Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor
Department of PharmaceuticsHealth SciencesLife SciencesPhysical Sciences

Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor

52 Publications30 Research Themes39 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The overall research focus centers on understanding and improving the pharmacological properties and applications of natural compounds derived from various plant species, with a particular emphasis on their impact on biological systems, food formulations, and pharmaceuticals. This includes studies on plant extracts for antibiotic activity, microbial disintegration, antioxidant properties, pectin-based formulations in food and oral medications, and the effects of traditional medicines on health outcomes.

Faculty Biography

Marcel Tunkumgnen Bayor was born around the mid of the 1960s as the first of seven children to Mr. Stephen Bayor Tizaalee and Madam Mary Kanvenyelle, in a small but popular village of Bussie, in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa (DBI) District of the Upper West Region of Ghana. I had my Basic education in the village Local Authority School and High School education (Ordinary and Advanced levels) in Wa Secondary School, Wa, UWR, and Ghana Secondary School, Tamale, NR; respectively. I proceeded to KNUST for a Degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) and became a Pharmacist in 1993. After obtaining my Master’s degree in Kings College, University of London, I took up lectureship in Kumasi Polytechnic in 1996, and later moved to the Faculty of Pharmacy, KNUST in 2002 as a Lecturer. I acquired my PhD in 2007; and by hard work, I rose through the ranks from a Lecturer to a Professor of Pharmaceutics, by August 2022. I am married to Mrs. Theresa Bayor and we have five Children. My profile accounts are as follows;https://webapps.knust.edu.gh/staff/dirsearch/profile/summary/1e086175395f.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/marcel.bayorhttps://twitter@marcelbayorhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-bayor-ba437520https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Bayorhttps://independent.academia.edu/MarcelBayorhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3u4WapUAAAAJ&hl=enORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-1140Scopus AU-ID: 36112734000 https://scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?orgin=resultslist&authorid=36112734000&zone= Mobile:+233 207705457+233 244115666 Email:mtbayor.pharm@knust.edu.ghmtbayor@yahoo.commtbayor@gmail.com

Key Research Themes (30)
Health Sciences

Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes

Life Sciences

Banana Cultivation and Research

Life Sciences

Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research

Health Sciences

Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Life Sciences

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies

Life Sciences

Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Life Sciences

Cassava research and cyanide

Health Sciences

Diverse Scientific Research Studies

Physical Sciences

Edible Oils Quality and Analysis

Physical Sciences

Energy and Environment Impacts

Physical Sciences

Environmental and Industrial Safety

Life Sciences

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Life Sciences

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

Health Sciences

Food composition and properties

Health Sciences

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Health Sciences

Malaria Research and Control

Life Sciences

Microbial Metabolism and Applications

Life Sciences

Natural Compound Pharmacology Studies

Health Sciences

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Physical Sciences

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Health Sciences

Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting

Health Sciences

Pharmaceutical studies and practices

Life Sciences

Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

Life Sciences

Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species

Life Sciences

Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Life Sciences

Polysaccharides Composition and Applications

Life Sciences

Proteins in Food Systems

Physical Sciences

Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Life Sciences

Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae

Health Sciences

Wound Healing and Treatments

Publications (52)

Pharmaceutical evaluation of plantain peel pectin as a disintegrant in conventional tablets

Open Access
2025Banana Cultivation and ResearchDOI: 10.17159/sajs.2025/18894

Sweet Potato Peel Pectin's Potential as a Suspending Agent in Pharmaceutical Formulations: The Effect of Extraction Technique

Open Access
2025Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.31436/jop.v5i1.325

Extraction and Comparative Assessment of the Physicochemical Properties of Pectin From Four Fruit Wastes in Ghana

Open Access

Physicochemical Characterisation and Potential Uses of Oils From the Entrails of Nile Tilapia From Different Farming Sites in Ghana

Open Access
2025Edible Oils Quality and AnalysisDOI: 10.1155/jfq/4379862

Resistance to protease inhibitors among persons living with HIV in Ghana: a case for viral load and drug resistance monitoring

Open Access
2024HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentDOI: 10.1186/s12985-024-02354-6

Evaluation of the Physicochemical and Micromeritic Properties of Exudate Gum of Cussonia arborea Stem Bark in Conventional Tablet Formulation

Open Access
2024Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsDOI: 10.1155/2024/7840644

Effect of Ripening and Extraction Method on the Physicochemical Properties of Pectin Extracted from Peels of Apem and Apantu Plantain Cultivars in Ghana

Open Access
2024Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsDOI: 10.1155/2024/6677179

Evaluation of Okra Pectin from Different Genotypes as Effective Suspending Agents in Pharmaceutical Formulations

Open Access
2024Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.31436/jop.v4i1.251

CHARACTERIZATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL EVALUATION OF DAUCUS CAROTA PECTIN AS A SUSPENDING AGENT IN ORAL DOSAGE FORMS

Open Access
2024Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.56536/ijpihs.v5i1.125

Wound Healing and Acute Dermal Toxicity Studies of <i>Ludwigia octovalvis</i> (Jacq.) P. H. Raven (Onagraceae) in <i>Sprague–Dawley</i> Rats

Open Access
2024Wound Healing and TreatmentsDOI: 10.1155/2024/9576349

Biogenic Waste from Two Varieties of Plantain in Ghana Contain Pectin with Potential Binding Properties in Conventional Tablets

Open Access
2024Food composition and propertiesDOI: 10.1155/2024/5461358

Resistance to protease inhibitors in human immunodeficiency virus infection in Ghana: a case for viral load and drug resistance monitoring

Open Access
2023HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3702592/v1

The Consumption of Energy Drink and Its Potential Effect on Sleep Patterns: A Case Study in the Kumasi Metropolis

Open Access
2023Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.18502/jpc.v11i2.13364

Physicochemical Equivalence and Quality Assessment of Various Brands of Gastro-Resistant Omeprazole Capsules in the Kumasi Metropolis

Open Access
2022Pharmaceutical Quality and CounterfeitingDOI: 10.1155/2022/7924600

Antimicrobial Property of Microorganisms Isolated from Soil and Water – Body Samples in Ghana

Open Access
2022Microbial Metabolism and ApplicationsDOI: 10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i530462

Pharmaceutical Assessment of Melia azedarach Gum as a Binder and Disintegrant in Immediate-Release Tablets

Open Access
2022Proteins in Food SystemsDOI: 10.1155/2022/9810099

Pharmaceutical Applications of Glucose Syrup from High Quality Cassava Flour in Oral Liquid Formulations

Open Access
2022Cassava research and cyanideDOI: 10.1155/2022/6869122

Ethnobotanical inventory and therapeutic applications of plants traded in the Ho Central Market, Ghana

Open Access
2022Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesDOI: 10.32859/era.23.8.1-20

Pharmaceutical Assessment of Watermelon Rind Pectin as a Suspending Agent in Oral Liquid Dosage Forms

Open Access
2022Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.1155/2022/9526404

Formulation and Pharmaceutical Assessment of Annona muricata Oral Capsules and Suspension as Antidiarrhea Dosage Forms

Open Access
2021Traditional and Medicinal Uses of AnnonaceaeDOI: 10.1155/2021/1792437

Scorpion Venom peptide, AGAP inhibits TRPV1 and potentiates the analgesic effect of lidocaine

Open Access
2021Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsDOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08560

Evaluation of the binding and disintegrating properties of gum obtained from the stem bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Open Access
2021Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsDOI: 10.17159/sajs.2021/11550

In Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Polyalthia longifolia (Annonaceae) Leaf Extract and Assessment of Its Formulated Oral Dosage Forms

Open Access
2021Traditional and Medicinal Uses of AnnonaceaeDOI: 10.1155/2021/6519346

Potential and Comparative Tablet Disintegrant Properties of Pectin Obtained from Five Okra Genotypes in Ghana

Open Access
2021Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.1155/2021/2902335

Formulation of Suppositories of Alum Produced from Bauxite Waste in Ghana for the Treatment of Hemorrhoid

Open Access
2021Anorectal Disease Treatments and OutcomesDOI: 10.1155/2021/6667562

Utilization of Plants for Medicinal Purposes and Concerns with Endangered Plant Species from Ghana

Open Access
2021Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesDOI: 10.18502/tim.v6i1.5926

Pectin from Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Has Potential as a Drug Release Modifier in Matrix Tablets

Open Access
2021Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsDOI: 10.1155/2021/6672277

Utilization of Pectin from Okra as Binding Agent in Immediate Release Tablets

Open Access
2021Polysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsDOI: 10.1155/2021/6002286

COVID- 19: The role of medicinal plants and research institutions

2021Diverse Scientific Research StudiesDOI: 10.33545/2664763x.2021.v3.i1a.20

Assessment of the physico-chemical and microbial quality of selected extemporaneous paediatric oral formulations frequently prepared at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi

Open Access
2020Pharmaceutical studies and practices

Isolation of antibiotic Producing Microorganisms from some water bodies within Eastern and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana

2019Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsDOI: 10.1101/695783

Oral Thin Films As a Remedy for Noncompliance in Pediatric and Geriatric Patients

2019Biochemical Analysis and Sensing TechniquesDOI: 10.4155/tde-2019-0032

The Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in Malaria Therapy: A Stakeholder Approach to Improving Oral Quinine Use in the Treatment of Childhood Malaria in Ghana

Open Access
2018Malaria Research and ControlDOI: 10.1155/2018/1784645

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Ghanaian Women: The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Experience

2015Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesDOI: 10.1111/tbj.12527

Clerodane diterpenes from Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn) Thw. var. pendula: Potential antimalarial agents for drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection

2015Traditional and Medicinal Uses of AnnonaceaeDOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.04.014

Thyroidectomy

2014Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentDOI: 10.1201/b17974-30

Evaluation of Starch From New Sweet Potato Genotypes for use as A Pharmaceutical Diluent, Binder or Disintegrant

Open Access
2013Food composition and propertiesDOI: 10.7324/japs.2013.38.s4

The Bioactivity of Croton membranaceus - A Traditional Anticancer Herb

2011Diverse Scientific Research Studies

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Open Access
2011Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsDOI: 10.13040/ijpsr.0975-8232.2(1).41-48

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Open Access
2010Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsDOI: 10.13040/ijpsr.0975-8232.1(11).145-52

Enhancement of antibacterial activity of amoxicillin by some Ghanaian medicinal plant extracts

2010Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

RELEASE PROFILE OF EXTRACTS OF BRIDELIA FERRUGINEA LEAF AND CANTHIUM GLABRIFLORUM STEM BARK FROM DIFFERENT ABSORBENTS

2010Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species

THE ACCURACY AND QUALITY OF HOUSEHOLD SPOONS AND ENCLOSED DOSING DEVICES USED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL LIQUID MEDICATIONS IN GHANA

2010Pharmaceutical studies and practices

The antimicrobial activity of Croton membranaceus, a species used in formulations for measles in Ghana

2009Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

A Cytotoxic Diterpenoid from <i>Croton Membranaceus</i>, the Major Constituent of Anticancer Herbal Formulations Used in Ghana

2008Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids ResearchDOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800301116

The evaluation of selected ghanaian medicinal plants for cytotoxic activites

Open Access
2008Natural Compound Pharmacology StudiesDOI: 10.4314/just.v27i3.33055

The modulation of haemolytic activity of non-ionic surfactants by oil-in-water microemulsions as vehicles for parental drug delivery

Open Access
2007Surfactants and Colloidal SystemsDOI: 10.4314/just.v27i2.33039

THEMODULATIONOFHAEMOLYTICACTIVITYOFNON.IONIC SURFACTANTSBYOIL.IN.WATERMICROEMULSIONSAS VEHICLESFORPARENTERALDRUGDELIVERY

2007Environmental and Industrial Safety
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DepartmentDepartment of Pharmaceutics
Total Publications52
Research Themes30
Open Access Papers39

Department of Pharmaceutics

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