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University of Ghana: Accra, Outside North America, GH

2022-02-01 to present | Associate Professor (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

University of Ghana: Legon, Greater Accra, GH

2017-07-25 to 2022-01-31 | Senior Lecturer (Pharmaceutical Chemisty)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Food and Drug Authority Ghana: Accra, Greater Accra, GH

2006-11-01 to 2010-07-01 | Regulatory Officer / Laboratory Supervisor (Laboratory Services Department)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2002-10-01 to 2004-07-01 | Demonstrator (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2001-10-01 to 2002-08-01 | Teaching / Research Assistant (Pharmacognosy)
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of Rostock: Rostock, DE

2012-10-01 to 2016-06-29 | PhD (Proteome Center Rostock)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Project Management Institute Inc: Newtown Square, PA, US

2012-09-01 to 2012-10-01 | Project Management Professional PMP
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2002-09-01 to 2005-01-01 | MSc. Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Robert Gordon University: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, GB

2001-06-01 to 2002-03-01 | Certificate in Drug Supply Management (Distance Learning)
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

1997-07-01 to 2001-07-01 | Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honors) (Faculty of Pharmacy)
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Funding (3)

Workplace Equipment for Aflatoxin Analysis in Herbal Medicines

2018-05 to 2019-01 | Award
Centre for International Migration & Development (CIM) (Eschborn, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 50095242/Opuni/Ghana
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Proteome Research, Enhanced and Propelled by Molecular Modelling / Dynamics.

2015-06 to 2015-08 | Grant
University of Rostock (Rostock, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: HP 002/2014
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Epitope Mapping and Prediction of Rheumatoid Arthritis – Related Human Autoantigens TRIM21 and Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase.

2012-10 to 2016-03 | Award
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Bonn, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 91548123
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

Works (42)

The impact of cluster resolution feature selection on pattern recognition and classification for detecting Sudan dye adulteration in palm oil

Microchemical Journal
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2024.112433
Contributors: Joanna K. Kwao; Cheetham Mingle; John N. Addotey; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Lawrence A. Adutwum
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Quality assessment of medicines in selected resource-limited primary healthcare facilities using low- to medium-cost field testing digital technologies

DIGITAL HEALTH
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/20552076241299064
Contributors: Kwabena FM Opuni; Gifty Sunkwa-Mills; Maxwell A Antwi; Antoinette Squire; George Y Afful; Tobias F Rinke de Wit; Irene A Kretchy
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Contamination of herbal medicinal products in low-and-middle-income countries: A systematic review

Heliyon
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19370
Contributors: Kwabena F.M. Opuni; James-Paul Kretchy; Kofi Agyabeng; Joseph A. Boadu; Theodosia Adanu; Samuel Ankamah; Alexander Appiah; Geralda B. Amoah; Mariam Baidoo; Irene A. Kretchy
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Dried serum spots on pre-punched filter paper discs are ready-to-use storage and shipping devices for blood-borne antigens and antibodies

OpenAlex
2023-08-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/q40zv-vmg63
Contributors: Kira Billinger; Charles A. Okai; Manuela Ruß; Cornelia Koy; Claudia Röwer; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Harald Illges; Ulrich Pecks; Michael Glocker
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Dried serum spots on pre-punched filter paper discs are ready-to-use storage and shipping devices for blood-borne antigens and antibodies

OpenAlex
2023-08-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/zxeps-w2j35
Contributors: Kira Billinger; Charles A. Okai; Manuela Ruß; Cornelia Koy; Claudia Röwer; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Harald Illges; Ulrich Pecks; Michael Glocker
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Evaluation of chemometric classification and regression models for the detection of syrup adulteration in honey

LWT
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113498
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2-s2.0-85129703474

Part of ISSN: 00236438
Contributors: Boateng, A.A.; Sumaila, S.; Lartey, M.; Oppong, M.B.; Opuni, K.F.M.; Adutwum, L.A.
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Evaluation of chemometric classification and regression models for the detection of syrup adulteration in honey

OpenAlex
2022-06-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/cq80p-1qf45
Contributors: Andrews A. Boateng; Salma Sumaila; Michael Lartey; Mahmood Brobbey Oppong; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Lawrence Asamoah Adutwum
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Development and Validation of an Ion-Pair HPLC-UV Method for the Quantitation of Quinoline and Indoloquinoline Alkaloids in Herbal and Pharmaceutical Antimalarial Formulations

Journal of Chemistry
2022-03-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2022/4625954
Contributors: Samuel Oppong Bekoe; Emmanuel Orman; Samuel Awenteka Adjabui; Abena Amponsaa Brobbey; James Oppong-Kyekyeku; Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni; Noble Kuntworbe; Samuel Asare-Nkansah; Shayessteh Dadfarnia
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From Free Binding Energy Calculations of SARS-CoV-2—Receptor Interactions to Cellular Immune Responses

Medicina
2022-02-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/medicina58020226
Contributors: Michael O. Glocker; Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Hans-Juergen Thiesen
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The Unethical Use of Paracetamol As a Food Tenderizer in Four Selected African Countries: A Major Public Health Concern?

Drug metabolism and bioanalysis letters
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2174/2949681015666220810125820
PMID: 35950247
Contributors: Afful EY; Frimpong-Manso S; Bekoe SO; Barfi CO; Opuni KFM; Oppong MB
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Bioanalysis of aminoglycosides using high-performance liquid chromatography

ADMET and DMPK
2022-01-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5599/admet.1183
Contributors: Seth K. Amponsah; Joseph A. Boadu; Daniel K. Dwamena; Kwabena F.M. Opuni
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Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey

Preventive Medicine Reports
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101633
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2-s2.0-85118857519

Part of ISSN: 22113355
Contributors: Kretchy, I.A.; Boadu, J.A.; Kretchy, J.-P.; Agyabeng, K.; Passah, A.A.; Koduah, A.; Opuni, K.F.M.
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Compared with SARS-CoV2 wild type’s spike protein, the SARS-CoV2 omicron’s receptor binding motif has adopted a more SARS-CoV1 and/or bat/civet-like structure

2021-12 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.14.472585
PPR: PPR433149
Contributors: Glocker MO; Opuni KF; Thiesen H
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni via Europe PubMed Central

Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine for the prevention of COVID-19 infection in Ghana: A national cross-sectional online survey

Preventive medicine reports
2021-11 | Journal article
PMC: PMC8575551
Contributors: Kretchy I; Boadu J; Kretchy J; Agyabeng K; Passah A; Koduah A; Opuni K
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Mass Spectrometric and Bio-Computational Binding Strength Analysis of Multiply Charged RNAse S Gas-Phase Complexes Obtained by Electrospray Ionization from Varying In-Solution Equilibrium Conditions

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-09-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910183
Contributors: Cornelia Koy; Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Bright D. Danquah; Andrei Neamtu; Michael O. Glocker
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Monitoring and risk assessment of pesticide residues in selected herbal medicinal products in Ghana

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09261-1
Contributors: Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Samuel Asare-Nkansah; Paul Osei-Fosu; Abraham Akonnor; Samuel O. Bekoe; Alexander N. O. Dodoo
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Monitoring of residual solvent contamination in herbal medicinal products in Ghana: A pilot study

Scientific African
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00825
Part of ISSN: 2468-2276
Contributors: Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Geoffrey Togoh; Samuel Frimpong-Manso; Derick Adu-Amoah; Omotayo Alkanji; Kwasi P. Boateng
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Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategy Enable the Classification and Detection of Expired Antimalarial Herbal Medicinal Product in Ghana

OpenAlex
2021-06-24 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/rrn0e-c7a48
Contributors: Jacob N. Mensah; Abena Amponsaa Brobbey; John Nii Addotey; Isaac Ayensu; Samuel Asare-Nkansah; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Lawrence Asamoah Adutwum
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Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategy Enable the Classification and Detection of Expired Antimalarial Herbal Medicinal Product in Ghana

OpenAlex
2021-06-24 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/nzqh9-2rp02
Contributors: Jacob N. Mensah; Abena Amponsaa Brobbey; John Nii Addotey; Isaac Ayensu; Samuel Asare-Nkansah; Kwabena F.M. Opuni; Lawrence Asamoah Adutwum
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Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategy Enable the Classification and Detection of Expired Antimalarial Herbal Medicinal Product in Ghana

International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
2021-06-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2021/5592217
Contributors: Jacob N. Mensah; Abena A. Brobbey; John N. Addotey; Isaac Ayensu; Samuel Asare-Nkansah; Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Lawrence A. Adutwum; Spas D. Kolev
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High performance liquid chromatography: A versatile tool for assaying antiepileptic drugs in biological matrices

Journal of Chromatography B
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122750
Part of ISSN: 1570-0232
Contributors: Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Joseph A. Boadu; Seth K. Amponsah; Charles A. Okai
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Ethanolic extract of Nymphaea lotus L. (Nymphaeaceae) leaves exhibits in vitro antioxidant, in vivo anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities on Jurkat and MCF-7 cancer cell lines.

BMC complementary medicine and therapies
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03195-w
PMID: 33413340
Contributors: N'guessan BB; Asiamah AD; Arthur NK; Frimpong-Manso S; Amoateng P; Amponsah SK; Kukuia KE; Sarkodie JA; Opuni KF; Asiedu-Gyekye IJ et al.
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Prevalence, patterns and beliefs about use of herbal medicinal products in Ghana: A multi-center community-based cross-sectional study.

Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13541
PMID: 33350035
Contributors: Kretchy IA; Koduah A; Opuni KFM; Agyabeng K; Ohene-Agyei T; Boafo EA; Ntow PO
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Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Antibody—Epitope Peptide Complex Dissociation: Theoretical Concept and Practical Procedure of Binding Strength Characterization

Molecules
2020-10-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25204776
Contributors: Bright D. Danquah; Kwabena F. M. Opuni; Claudia Roewer; Cornelia Koy; Michael O. Glocker
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ITEM-THREE analysis of a monoclonal anti-malaria antibody reveals its assembled epitope on the pfMSP119 antigen.

The Journal of biological chemistry
2020-08-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014802
PMID: 32848020
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Effect of Cellgevity® Supplement on Selected Rat Liver Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Activity and Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Carbamazepine.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
2020-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2020/7956493
PMID: 32714422
PMC: PMC7354648
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Effect of aminophylline on the pharmacokinetics of amikacin in sprague-dawley rats

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.10514
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2-s2.0-85064807048
Contributors: Amponsah, S.K.; Opuni, K.F.-M.; Antwi, K.A.; Kunkpeh, V.P.
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Usefulness of combined screening methods for rapid detection of falsified and/or substandard medicines in the absence of a confirmatory method

Malaria Journal
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-3045-y
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Intact Transition Epitope Mapping - Thermodynamic Weak-force Order (ITEM - TWO).

Journal of proteomics
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2019.103572
PMID: 31683061
Contributors: Danquah BD; Yefremova Y; Opuni KFM; Röwer C; Koy C; Glocker MO
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Intact Transition Epitope Mapping - Targeted High-Energy Rupture of Extracted Epitopes (ITEM - THREE).

Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra119.001429
PMID: 31147491
Contributors: Danquah BD; Rower C; Opuni KFM; ElKased R; Frommholz D; Illges H; Koy C; Glocker MO
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Animal model investigation suggests betamethasone alters the pharmacokinetics of amikacin

ADMET and DMPK
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5599/admet.613
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2-s2.0-85059418983
Contributors: Amponsah, S.K.; Opuni, K.F.-M.; Donkor, A.A.
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Mass spectrometric epitope mapping.

Mass spectrometry reviews
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21516
PMID: 27403762
Contributors: Opuni KFM; Al-Majdoub M; Yefremova Y; El-Kased RF; Koy C; Glocker MO
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Mass spectrometric characterization of protein structures and protein complexes in condensed and gas phase.

European journal of mass spectrometry (Chichester, England)
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1469066717722256
PMID: 29183193
Contributors: Yefremova Y; Danquah BD; Opuni KF; El-Kased R; Koy C; Glocker MO
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Apparent activation energies of protein-protein complex dissociation in the gas-phase determined by electrospray mass spectrometry.

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0603-4
PMID: 28900708
Contributors: Yefremova Y; Melder FTI; Danquah BD; Opuni KFM; Koy C; Ehrens A; Frommholz D; Illges H; Koelbel K; Sobott F et al.
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Intact Transition Epitope Mapping (ITEM).

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2017-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1654-7
PMID: 28616748
Contributors: Yefremova Y; Opuni KFM; Danquah BD; Thiesen HJ; Glocker MO
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In silico Epitope Mapping of Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase: A Rheumatoid Arthritis Autoantigen

Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics
2017-03-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4172/jpb.1000425
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In-Silico Epitope Mapping of Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase (GPI) - A Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Autoantigen.

JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE
2016-09-01 | Conference paper
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Kwabena F.M. Opuni

A Dynamic Model of pH-Induced Protein G'e Higher Order Structure Changes derived from Mass Spectrometric Analyses.

Analytical chemistry
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03536
PMID: 26606592
PMC: PMC5201196
Contributors: Yefremova Y; Al-Majdoub M; Opuni KF; Koy C; Yan Y; Gross ML; Glocker MO
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"De-novo" amino acid sequence elucidation of protein G'e by combined "top-down" and "bottom-up" mass spectrometry.

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-1053-2
PMID: 25560987
Contributors: Yefremova Y; Al-Majdoub M; Opuni KF; Koy C; Cui W; Yan Y; Gross ML; Glocker MO
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A novel strategy for the rapid preparation and isolation of intact immune complexes from peptide mixtures.

Journal of molecular recognition : JMR
2014-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2375
PMID: 25042711
Contributors: Al-Majdoub M; Opuni KF; Yefremova Y; Koy C; Lorenz P; El-Kased RF; Thiesen HJ; Glocker MO
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Facile fabrication and instant application of miniaturized antibody-decorated affinity columns for higher-order structure and functional characterization of TRIM21 epitope peptides.

Analytical chemistry
2013-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/ac402559m
PMID: 24094071
Contributors: Al-Majdoub M; Opuni KF; Koy C; Glocker MO
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Improving Drug Quality Monitoring in Ghana by Ion-pair Complexes: The Case of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride and Bromophenol Blue

International Journal of Pure & Applied Chemistry
2011-07-01 | Journal article
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