Dr. Wonder Kofi Mensah Abotsi holds a B.Pharm (Hons) degree and a PhD (Pharmacology) from Kwame Nkrumah University and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is currently a lecturer in Pharmacology at the College of Health Sciences, KNUST. He is also a registered Pharmacist and a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana as well as the West African Society for Pharmacology (WASP).

Dr. Abotsi’s research interests include evaluation of novel natural products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and inflammation.

Email: wkm_abotsi@yahoo.com, wkmabotsi.pharm@knust.edu.gh

Recent Publications

1. Abotsi, W.K.M., Ainooson, G.K. & Woode, E. (2012). Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant Effects of an Ethanolic Extract of the Aerial Parts of Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae).  Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med. 9(1):138‐152
2. Woode, E., Alagpulinsa, D.A., Abotsi, W.K.M. (2011). Anti-nociceptive, Anxiolytic and Anticonvulsant Effects of an Aqueous Leaf Extract of Leea guineensis G. Don (Family: Leeaceae).  Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 5(8): 1132-1144.
3. Woode, E. & Abotsi, W.K.M (2011). Anti-nociceptive Effect of an Ethanolic Extract of the Aerial Parts of Hilleria latifolia(Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae). J. Pharm. Bioall. Sci. 3(2): 384-396
4. Woode, E., Abotsi, W.K.M & Mensah, A.Y. (2011). Anxiolytic- and Antidepressant-Like Effects of an Ethanolic Extract of the Aerial Parts of Hilleria latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. in Mice. J. Nat. Pharm. 2(2): 62-71
5. Woode, E., Poku, R.A. & Abotsi, W.K.M. (2011). Anticonvulsant Effects of a Leaf Extract of Ficus exasperata Vahl (Moraceae) in Mice. Int. J. Pharmacol. 7(3):405-409.
6. Woode, E., Amoateng, P. & Abotsi, W.K.M. (2011). Ethopharmacological Analysis of the Effects of the Whole Plant Extract of Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn (Asteraceae) in Murine Models. Der Pharmacia Sinica 2(2): 54-67.
7. Abotsi, W.K.M., Ainooson, G.K., Boakye-Gyasi, E. (2011). Acute and Sub-Acute Toxicity Studies of the Ethanolic Extract of the Aerial Parts of Hilleria Latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt. (Phytolaccaceae) in Rodents. West Afr. J. Of Pharm. 22(1): 27-35.
8. Boakye-Gyasi, E., Ainooson, G. K. & Abotsi, W.K.M. (2011). Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic and Antioxidant Properties of a Hydroalcoholic Leaf Extract of Palisota Hirsuta K. Schum. (Commelinaceae). West Afr. J. Of Pharm. 22(1): 10-18.
9. Woode, E., Poku, R.A. & Abotsi, W.K.M. (2011). Anxiolytic-Like Effects of a Leaf Extract of Ficus Exasperata Vahl (Moraceae) in Mice. West Afr. J. Of Pharm. 22 (1): 75-81.
10. Abotsi, W.M.K., Woode, E., Ainooson, G.K., Amoh-Barimah, A.K. & Boakye-Gyasi, E. (2010). Anti-Arthritic and Antioxidant Effects of the Leaf Extract of Ficus exasperata P. Beauv.(Moraceae).  Pharmacog. Res. 2(2): 89-97.