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Kennedy Kwami Edem Kukuia

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0003-2948-9615 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PHARMACY
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS AND MICROBIOLOGY
DepressionLearning and MemoryNeuroprotectionEpilepsy
Publications

78

Citations

719

H-index

16

i10-index

30

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
9.2
Most cited paper
71
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:03
Publications

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PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Fast-onset effects of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich) Engl. (Anacardiaceae) hydroethanolic leaf extract on behavioral alterations induced by chronic mild …
DW Adongo, PK Mante, KKE Kukuia, CK Benneh, RP Biney, ...
2023 PLoS One 18 (2), e0278231, 2023 Health Sciences 10
A Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Pectin-Based Oral Multiparticulate Matrix Carrier of Carbamazepine
SK Amponsah, S Yeboah, KKE Kukuia, BB N’guessan, O Adi-Dako
2021 Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2021, 2021 Health Sciences 10
An ethanolic extract of Desmodium adscendens exhibits antipsychotic-like activity in mice
P Amoateng, S Adjei, D Osei-Safo, KKE Kukuia, TK Karikari, AK Nyarko
2017 Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology 28 (5), 507-518, 2017 Health Sciences 10
Analgesic properties of aqueous leaf extract of Haematostaphis barteri: involvement of ATP-sensitive potassium channels, adrenergic, opioidergic, muscarinic …
EO Ameyaw, KKE Kukuia, AK Thomford, S Kyei, PK Mante, JN Boampong
2016 Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology 27 (6), 557-561, 2016 Health Sciences 10
Anxiolytic-like effect of the leaves of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich.) Engl. in mice
DW Adongo, PK Mante, KK Edem Kukuia, EO Ameyaw, E Woode, IH Azi
2016 Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology 27 (5), 533-546, 2016 Health Sciences 10
Anxiolytic-like effects of Pseudospondias microcarpa hydroethanolic leaf extract in zebrafish: Possible involvement of GABAergic and serotonergic pathways
DW Adongo, CK Benneh, A Tandoh, RP Biney, KKE Kukuia, PK Mante, ...
2023 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 13 (1), 33, 2023 Health Sciences 7
Glycine/NMDA receptor pathway mediates the rapid-onset antidepressant effect of alkaloids from Trichilia monadelpha
KKE Kukuia, JA Mensah, P Amoateng, D Osei-Safo, AE Koomson, J Torbi, ...
2021 Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 12 (3), 395, 2021 Health Sciences 7
Cocoa pod husk pectin intended as a pharmaceutical excipient has No adverse effects on haematological parameters in sprague dawley rats
O Adi-Dako, K Ofori-Kwakye, KKE Kukuia, J Asiedu-Larbi, AK Nyarko, ...
2018 Journal of pharmaceutics 2018 (1), 1459849, 2018 Agriculture 7
Climate change and mental health in Africa: a scoping review
BN Ndifoin, US Kanmounye, KKE Kukuia, FT Endomba, AGM Noula, ...
2026 Annals of Global Health 92 (1), 5-5, 2026 Health Sciences 6
Increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor and hippocampal dendritic spine density are associated with the rapid antidepressant-like effect of iron-citalopram and iron …
KKE Kukuia, FB Burns, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, F Appiah, SK Amponsah, ...
2023 Neuroscience 519, 90-106, 2023 Health Sciences 6
Synedrella nodiflora Extract Depresses Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Chemically-Induced In Vitro Seizures in the Rat Hippocampus
P Amoateng, TA Tagoe, TK Karikari, KKE Kukuia, D Osei-Safo, E Woode, ...
2021 Frontiers in Pharmacology 12, 610025, 2021 Health Sciences 6
Psychotropic Effects of an Alcoholic Extract from the Leaves of Albizia zygia (Leguminosae‐Mimosoideae)
P Amoateng, D Osei-Safo, KKE Kukuia, S Adjei, OA Akure, ...
2017 Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2017 (1), 9297808, 2017 Health Sciences 6
Anti-Hyperglycaemic and Anti-Oxidant Effect of Synedrella Nodiflora (L) Gaertn in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Rats.
PA Senyah
2018 University of Ghana, 2018 Health Sciences 5
Toxicological Assessment of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich.) Engl. Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract in Rats: Haematological, Biochemical, and Histopathological …
DW Adongo, PK Mante, KKE Kukuia, CK Benneh, RP Biney, ...
2018 The Scientific World Journal 2018 (1), 4256782, 2018 Health Sciences 5
Reproductive Toxicity of Theobroma cacao: Increase in Survival Index, Nongenotoxic, and Proimplantation Potential
IJ Asiedu-Gyekye, TG Borovskaya, ME Poluektova, АV Vychuzhanina, ...
2021 Journal of Toxicology 2021 (1), 6114672, 2021 Health Sciences 4
Preclinical evidence of a rapid-onset antidepressant-like effect of Pseudospondias microcarpa hydroethanolic leaf extract in a chronic depression model
DW Adongo, PK Mante, KKE Kukuia, E Woode
2016 International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology 5 (4), 1254-62, 2016 Health Sciences 4
Antidepressant-like effects of the leaf extract of Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll. Arg.(Euphorbiaceae) in the chronic unpredictable mild stress model: A role of the …
B Kwofie, P Debrah, P Amoateng, DW Adongo, S Adukpo, KKE Kukuia
2024 Neuroscience 560, 90-105, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic evaluation of a newly formulated multiparticulate matrix of levodopa and carbidopa
EP Imbeah, O Adi-Dako, BB N’guessan, KKE Kukuia, BO Dankyi, I Adams, ...
2023 ADMET and DMPK 11 (1), 97-115, 2023 Health Sciences 3
Antidiabetic Activity of Food Phytochemicals
BO Dankyi, KKE Kukuia, AE Koomson, SK Amponsah
2024 Plant Food Phytochemicals and Bioactive Compounds in Nutrition and Health …, 2024 Health 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 Health Sciences 2
Factors Influencing Uptake of Hiv Testing and Counselling Among the Youth in Kintampo South District
M Kabiri
2016 Health Sciences 2
Antidepressant-like properties of Antiaris toxicaria aqueous extract.
PK Mante, E Woode, KKE Kukuia, DW Adongo, EO Ameyaw
2015 Health Sciences 2
Ethanolic Root Extract of Jatropha curcas L. relieves Hyperalgesia in Arthritis Model in Rats
DK vi. Elvis O. Ameyaw, Kennedy K. E. Kukuia, Johnson N. Boampong, Kyei ...
2014 Int J Pharmacol Res 4 (1), 18-21., 2014 Health Sciences 2
Decreased hippocampal microglial cell activation by methanolic extract from the leaves of Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll. Arg contributes to its …
KKE Kukuia, FY Takyi, GJ Dugbartey, P Amoateng, W Kudzi, ...
2024 Molecular Psychology: Brain, Behavior, and Society 2, 2, 2024 Health Sciences 1
Ethanolic Root Extract of Jatropha curcas L. Relieves Muscle Pain in Rats.
TI Elvis O. Ameyaw, Kennedy K.E. Kukuia, Johnson N. Boampong, Ama K ...
2014 Research & Reviews: Journal of Pharmacology. 4 (2), 5-10, 2014 Health Sciences 1