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Kwaku Tano-Debrah

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE
Food ScienceFood Microbiology and Food SafetyFood BiotechnologyFood processingNutrition
Publications

134

Citations

3,814

H-index

33

i10-index

60

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.5
Most cited paper
233
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:30
Publications

134 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Antibacterial efficacies and time-kill kinetics of indigenous Ghanaian spice extracts against Listeria monocytogenes and some other food-borne pathogenic bacteria
C Xedzro, K Tano-Debrah, H Nakano
2022 Microbiological Research 258, 126980, 2022 Health Sciences 38
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
Application of enzyme‐assisted aqueous fat extraction to cocoa fat
K Tano‐Debrah, Y Ohta
1995 Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 72 (11), 1409-1411, 1995 Agriculture 38
Research Article Nutrient Composition and Protein Quality of Four Species of the Curcubitaceae Family
M Steiner-Asiedu, P Nuro-Ameyaw, I Agbemafle, SH Hammond, ...
2014 Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology 6 (7), 843-851, 2014 Health Sciences 36
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
Diversity of Production Techniques and Microbiology of African Cereal‐Based Traditional Fermented Beverages
FK Madilo, A Parry-Hanson Kunadu, K Tano-Debrah, FK Saalia, ...
2024 Journal of food quality 2024 (1), 1241614, 2024 Health Sciences 35
Biochemical changes associated with the fermentation of baobab seeds in Maari: An alkaline fermented seeds condiment from western Africa
C Parkouda, F Ba, L Ouattara, K Tano-Debrah, B Diawara
2015 Journal of Ethnic Foods 2 (2), 58-63, 2015 Health Sciences 35
Processing pineapple pulp into dietary fibre supplement
NB Ackom, K Tano-Debrah
2012 Rural Outreach Program, 2012 Health Sciences 35
Microbial detheobromination of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) pod husk.
NA Adamafio, F Ayombil, K Tano-Debrah
2011 Agriculture 33
Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profile of Fermenting Millet in the Production of Hausa koko, a Ghanaian Fermented Cereal Porridge
A Atter, M Diaz, K Tano-Debrah, APH Kunadu, MJ Mayer, IJ Colquhoun, ...
2021 Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 681983, 2021 Health Sciences 32
Microbial safety of beef along beef value chains in the Ashaiman Municipality of Ghana
VY Adjei, GI Mensah, A Parry-Hanson Kunadu, K Tano-Debrah, I Ayi, ...
2022 Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9, 813422, 2022 Health Sciences 30
Microbial quality of fish along with the Tilapia, African catfish and Sardinella artisanal value chains in Kpong and James Town, Ghana
E Aboagye, K Tano-Debrah, APH Kunadu
2020 Int J Bonorowo Wetlands 10, 1-17, 2020 Health Sciences 28
Assessing program coverage of two approaches to distributing a complementary feeding supplement to infants and young children in Ghana
GJ Aaron, N Strutt, NA Boateng, E Guevarra, K Siling, A Norris, S Ghosh, ...
2016 PloS one 11 (10), e0162462, 2016 Health Sciences 28
Cleavage of macromolecule (protein/polysaccharide)-phenolic bond in soybean cell wall through Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus helviticus mixed culture solid-state …
NDK Akpabli-Tsigbe, J Osabutey, BK Mintah, K Tano-Debrah, Y Ma
2023 Food Bioscience 55, 102903, 2023 Health Sciences 27
Prevalence and genomic characterization of Salmonella isolates from commercial chicken eggs retailed in traditional markets in Ghana
EW Archer, T Chisnall, K Tano-Debrah, RM Card, S Duodu, APH Kunadu
2023 Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1283835, 2023 Health Sciences 27
Automatic teller machines (ATMs) as potential sources of food-borne pathogens-a case from Ghana
S Abban, K Tano-Debrah
2011 Nat Sci 9 (9), 63-67, 2011 Health Sciences 27
Predominant lactic acid bacteria associated with the traditional malting of sorghum grains.
H Sawadogo-Lingani, B Diawara, RK Glover, K Tano-Debrah, AS Traoré, ...
2010 Health Sciences 25
The predominant lactic acid bacteria and yeasts involved in the spontaneous fermentation of millet during the production of the traditional porridge Hausa koko in …
A Atter, M Diaz, K Tano-Debrah, A Parry-Hanson Kunadu, MJ Mayer, ...
2024 BMC microbiology 24 (1), 163, 2024 Health Sciences 22
Volatile compounds of maari, a fermented product from baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) seeds
C Parkouda, B Diawara, S Lowor, C Diako, FK Saalia, NT Annan, ...
2011 Academic Journals, 2011 Health Sciences 22
Mineral and phytate contents of some prepared popular Ghanaian foods
GA Annor, K Tano Debrah, A Essen
2016 SpringerPlus 5 (1), 581, 2016 Health Sciences 20
Effect of drying method, packaging material and storage on the quality of cowpea-based weaning foods
SK Sefa-Dedeh, E Sakyi-Dawson, EO Afoakwa, K Andoh-Kumi, ...
2001 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists, New Orleans, 25-29, 2001 Agriculture 20
Microbiological characterization of dry white clay, a pica element in Ghana
K Tano-Debrah, G Bruce-Baiden
2010 Nature Science Report and Opinion 2 (6), 77-81, 2010 Health Sciences 19
Enzyme-assisted extraction of shea fat: evidence from light microscopy on the degradative effects of enzyme treatment on cells of shea kernel meal
K Tano-Debrah, Y Yoshimura, Y Ohta
1996 Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society 73 (4), 449-453, 1996 Health Sciences 19
A macro-and micronutrient-fortified complementary food supplement reduced acute infection, improved haemoglobin and showed a dose–response effect in improving linear growth: a …
SA Ghosh, NR Strutt, GE Otoo, DJ Suri, J Ankrah, T Johnson, P Nsiah, ...
2019 Journal of Nutritional Science 8, e22, 2019 Health Sciences 15
Development and sensory shelf-life testing of KOKO plus: a food supplement for improving the nutritional profiles of traditional complementary foods
K Tano-Debrah, FK Saalia, S Ghosh, M Hara
2019 Food and nutrition bulletin 40 (3), 340-356, 2019 Health Sciences 15