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Awards

November 1991 F. G. Torto Award for Best Graduating Student in Chemistry

March 2003 Best Lecturer Award

February 2002 Outstanding and Meritorious Achievement

April 2024 Distinguished Mentor

November 2024 Distinguished Woman in Chemical Sciences
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
Women in Chemistry Network
Ghana Chemical Society
Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)

Degrees:

1999
Dorcas Osei-Safo > Degrees
Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Boadu, R. O., Dankyi, E., Apalangya, V. A., Osei-Safo, D. (2024). Aflatoxins in maize and groundnuts on markets in Accra and consumers’ risk. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19393210.2024.2351575

Amissah, J.N., Alorvor, F.E., Okorley, B.A., Asare, C.M., Osei-Safo, D., Appiah-Opong, R. & Addae-Mensah, I. (2022). Mineral Fertilization Influences the Growth, Cryptolepine Yield, and Bioefficacy of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt. Plants, 11, 122. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11010122

Twumasi, E. B., Akazue, P.I., Kyeremeh, K., Gwira, T.M., Keiser. J., Cho-Ngwa, F… Osei-Safo, D. (2020). Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14(12): e0008919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008919

Tchokouaha Yamthe, L. R., Philips, T. J., Osei-Safo, D., Toukam Djouonzo, P., Odame Agyapong, O., Dotse, E., Tsouh Fokou P. V., Kwofie, S. K., Boyom, F. F., Alexander Kwadwo Nyarko, A. K., Appiah-Opong, R., Wilson, M. D. (2020). Antileishmanial effects of Sargassum vulgare products and prediction of trypanothione reductase inhibition by fucosterol. Future Drug Discovery, 0.4155/fdd-2020-0002

Crentsil J.A., Yamthe L.R.T., Anibea B.Z., Broni E., Kwofie S.K., Tetteh J.K.A. and Osei-Safo D (2020) Leishmanicidal Potential of Hardwickiic Acid isolated from Croton sylvaticus. Frontiers Pharmacology 11:753. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00753

Osei-Safo, D., Dziwornu, G. A., Salgado, A., Sunassee, S. N. & Chama, M. A. (2017). Bi- and bisbibenzyls from the roots of Dichapetalum heudelotii and their antiproliferative activities. Fitoterapia 122, 95–100

Osei-Safo, D., Dziwornu, G.A., Appiah-Opong, R., Chama, M.A., Tuffour, I., Waibel, R., Amewu, R. & Addae-Mensah, I. (2017). Constituents of the Roots of Dichapetalum pallidum and Their Anti-Proliferative Activity. Molecules, 22, 532-542

Chama, M. A., Dziwornu, G. A., Waibel, R., Osei-Safo, D., Addae-Mensah, I., Otchere, J. & Wilson, M. (2015). Isolation, characterization and anthelminthic activity of a novel dichapetalin and other constituents of Dichapetalum filicaule. Pharmaceutical Biology, 29: 1-10

Osei-Safo, D., Harrison, J. J. E. K. & Addae-Mensah, I. (2010). Validation and application of quality assurance methods developed for artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs to assess the quality of a selection of such drugs distributed in Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy, 1:1, 1-26.

Osei-Safo, D., Chama, M. A., Addae-Mensah, I., Waibel, R., Asomaning, W. A. & Oppong, I. V. (2008). Dichapetalin M from Dichapetalum madagascariense. Phytochemistry Letters 1, 147-150.

Osei-Safo, D., Addae-Mensah, I., Garneau, F-X. & Koumaglo, H. K. (2010). A comparative study of the antimicrobial activity of the leaf essential oils of chemo-varieties of Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. F. Benth. Industrial Crops & Products, 32 (3), 634-638.

1st Seminar on Research and Development of Medicinal Plants for TUTCM and UG
2025
icon-pin-location Tianjin, China
Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group collaborative book project on Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals
2025
icon-pin-location Cape Town. South Africa
MAIDEN WOMEN IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES CONFERENCE
2025
icon-pin-location Accra, Ghana
Science by Women Seminar
2025
icon-pin-location Madrid, Spain
Workshop on Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
2025
icon-pin-location Online/Virtual

Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group collaborative book project on Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals
2025
icon-pin-location Cape Town, South Africa
Pan Africa Chemistry Network Congress 2017: Sustainable Agriculture; How the Chemical Sciences Can Contribute to Food Security for a Growing Population
2025
icon-pin-location Accra, Ghana
1st Seminar on Research and Development of Medicinal Plants for TUTCM and UG
2025
icon-pin-location Tianjin, P. R. China
Science by Women Seminar
2025
icon-pin-location Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid, Spain
Workshop on Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
2025
icon-pin-location Online/Virtual
MAIDEN WOMEN IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES CONFERENCE
2025
icon-pin-location Accra, Ghana