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   Full Name:   Awo Afi Kwapong

   Position:      PharmD Top Up Coordinator

   Department: Department of Pharmaceutics and Microbiology.

   Rank:           Senior Lecturer

   Address:      Room 201, School of Pharmacy, Legon

   Email:           aakwapong@ug.edu.gh

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-3454

Scopus ID: 36461123500

Google Scholar: oJUe4swAAAAJ&hl=en

Current Research

  • Investigating resistance trends of Clostridium difficile in Accra
  • Reformulating active plant extracts into safer dosage forms for malaria treatment
  • Conducting antibacterial studies targeting bacterial efflux pumps and/or the conjugation machinery using plant and fungal products
  • Isolation, identification and characterization of bioactive compounds plant and/or fungi 

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Medicinal Phytochemistry and Microbiology – UCL School of Pharmacy, United Kingdom
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Pharmaceutics – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Selected Publications

Gyamfi, D., Amoafo, E. B., Kwapong, A. A., Fredua-Agyeman, M., Amponsah, S. K., 2025. “Drug Disposition in Neonates and Infants.” In Basic and Clinical Applications of Drug Disposition in Special Populations, p. 179-201. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Amoafo, E. B., Twum, E., Hottor, B. A., Fredua-Agyeman, M., Kwapong, A. A., Amponsah, S. K., 2025 “Lung cancer: Current status of preclinical research.” In Preclinical Landscape in Cancer Research

Adams, I., Kwapong, A.A., Boafo, E., Twum, E. and Amponsah, S.K., 2024. "Leishmaniasis: Current Trends in Microbiology and Pharmacology." In Rising Contagious Diseases: Basics, Management, and Treatments, p.297-313. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Adi‐Dako, O., Kwapong, A.A. and Adukpo, S., 2024. "Zika Virus Disease: An Emerging Global Threat." In Rising Contagious Diseases: Basics, Management, and Treatments, p.66-71. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Adi-Dako, O., Owusu, F.W.A., Attah, I.Y., Kumadoh, D., Acquah Jnr, P.G., I Nelson, I., Hutton-Mills, N.O., Obese, K.Y.Y., Sarkodie, J.A., N’guessan, B.B., Kwapong, A.A., Osei-Asare, C., Adase, E. and Archer, M.-A., 2023. Development of Modified‐Release Diclofenac Sodium Capsules Using Blends of Pectin‐Clay Multiparticulate Hybrid Systems as Release Retardants. Journal of Chemistry, (1), p.8384739.

Sarkodie, J.A., Amponsah, S.K., Kitcher, C., Sackeyfio, A.C., Kwapong,A.A. and N'guessan, B.B., 2022. Potential hepatic dysfunction associated with the use of the leaf and latex extracts of Calotropis procera WT Aiton (Asclepiadaceae) in Sprague-Dawley rats: an acute toxicity study. Toxicology, 18, p. 45-56.

 Asiedu-Gyekye, I.J., Borovskaya, T.G., Poluektova, M.E., Vychuzhanina, A.V., Shchemerovа,Y.A., Kamalova, S.I., Grgoreva, V.A., Amoateng,P., Kukuia, K.E., Kwapong, A.A., Allotey-Babington, L., Amponsah, S.K. and N’guessan, B.B., 2021. Reproductive Toxicity of Theobroma cacao: Increase in Survival Index, Nongenotoxic, and Proimplantation Potential. Journal of Toxicology, (1), p.6114672.

Debrah, P., Kwapong, A.A. and Fredua‐Agyeman, M., 2020. "Treatment of biofilms in infected wounds." In Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications, p.115-136. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Kwapong, A.A., Soares, S., Teo, S.P., Stapleton, P. and Gibbons, S., 2020. Myristica lowiana Phytochemicals as Inhibitor of Plasmid Conjugation in Escherichia coli. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (1), p.1604638.

Allotey-Babington, L., Kwapong, A.A., Banga, K.B.N., Amponsah, S.K. and Asiedu-Gyekye, I.J., 2019.  "Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder: A Potent Nutraceutical in Perspective." In Theobroma Cacao: Deploying Science for Sustainability of Global Cocoa Economy, p.65-100.BoD–Books on Demand.

Kwapong, A.A., Stapleton, P. and Gibbons S., 2019. Inhibiting plasmid mobility: The effect of isothiocyanates on bacterial conjugation. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 53 (5), p. 629-636.

Kwapong, A.A., Stapleton, P. and Gibbons S., 2019. A new dimeric imidazole alkaloid plasmid conjugation inhibitor from Lepidium sativum. Tetrahedron Letters, 59 (20), p.1952-1954.

Maree, J.E., Khondkar, P., Kwapong, A.A., Oyedemi, B.M., Aljarba, T.M., Stapleton, P., Viljoen, A.M. and Gibbons, S., 2014. Bioactive acetophenones from Plectranthus venteri. Phytochemistry Letters, 10, p. cxli-cxliv.

Ofori-Kwakye, K., Kwapong, A.A. and Bayor M.T., 2011. Wound healing potential of methanol extract of Spathodea campanulata stem bark formulated into a topical preparation. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 8 (3) p.218-223.

Ofori-Kwakye, K., Kwapong, A.A. and Adu, F., 2009. Antimicrobial activity of extracts and topical products of the stem bark of Spathodea campanulata for wound healing. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 6 (2), p.168 - 174.