Dr. Mahmood Brobbey Oppong
Address: Room 18, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana Legon
Tel: 02086360510, 0543197876
Email: mboppong@ug.edu.gh ; mahmood.obrobbey@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-6466;
Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57191187927
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=mahmood+brobbey+oppong
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahmood-Oppong
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=9GAgfL4AAAAJ
- Quality assessment and misuse/abuse of medicines (orthodox and herbal)
Development of analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative assay of pharmaceuticals (orthodox and herbal medicines) and pharmaceutical contaminants in food.
- Detection of levels of paracetamol and para-aminophenol in foods.
- Quantitative estimation of aflatoxins in herbal products using high performance liquid chromatography.
- Natural product research
Focusing specifically on innovative research to scientifically validate folkloric use of indigenous traditional medicines that will ultimately lead to the discovery of potential lead compounds.
- Isolation, identification and characterization of medicinal plant isolates using chromatographic and spectroscopic methods.
- In vitro and in vivo activity screening
- Profiling of bioactive constituents of local medicinal plants.
Education
2015 – 2018 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), School of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
2011 – 2014 Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
2006 – 2010 Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm), Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
2021 Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Accra
2019 - 2021 Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Accra
2015 – 2018 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Accra
2010 – 2012 Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Sept. 2022 Examination Officer, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana
March 2022 Hall Tutor, Legon Hall, University of Ghana
Oct. 2020 E-learning Ambassador, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana
May 2020 Quality Control Officer, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana
Jan. 2020 Laboratory Coordinator, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana
- Ewurabena Y. Afful, Samuel Frimpong-Manso, Samuel O. Bekoe, Chris O. Barfi, Kwabena F.M. Opuni, Mahmood B. Oppong (2022). The Unethical Use of Paracetamol As a Food Tenderizer in Four Selected African Countries: A Major Public Health Concern? Drug Metabolism and Bioanalysis Letters. http://doi.org/10.2174/2949681015666220810125820
- Yang, Miaojie; Oppong, Mahmood Brobbey; Di, Jingrui; Yuan, Qing; Chang, Yanxu; Jiang, Miaomiao; Cao, Shijie; Dong, Pengzhi; Li, Lin; Xie, Yan; Luan, Xiaoying; Hu, Limin; Chai, Lijuan; Zhang, Peng (2022). Steroidal saponins with anti-inflammatory activity from Tribulus terrestris L. Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine: Volume 2, Issue 1, p 41-48. http://doi.org/10.1097/HM9.0000000000000026
- Boateng A. A., Sumaila S., Lartey M., Oppong M. B., Opuni K. F. M., Adutwum L. A. (2022). Evaluation of chemometric classification and regression models for the detection of syrup adulteration in honey, LWT, 2022. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113498
- Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Bing-Yang Zhang, Shi-Ming Fang, Feng Qiu (2020). Secondary metabolites from Sterculia lychnophora Hance (Pangdahai). Biochemical and Systemic Ecology, 92, 104125, 1-4
- Yan-Li Huang, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Ying Guo, Li Zhi Wang, Shi-Ming Fang, Yan-Ru Deng, Xu-Mei Gao (2019). The Oleaceae family: A source of secoiridoids with multiple biological activities. Fitoterapia. http://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.04.010
- Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Li Yang, Prince Osei Banahene, Fang Shi-Ming, Qiu Feng (2018). Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Sterculia lychnophora Hance (Pangdahai) Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 16(10): 721-731 http://doi.org/10.1016/S1875-5364(18)30112-2s.
- Xinchi Feng, Yang Li, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Feng Qiu (2018). Insights into the intestinal bacterial metabolism of flavonoids and the bioactivities of their microbe-derived ring cleavage metabolites. Drug Metabolism Reviews, 1-14
- Cheng-Peng Sun, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Feng Zhao, Li-Xia Chen and Feng Qiu (2017). Unprecedented 22,26-seco physalins from Physalis angulata and their anti-inflammatory potential. Organic and biomolecular chemistry, 15(41), 8700–8704. http://doi.org/10.1039/c7ob02205k
- Li-Qin Ding, Tian-Yi Qiu, Zhao-Xi Liu, Li-Xia Chen, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, De-Qin Zhang, Bo-li Zhang, Gang Bai, Feng Qiu (2017). Systematic characterization of the metabolites of paeonol in rats using ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry with an integrative strategy. Journal of Chromatography B 1065–1066 (2017) 70–78.
- Yaqing Guoa, Hongxia Liu, Liqin Ding, Mahmood B. Oppong, Guixiang Pan, Feng Qiu (2017). LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of flavonoids and physalins in rat plasma: application to pharmacokinetic study after oral administration of Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii (Chinese lantern) extract. Biomedical chromatography doi: 10.1002/bmc.3970 31(10), e3970.
- Liwei Chai, Paul Owusu Donkor, Kun Wang, Yingjie Sun, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Kai Wang, Liqin Ding & Feng Qiu (2017). Metabolic profiles of corydaline in rats by ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Xenobiotica, 49(1):80-89, http://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2017.1416207.
- John Teye Azietakua, Huifen Maa, Xie-an Yua, Jin Lia, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Jun Cao, Mingrui An, Yan-xu Chang (2017). A review of the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Notopterygium incisum, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 202 (2017) 241–255, http://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jep.2017.03.022
- Nan Zhang, Wei-xing Huang, Gui-yang Xia, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Li-qing Ding, Pan Li, Feng Qiu (2017). Methods for determination of absolute configuration of monosaccharides. Chinese Herbal Medicines 10 (1), 14–22, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chmed.2017.12.009
- Jin-Long Yao, Shi-Ming Fang, Rui Liu, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong, Er-Wei Liu, Guan-Wei Fan and Han Zhang (2016). A Review on the Terpenes from Genus Vitex. Molecules, 21(9), 1179. http://doi:10.3390/molecules21091179
- Mahmood B. Oppong, Samuel O. Bekoe, Reimel K. Adosraku, John S.K. Ayim (2015). Simultaneous quantification of five penicillins and detection of penicilloic acid in single and/or multi-component flucloxacillin pharmaceutical formulations. West African Journal of Pharmacy, 26 (1) 41-53.
Book chapter
- Newman Osafo, David Darko Obiri, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Oduro Kofi Yeboah, Aaron Opoku Antwi, Mahmood Brobbey Oppong. Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration. In Handbook of Research on Critical Examinations of Neurodegenerative Disorders, Part of the Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care Book Series. Chapter 2, page 24-47, http://doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5282-6.ch002
- Member, Department Teaching Assessment Committee (DTAC), Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy.
- Member, Research and Grant Committee, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, June 2019 – to date.
- Member, Faculty Board, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana, Legon. 2019 to date
- Member, Academic Board, University of Ghana, Legon, August 2022 to date.
- Member, White Coat Ceremony Committee, School of Pharmacy, May 2022 to date
- Chairman, Risk and Safety Committee, School of Pharmacy, University of Ghana June 2021 to date.
- Chairman, Committee to deliberate and recommend project/programmes and activities to enhance socialization and closer fellowship among fellows of the Legon hall. September 2020 to date.
i. Member, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), January 2012 to date.
ii. Member, Universities Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), January 2015 to date
iii. Member, Academic, Social and Research Pharmacists’ Association (ASRPA), May 2012 to date.