Office Room Number
F15
Education
BSc (Ghana)
PhD (Ghana)
Summary of Research Interests
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Drug Discovery
Research Interest
My research interests lie within the general area of drug discovery with specialization in microbial natural products. My research specifically involves documentation and exploration of new bioactive compounds from new/novel Ghanaian microbial species, their structure determination, chemical, and biological effects on resistant pathogens of some communicable diseases; using chromatographic, cheminformatics, mass spectrometry, molecular networking, NMR, and other biochemical techniques.
Courses taught
- BCMB 200 Practical Biochemistry
- BCMB 214 Principles of Biochemical Techniques
- BCMB 205 General Biochemistry
- CBAS 201 Academic writing II
- BCMB 301 Integration and Control of Metabolism
- BCMB 316 Intermerdiary Metabolism
- BCMB 318 Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
- BCMB 611 Pesticide Biochemistry
Selected Publications
- Nartey, A. P., Dofuor, A. K., Owusu, K. B. A., Camas, A.S., Deng, H., Jaspars, M., Kyeremeh, K. Digyalipopeptide A, an antiparasitic cyclic peptide from the Ghanaian Bacillus sp. strain DE2B. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2022 Dec 28;18:1763-1771. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.185. PMID: 36632531; PMCID: PMC9811306.
- Droepenu, E. K., Jackson, N., Kyene, M., Ayertey, F., Brew-Daniels, H., Mensah, T., Adomako, C., Nartey, A.P., Gyampoh, A.O., Boamah, L.A. Synthesis and Characterization of Chrysophyllum albidum (African Star Apple) Plant-Mediated Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antimicrobial Activity. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2022. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5508224.
- Kyeremeh K., Flint, A., Jaspars, M., Sunassee, S.N., Amewu, R., Dziwornu, G.A., Acquah, K.S., Nartey, A.P., Krause, R., Osei-Safo, D. Making North–South Collaborations Work: Facilitating Natural Product Drug Discovery in Africa. In: Ramutsindela M., Mickler D. (eds) Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14857-7_24
- Hayibor, K., Kwain, S., Osei, E., Nartey, A. P., Tetevi, G.M., Owusu, K.B.A., Camas, M., Camas, A.S., Kyeremeh, K. Ghanaian mangrove wetland endophytic fungus, Penicillium herquei strain BRS2A-AR produces (9Z, 11E)-13-oxooctadeca-9,11-dienoic acid with activity against Trichomonas mobilensis. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 13(4), 1918. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v13i4.2