Godfred Darko
100 Publications42 Research Themes53 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher has conducted extensive research across multiple domains, focusing on environmental health issues, particularly the impact of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and pollutants on human health and ecosystems. Their work encompasses a wide range of topics, including heavy metal contamination in Ghana’s environment, antibiotic residues in water and land ecologies, toxicity studies involving hazardous chemicals such as铅, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, and the integration of analytical techniques to assess trace elements’ bioactivities. The research also explores the physiological and psychological effects of neurotoxins and evaluates the pharmacokinetics of substances like vetropresvernas in animals. Additionally, their studies cover innovative methods for recycling materials with promising applications in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and waste management.
Faculty Biography
Godfred Darko is an environmental analytical chemist with research interests in sample preparation, bioaccessibility of metals and xenobiotic substances, environmental monitoring, contamination assessment and remediation. He has supervised several research on environmental monitoring and remediation of contaminated sites in Africa.
Key Research Themes (42)
Physical Sciences
Analytical chemistry methods development
Health Sciences
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
Physical Sciences
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Health Sciences
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Physical Sciences
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Physical Sciences
Coconut Research and Applications
Health Sciences
Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
Physical Sciences
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Life Sciences
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Life Sciences
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Physical Sciences
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Health Sciences
Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
Physical Sciences
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
Physical Sciences
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Physical Sciences
Heavy metals in environment
Physical Sciences
Heavy Metals in Plants
Life Sciences
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture
Life Sciences
Insect and Pesticide Research
Life Sciences
Insect Pest Control Strategies
Physical Sciences
Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
Life Sciences
Marine Sponges and Natural Products
Physical Sciences
Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Physical Sciences
Mining and Resource Management
Life Sciences
Moringa oleifera research and applications
Physical Sciences
Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
Physical Sciences
Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
Life Sciences
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
Life Sciences
Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
Life Sciences
Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
Physical Sciences
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Health Sciences
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
Life Sciences
Pharmacological Effects and Assays
Life Sciences
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
Physical Sciences
Polymer composites and self-healing
Life Sciences
Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
Health Sciences
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
Physical Sciences
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Health Sciences
Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
Physical Sciences
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Social Sciences
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Physical Sciences
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Physical Sciences
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
Publications (100)
Speciation, contamination, and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils from mining and non-mining areas in Ghana
Biochar Amendment in Remediation of Heavy Metals in Paddy Soil: A Case Study in Nobewam, Ghana
Open AccessIntegrating Maternal and Child Health Into Climate Change: A Holistic Approach
Open AccessConsumers and farmer awareness and perception of heavy metal contamination in rice: Implications for food safety and sustainability
Open AccessUptake and in-vitro bioaccessibility of toxic metals in cocoa beans: Human health risks
Ecological risk assessment of selected pharmaceuticals in major rivers within Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessDumpsites farmers’ awareness of physicochemical properties of dumpsites soil in two agro-ecological zones, Ghana
Health Risk Assessments of Potentially Toxic Elements in Selected Medicinal Plants from the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Spatial distribution, bioaccessibility, and human health implications of potentially toxic elements in mining-impacted topsoils in Obuasi Municipality of Ghana
Health risks of potentially toxic metals in cereal-based breakfast meals in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessDistribution and in-vitro bioaccessibility of potentially toxic metals in surface soils from a mining and a non-mining community in Ghana: implications for human health
Human health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soil and air particulate matter of automobile hub environments in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessOccurrence and Ecological Risk Assessment of Pharmaceutical Residues in Effluents from Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities in Kumasi, Ghana
Geospatial Distribution of Mercury in Surface Soils Across Ghana
Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of the Leaf and Fruit Essential Oils of the West African Plum, Vitex doniana
Open AccessHuman health risk associated with metal exposure at Agbogbloshie e-waste site and the surrounding neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana
Open AccessPotential health risk and bio-accessibility of metal and minerals in saltpetre (a food additive)
Open AccessKnowledge, perception, and pesticide application practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in four Ghanaian cocoa-growing regions
Open AccessHuman exposure to mercury in the atmosphere and soils in Konongo: an age-old mining centre in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Urbanization against ecologically sensitive areas: effects of land use activities on surface water bodies in the Kumasi Metropolis
Open AccessWorkers perception of and coping with the health risks of informal electronic waste recycling in Ghana
Open AccessRisk of Exposure to Trace Elements through the Application of Facial Makeup Powders
Open AccessEssential Oils from the Fruits and Leaves of Spondias mombin Linn.: Chemical Composition, Biological Activity, and Molecular Docking Study
Open AccessAssessment and Awareness of Health Risks Posed by Mercury in Artisanal Gold Mining in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Modelling mercury concentration in Ghanaian soil
Mercury contamination of two e-waste recycling sites in Ghana: an investigation into mercury pollution at Dagomba Line (Kumasi) and Agbogbloshie (Accra)
Drying and adhesive properties of novel surface coatings derived from peanut skin extract and cashew nutshell liquid
Occurrence of Pharmaceutical Residues and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Water and Sediments from Major Reservoirs (Owabi and Barekese Dams) in Ghana
Open AccessNatural polyhydroxy resins in surface coatings: a review
Antibiotic and analgesic residues in the environment – Occurrence and ecological risk study from the Sunyani municipality, Ghana
Open AccessDisposal of Unused and Expired Medicines within the Sunyani Municipality of Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Survey
Open AccessUrbanizing with or without nature: pollution effects of human activities on water quality of major rivers that drain the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
Distribution of heavy metals in sediments, physicochemical and microbial parameters of water from River Subin of Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
Open AccessGeographically weighted principal component analysis for characterising the spatial heterogeneity and connectivity of soil heavy metals in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessEssential Oils from Averrhoa carambola L. (Oxalidaceae): Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Anti-biofilm Potential
Excess lifetime cancer risk and committed effective dose associated with dietary exposure to radioactivity of natural origin from mining areas
Does mercury emission from small-scale gold mining cause widespread soil pollution in Ghana?
Health Benefit: Risk Assessment of Trace and Essential Elements Found in Cocoa Beans and Derived Products
Phytochemicals from Peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) Skin Extract with Potential for Pharmacological Activity
Veterinary Drug Residues in Beef, Chicken, and Egg from Ghana
Distribution, bioaccessibility and human health risks of toxic metals in peri-urban topsoils of the Kumasi Metropolis
Open AccessCharacterization of inhalation exposure to gaseous elemental mercury during artisanal gold mining and e-waste recycling through combined stationary and personal passive sampling
Open AccessPatterns in protein consumption in Ghanaian cities
Open AccessContamination, exposure and risk assessment of mercury in the soils of an artisanal gold mining community in Ghana
Gastric bioaccessibility and human health risks associated with soil metal exposure via ingestion at an E-waste recycling site in Kumasi, Ghana
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of the root and bark extracts of Vitex grandifolia (Verbanaceae)
Open AccessDistribution of heavy metals in soils from abandoned dump sites in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessPerception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
Open AccessContamination and Human Health Risk Due to Toxic Metals in Dust from Transport Stations in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Accumulation and bioaccessibility of toxic metals in root tubers and soils from gold mining and farming communities in the Ashanti region of Ghana
Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of peanut skin extract-azo-compounds
Open AccessHealth risks of toxic metals (Al, Fe and Pb) in two common street vended foods, fufu and fried-rice, in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessChemistry and application of emerging ecofriendly antifouling paints: a review
Extraction, Characterization and Application of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid from Cashew Nut Shells
Open AccessHuman health risk assessment of exposure to indoor mercury vapour in a Ghanaian artisanal small-scale gold mining community
Occurrence of Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Landfill Sites in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessHuman Health Risk and Bioaccessibility of Toxic Metals in Topsoils from Gbani Mining Community in Ghana
Open AccessExposures and risks of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury in cocoa beans and cocoa-based foods: a systematic review
Open AccessAssessment of the quality of the Owabi reservoir and its tributaries
Open AccessAssessment of Heavy Metal Contamination and Distribution in Surface Soils and Plants along the West Coast of Ghana
Open Access2018Heavy metals in environment
Occurrence and risk assessment of antibiotics in water and lettuce in Ghana
Health risks due to consumption of pesticides in ready-to-eat vegetables (salads) in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessDistribution and bioaccessibility of metals in urban soils of Kumasi, Ghana
Nutritional and anti-nutrient profiles of some Ghanaian spices
Open AccessDistribution and ecological risks of toxic metals in the topsoils in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessAssessment of pollution levels, potential ecological risk and human health risk of heavy metals/metalloids in dust around fuel filling stations from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessAnti-inflammatory activities of extracts from<i>Oliva sp., Patella rustica</i>, and<i>Littorina littorea</i>collected from Ghana’s coastal shorelines
Open AccessPesticide Residues in Honey from the Major Honey Producing Forest Belts in Ghana
Open AccessVeterinary antibiotics in dairy products from Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessAssessment of organochlorine pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa farms in Ghana
Open AccessAssociations between pesticide use and respiratory symptoms: A cross-sectional study in Southern Ghana
Uptake of antibiotics from irrigation water by plants
Accumulation of toxic metals in fish raised from sewage-fed aquaculture and estimated health risks associated with their consumption
Open AccessValidated RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination and quantification of chlorpheniramine maleate, paracetamol and caffeine in tablet formulation
Open AccessAntimicrobial and antioxidant activities of ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of<i>Littorina littorea</i>and<i>Galatea paradoxa</i>
Open AccessOrganophosphorus pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa producing areas in Ghana
Open AccessDetermination of Triacylglycerol Composition of Trichilia e metica Seed Oil Using GC-MS and 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy
2016Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
Heavy metal content and potential health risk of geophagic white clay from the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
Open AccessInfluence of small-scale gold mining and toxic element concentrations in Bonsa river, Ghana: a potential risk to water quality and public health
Estimated dietary exposure to veterinary residues in chicken and eggs
Open AccessSteady state electrospinning of uniform polyethersulfone nanofibers using a non-heated solvent mixture
Open AccessAntimicrobial and antioxidant properties of the crude peptide extracts of Galatea paradoxa and Patella rustica
Open AccessDistribution of natural and artificial radioactivity in soils, water and tuber crops
Changes in water quality in the Owabi water treatment plant in Ghana
Open AccessAssessment of the activity of radionuclides and radiological impacts of consuming underground water in Kumasi, Ghana
Health risk assessment of pesticides residue in maize and cowpea from Ejura, Ghana
Levels and seasonal variations of organochlorine pesticides in urban and rural background air of southern Ghana
Optimal synthesis of a Ni(II)-dimethylglyoxime ion-imprinted polymer for the enrichment of Ni(II) ions in water, soil and mine tailing samples
Open AccessSimple and efficient ion imprinted polymer for recovery of uranium from environmental samples
Chemical Composition of Rainwater over a Mining Area in Ghana
Dimethylglyoxime based ion-imprinted polymer for the determination of Ni(II) ions from aqueous samples
Open AccessEvaluation of the levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in water samples of Lagos Lagoon using solid phase extraction method
Open AccessElectrospun nanofibers as sorbent material for solid phase extraction
Semi-micro solid phase extraction with electrospun polystyrene fiber disks
Chemical and biological characteristics of streams in the Owabi watershed
Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana
Persistent organochlorine pesticide residues in fish, sediments and water from Lake Bosomtwi, Ghana
HEAVY METALS POLLUTION IN SURFACE SOILS IN THE VICINITY OF ABUNDANT RAILWAY SERVICING WORKSHOP IN KUMASI, GHANA
2008Heavy metals in environment
Levels of organochlorine pesticides residues in dairy products in Kumasi, Ghana
Levels of organochlorine pesticides residues in meat
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Chemistry
Total Publications100
Research Themes42
Open Access Papers53
Department of Chemistry
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology