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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

78 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Alzheimer's Disease in Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol
JA Nuamah, FK Avorgbedor, SS Dadson, E Adu Asamoah, PY Benson, ...
2026 Health Science Reports 9 (4), e72229, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Environmentally enriched housing conditions reduce the depression induction potential of chronic unpredictable mild stress in Spraque-Dawley rats
TA Tagoe, AZ Bankah, E Darko, C Asante, A Lartey, KKE Kukuia
2026 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 8 (1), 1411-1419, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Antidepressant‐Like Effect of an Immediate‐Release Formulation of Mallotus oppositifolius in Mice
ZA Ibrahim, O Adi-Dako, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, P Amoateng, F Appiah, ...
2025 Scientifica 2025 (1), 7695732, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Extract of Mallotus oppositifolius ameliorates mercuric chloride-induced neurotoxicity
B Effah-Oware, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, P Amoateng, KKE Kukuia
2025 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 7 (1), 1083-1091, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Optimised formulation of Mallotus oppositifolius extract reverses cognitive decline and beta-amyloid deposition in a murine Alzheimer’s disease-like dementia model
JT Pewee, EK Ofori, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, DW Adongo, P Amoateng, ...
2025 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 7 (1), 1092-1103, 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 Health Sciences 0
Protocol for investigating neuroprotective effect of the methanol leaf extract of Mallotus oppositifolius in lipopolysaccharide neuro-inflammation-associated depression in mice.
KKE KUKUIA, P Amoateng, FY Takyi, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, F Appiah
2023 Health Sciences 0
Rapid-onset antidepressant-like effect of sub-therapeutic dose of iron in combination with citalopram or imipramine in mice
K Kukuia, P Amoateng, B Frederick
2023 Mendeley Data 1 (DOI: 10.17632/3mnrgjbg7m.1), 2023 Health Sciences 0
Sub-effective doses of a bendroflumethiazide-imipramine combination offer greater synergistic antidepressant effect compared to a bendroflumethiazide-fluoxetine combination: an …
JA Mensah, KKE Kukuia, P Amoateng, TA Tagoe, BKN Banga, ...
2023 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 4 (1), 419-427, 2023 Health 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
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
Anticonvulsant and Sedative Effects of the Hydro-Ethanolic Whole Plant Extract of Cleome Rutidosperma (Dc.)(Cleomeceae) in Mice.
NJ Tabariyeng
2019 University of Ghana, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Antinociceptive Activity of the Hydro-Ethanolic Extract of the Leaves of Mallotus Oppositifolius (Geiseler) Mull. Arg. in Acute and Chronic Pain Models
EO Addai
2019 University of Ghana, 2019 Health Sciences 0
Research Article 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 Agriculture 0
Research Article Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Ghana
P Amoateng, E Quansah, TK Karikari, A Asase, D Osei-Safo, KKE Kukuia, ...
2018 Health Sciences 0
Research Article 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 Health Sciences 0
Research Article Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder Has the Potential to Attenuate High Dose Artemether-Lumefantrine-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Non-Malarious Guinea Pigs
IJ Asiedu-Gyekye, KKE Kukuia, AM Seidu, C Antwi-Boasiako, ...
2016 Agriculture 0
Effects of hyrdroethanolic leaf extract of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich.) Engl.(Anacardiaceae) on the...
E Woode, PK Mante, EO Ameyaw, KKE Kukuia
2014 Health Sciences 0
Kalanchoe integra Var.Crenata (Andr.) Cuf Leaf Extract exhibits Anticonvulsant Effect in Murine Models: Enhancement of GABAergic, Glycinergic, and Potassium ion conductance.
EW Kennedy K .E. Kukuia, Isaac J. Asiedu-Gyekye, Elvis O. Ameyaw
2014 Asian Journal of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research. 4 (1), 43-54, 2014 Health Sciences 0
Kalanchoe integra Var. Crenata (Andr.) Cuf Leaf Extract Exhibits Anticonvulsant Effect in Murine Models: Enhancement of GABAergic, Glycinergic, and Potassium Ion Conductance
KKE Kukuia, IJ Asiedu-Gyekye, EO Ameyaw, E Woode
2014 Asian Journal of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research 4 (1), 45-54, 2014 Health Sciences 0
Research Article Anticonvulsant Effect of Antiaris toxicaria (Pers.) Lesch.(Moraceae) Aqueous Extract in Rodents
PK Mante, DW Adongo, E Woode, KKE Kukuia, EO Ameyaw
2013 Health Sciences 0
Elevated Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels and Preserved Hippocampal Dendritic Spine Density Underlie the Rapid-Onset Antidepressant Effect of Extracts from Mallotus …
RK Begyinah, KK Adutwum-Ofosu, JA Mensah, AA Kwapong, F Appiah, ...
1900 Mallotus Oppositifolius, 0 Health Sciences 0
Neuropharmacological effects of an ethanolic fruit extract of X y lo p ia ae th io p ic and xylopic acid, a kaurene diterpene isolate, in mice.
RP Biney, PK Mantel, E Boakye-Gyasi, KE Kukuia, E Woode
1900 Health Sciences 0
Open Access: ISSN: 1848-7718
EP Imbeah, O Adi-Dako, BB N’guessan, KKE Kukuia, BO Dankyi, I Adams, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0