Silas Adjei
The researcher integrates diverse methodologies— FTIR spectroscopy, pharmacognostic studies, toxicological analysis, and chemical profile evaluation— to study bioactive components of plants and evaluate their effects on disease or healing. This approach is applied across themes such as natural product bioactivities, malaria research, Ginger and Zingiberaceae studies, essential oils and antimicrobial activities, traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Tannin, tannase, and anticancer activities.
Faculty Biography
Dr. Silas Adjei is a Lecturer at the Department of Herbal Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, KNUST. He received his Bachelor of Herbal Medicine degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He obtained his MPhil and PhD degrees in Pharmacognosy at the same university. He is a Commonwealth fellow at the University of East Anglia, Norwich-UK. He is an alumnus of Prempeh College. After being a teaching assistant and a graduate assistant in the Departments of Herbal Medicine and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences, KNUST, he joined the Department as an Assistant lecturer in 2020. His area of specialisation and research interest are largely on natural product analyses with special focus on isolation and characterisation of medicinal plant metabolites, efficacy studies of herbal medicinal products, standardisation and quality control of herbal products. He has some scientific publications in peer reviewed journals to his credit. He is a member of the Society for Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Research, The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Openlab Africa and American Society of Pharmacognosy.
Botanical Research and Applications
Dye analysis and toxicity
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research
Malaria Research and Control
Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
Tannin, Tannase and Anticancer Activities
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
Anti-Prostatic Carcinoma Activity of Entandrophragma angolense and Methyl Angolensate: In Vitro and In Silico Analyses
Open AccessAssessment of Wound Healing Properties of Medicinal Plants: The Case of <i>Berlinia confusa</i>
Open Access“Hydroethanol extract and triterpenoids of Senegalia ataxacantha show antiplasmodial activity and the compounds are predicted to inhibit parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pfLDH) as indicated by molecular docking studies”
Open AccessQuality Assessment of Tomato Paste Products on the Ghanaian Market: An Insight Into Their Possible Adulteration
Open AccessPharmacognostic characterization, wound healing and toxicity assessment of the stem bark of Xylia evansii Hutch (Leguminosae)
Open AccessPharmacognostic Characterization, Wound Healing and Toxicity Assessment of the Stem Bark of Xylia Evansii Hutch (Leguminosae)
Open AccessAssessment of some quality parameters and chemometric-assisted FTIR spectral analysis of commercial powdered ginger products on the Ghanaian market
Open AccessAmphimas pterocarpoides harms.: An Evaluation of flavonoid and phenolic contents, wound healing, anthelmintic and antioxidant activities of the leaves and stem bark
Open AccessAntibacterial, Antibiofilm, and Efflux Pump Inhibitory Properties of the Crude Extract and Fractions from Acacia macrostachya Stem Bark
Open AccessFruits of Vitex doniana sweet: toxicity profile, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, and quantification of one of its bioactive constituents oleanolic acid
Open AccessAnti-mycobacterium ulcerans activity and pharmacognostic standardisation of Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw) Warb
Open AccessAnti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of the fruits of vitex doniana (hort. Brit.) And the quantification of one of its bioactive constituents oleanolic acid
Triterpenoids mediate the antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of the stem bark of Reissantia indica
Open AccessFruits of <i>Vitex Doniana</i> Sweet: Toxicity Profile, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities, and Quantification of One of its Bioactive Constituents Oleanolic Acid
Open AccessQuality Assessment and Chemometric-Assisted FTIR Spectral Analysis of Commercial Powdered Ginger Products on the Ghanaian Market
Open Access<i>Amphimas pterocarpoides</i> Harms: An Evaluation of Flavonoid and Phenolic Contents, Wound Healing, Anthelmintic and Antioxidant Activities of the Leaves and Stem Bark
Open AccessPharmacognostic and physicochemical studies of the leaves of Hoslundia opposita Vahl (Lamiaceae)
Open Access<i>In Vivo</i> Antiplasmodial Activity of Different Solvent Extracts of <i>Myrianthus libericus</i> Stem Bark and Its Constituents in <i>Plasmodium berghei</i>‐Infected Mice
Open AccessDepartment of Herbal Medicine
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology