Sackey, P Mensah, E Collison, E Sakyi-Dawson
2001 International Journal of Food Microbiology 71 (1), 21-28, 2001 Agriculture 161
Effect of boiling and roasting on the fermentation of soybeans into dawadawa (soy-dawadawa)
S Dakwa, E Sakyi-Dawson, C Diako, NT Annan, WK Amoa-Awua
2005 International Journal of Food Microbiology 104 (1), 69-82, 2005 Health Sciences 159
Microbiological changes in naturally fermented cassava fish (Pseudotolithus sp.) for lanhouin production
VB Anihouvi, E Sakyi-Dawson, GS Ayernor, JD Hounhouigan
2007 International journal of food microbiology 116 (2), 287-291, 2007 Agriculture 143
Yeasts in the traditional brewing of pito in Ghana
S Sefa-Dedeh, AI Sanni, G Tetteh, E Sakyi-Dawson
1999 World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 15 (5), 593-597, 1999 Health Sciences 128
The comparative ability of four isolates of Bacillus subtilis to ferment soybeans into dawadawa
NN Terlabie, E Sakyi-Dawson, WK Amoa-Awua
2006 International journal of food microbiology 106 (2), 145-152, 2006 Health Sciences 125
Application of response surface methodology for studying the product characteristics of extruded rice–cowpea–groundnut blends
EK Asare, S Sefa-Dedeh, E Sakyi-Dawson, EO Afoakwa
2004 International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 55 (5), 431-439, 2004 Agriculture 125
Consumer perceptions, knowledge and preferences for aromatic rice types in Ghana
C Diako, E Sakyi-Dawson, B Bediako-Amoa, FK Saalia, JT Manful
2010 — Natural Sciences 114
Quality characteristics of Lanhouin: A traditional processed fermented fish product in the Republic of Benin
V Anihouvi, GS Ayernor, JD Hounhouigan, E Sakyi-Dawson
2006 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 6 (1), 1-15, 2006 Health Sciences 113
Variability of Sugars in Staple-Type Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Cultivars: The Effects of Harvest Time and Storage
E Adu-Kwarteng, EO Sakyi-Dawson, GS Ayernor, VD Truong, FF Shih, ...
2014 International Journal of Food Properties 17 (2), 410-420, 2014 Natural Sciences 83
Development and characterization of dehydrated peanut–cowpea milk powder for use as a dairy milk substitute in chocolate manufacture
H Aidoo, E Sakyi-Dawson, K Tano-Debrah, FK Saalia
2010 Food Research International 43 (1), 79-85, 2010 Agriculture 79
Screening of 42 Bacillus isolates for ability to ferment soybeans into dawadawa
WK Amoa-Awua, NN Terlabie, E Sakyi-Dawson
2006 International journal of food microbiology 106 (3), 343-347, 2006 Health Sciences 76
Antimicrobial interactions of microbial species involved in the fermentation of cassava dough into agbelima with particular reference to the inhibitory effect of lactic acid …
ES Mante, E Sakyi-Dawson, WK Amoa-Awua
2003 International Journal of Food Microbiology 89 (1), 41-50, 2003 Agriculture 74
Texture profile analysis applied to pounded yam
B Otegbayo, J Aina, L Abbey, E SAKYI‐DAWSON, M Bokanga, R Asiedu
2007 Journal of texture studies 38 (3), 355-372, 2007 Agriculture 54
The microflora of fermented nixtamalized corn
S Sefa-Dedeh, B Cornelius, W Amoa-Awua, E Sakyi-Dawson, ...
2004 International Journal of Food Microbiology 96 (1), 97-102, 2004 Health Sciences 53
Application of response surface methodology for studying the quality characteristics of cowpea-fortified nixtamalized maize
S Sefa-Dedeh, B Cornelius, E Sakyi-Dawson, EO Afoakwa
2003 Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 4 (1), 109-119, 2003 Agriculture 46
Extrusion cooking of rice‐groundnut‐cowpea mixtures–effects of extruder characteristics on nutritive value and physico‐functional properties of extrudates using response …
EK Asare, S SEFA‐DEDEH, EO Afoakwa, E SAKYI‐DAWSON, AS Budu
2012 Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 36 (5), 465-476, 2012 Agriculture 42
Aerobic spore-forming bacteria and chemical composition of some Nigerian fermented soup condiments
AI Sanni, GS Ayernor, E Sakyi-Dawson, S Sefa-Dedeh
2000 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 55 (2), 111-118, 2000 Health Sciences 42
Influence of spontaneous fermentation on some quality characteristics of maize-based cowpea-fortified nixtamalized foods
EO Afoakwa, S Sefa-Dedeh, AS Budu, E Sakyi-Dawson, J Asomaning
2007 African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 7 (1), 2007 Agriculture 39
Optimisation of chocolate formulation using dehydrated peanut–cowpea milk to replace dairy milk
H Aidoo, E Sakyi‐Dawson, L Abbey, K Tano‐Debrah, FK Saalia
2012 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 92 (2), 224-231, 2012 Agriculture 38
RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA)‐BASED TEMPEH
GA Annor, E SAKYI‐DAWSON, FK Saalia, S SEFA‐DEDEH, EO Afoakwa, ...
2010 Journal of Food Process Engineering 33 (4), 606-625, 2010 Agriculture 36
Physicochemical characterization of four commercial rice varieties in Ghana
C Diako, JT Manful, PNT Johnson, E Sakyi-Dawson, B Bediako-Amoa, ...
2011 Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology 3 (3), 196-202, 2011 Natural Sciences 33
Cowpea fortification of traditional foods
S Sefa-Dedeh, K Frimpong, EO Afoakwa, E Sakyi-Dawson
2000 Book of Abstracts, World Cowpea Research conference III, Ibadan, Nigeria, 4-7, 2000 Agriculture 33
Biochemical changes in new plantain and cooking banana hybrids at various stages of ripening
E Sakyi‐Dawson, P Asamoah‐Bonti, G Amponsah Annor
2008 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 88 (15), 2724-2729, 2008 Agriculture 32