Publications
- Ntim, E.A., Nyamekye, S., Yeboah, K.O., Safianu, R., Djankpa, F.T., Ainooson, G.K. and Appiah, K.A.A., 2025. Associations between green tea drinking and body mass index, serum lipid profile and prostate-specific antigen in a Ghanaian population: a cross-sectional study. BMC nutrition, 11(1), p.55.
- Bekoe, O.O., Antwi, A.O., Yeboah, K.O., Petershie, B.E., Nyarko, M.S. and Osafo, N., 2025. Eleusine indica inhibits airway inflammation and ICAM-1 expression in ovalbumin-induced asthma in guinea pigs. Nutrire, 50(1), p.7.
- Osafo, N., Boakye, Y.D., Yeboah, K.O. and Agyare, C., 2025. Antiinflammatory, modulatory and analgesic activities of African medicinal plants and their derivatives. In Medicinal Plant Research in Africa(pp. 689-708). Elsevier.
- Otu-Boakye, S.A., Boakye-Gyasi, E., Oppong-Kyekyeku, J., Yeboah, K.O., Okyere, P.D. and Osafo, N., 2024. The crude alkaloidal extract of Picralima nitida seeds alleviates TNBS-induced inflammatory bowel disease through reduced serum expression of TNF-α, IL-1β and p38 MAPK. Nutrire, 50(1), p.3
- Yeboah KO, Emosivbe M, Ntim EA, Sam GH and Ainooson G (2023) The antiproliferative, antimigratory and anticlonogenic effects of Croton membranaceus Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) hydroethanolic root extract in human 22Rv1 castration-resistant prostate cancer cells. ACTA Pharmaceutica Sciencia. 61(2).
- Amanfo AF, Kyei S, Boakye YD, Akoto CO, Addo JK, Yeboah KO and Osafo N (2023) The Aqueous Stem Bark Extract of Alstonia boonei Exhibits Anticataract Activity in Sprague Dawley Rat. Scientifica. 2023; 7559.
- Osafo N, Owusu-Sarfo J, Yeboah KO and Acheampong NA (2023) Neurogenesis in the Embryonic and Adult Brain. In Neurochemical Systems and Signaling (pp. 213-225). CRC Press.
- Osafo N and Yeboah KO (2023) Therapeutic Targets and Neurochemical Signaling in Huntington's Disease. InNeurochemical Systems and Signaling (pp. 127-144). CRC Press.
- Osafo N and Yeboah KO (2023). Therapeutic targets and neurochemical signaling in Huntington’s disease. In Neurochemical Systems and Signaling (pages 18). CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9780429265198-10.
- Otu?Boakye SA, Yeboah KO, Boakye?Gyasi E, Oppong?Kyekyeku J, Okyere PD and Osafo N (2023) Acetic acid?induced colitis modulating potential of total crude alkaloidal extract of Picralima nitida seeds in rats. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease. 11(5):e855.
- Amanfo AF, Kyei S, Boakye YD, Akoto CO, Addo JK, Yeboah KO and Osafo N (2023) The Aqueous Stem Bark Extract of Alstonia boonei Exhibits Anticataract Activity in Sprague Dawley Rat. Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2023(11):174-188.
- Forkuo AD and Yeboah KO (2023) Malaria: Cellular Understanding of Disease. In Malarial Drug Delivery Systems: Advances in Treatment of Infectious Diseases. pp. 17-42. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Boakye YD, Adjei DK, Yeboah KO, Obeng-Mensah D, Osafo N, Agana TA, Boamah VE and Agyare C (2023) Natural products as therapeutic option for echinococcosis. Intechopen. DOI: 105772/intechopen.109614.
- Antwi-Adjei M, Yeboah KO, Oppong-Kyekyeku J and Osafo N (2022) Inflammation modulating activity of the hydroethanol stem bark extract of Bombax costatum in murine models. Scientifica. 2022: 6882147. DOI:10.1155/2022/6882147.
- Osafo N and Yeboah OK (2022) In vivo inhibitory effect of hydro-ethanol extract of Xylopia aethiopica fruits on mediators of acute inflammation. Acta Pharm Sci. 60(1):85-99.
- Yeboah OK, Osafo N, Antwi AO and Essel LB (2021) Methanolic leaf extract of Dissotis rotundifolia alleviates acetic acid-induced ulcerative colitis in rats. Acta Pharm Sci. 59(4):589-603.
- Osafo N, Antwi AO, Mante PK, Osei YA, Yeboah OK and Otu-Boakye S (2021). Cutaneous and systemic anti-allergic potential of xylopic acid in rodents. Adv Tradit Med (ADTM) (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13596-021-00595-2
- Osafo N, Yeboak OK and Antwi AO (2021). Endocannabinoid system and its modulation of brain, gut, joint and skin inflammation. Mol Biol Rep. 48(4):3665-3680.
- Oyindamola EA, Agyemang MK, Owusu-Sarfo J, Yeboah OK and Osafo N (2020). Microglial mitophagy and neurodegenerative disorders. In Quality Control of Cellular Protein in Neurodegenerative Disorders. IGI Global. pp. 88-128.
- Osafo N, Obeng S, Obiri DD, Yeboak OK and Essel LB (2020). Pharmacological Management of Parkinson’s Disease. In M Uddin & M Rashid (Eds), Advances in Neuropharmacology: Drugs and Therapeutics. Apple Academic Press. pp 151-173. https://www.crcpress.com/Advances-in-Neuropharmacology-Drugs-and-Therapeutics/Uddin-Rashid/p/book/9781771887977.
- Osafo N, Obiri DD, Antwi AO and Yeboah OK (2018). The acute anti-inflammatory action of xylopic acid isolated from Xylopia aethiopica. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 29(6):659-669. Doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2018-0019.
- Osafo N, Obiri DD, Danquah KO, Yeboah OK, Antwi AO and Oppong MB (2019). Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration. In M Uddin, & M Amran (Eds), Handbook of Research on Critical Examinations of Neurodegenerative Disorders (pp. 24-47). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5282bg-6.ch002.
- Osafo N, Obiri DD, Yeboah OK and Minkah PA (2019). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Predominant Form of Degenerative Disease of the Motor Neuron System. In M. Uddin, & M. Amran (Eds), Handbook of Research on Critical Examinations of Neurodegenerative Disorders (pp. 322-346). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5282-6.ch015.
- Osafo N, Mensah BK and Yeboah OK (2017). Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Volume 2017, Article ID 3026370, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3026370
- Yeboah OK and Osafo N (2017). Review of the Ethno-medical, Phytochemical, Pharmacological and Toxicological Studies on Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana. JOCAMR. 2(3): 1-11. DOI: 10.9734/JOCAMR/2017/32212