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The Role of Taxonomic Delimitation in the Safety and Efficacy of Plant Medicines: A Quality Control
Project summary:
Misidentification possess hazardous threats in plant medicine consumption or research. Taxonomic delimitation has the potential of salvaging this menace even among non-botanists. This study seeks to examine distinctive traits of some medicinal plants that are consumed but misidentified by Plant collectors due to their keen similarities with closely related species
First Name:
Peter Atta-Adjei Junior
Highest degree:
Master's Degree
Year obtained:
2022
Applicant Status:
Early-career researcher (PhD obtained within last three years)
Ghana
Flowering plants
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Simões, A. R. G., Shimpale, V. B., Rattanakrajang, P., Traiperm, P., Kagame, S. P.,
Huerta-Ramos, G., Atta-Adjei, P., ... & LA, E. Reinstating Palaeotropical genera of
Convolvulaceae: Argyreia, Stictocardia, Turbina and Astripomoea (tribe Ipomoeeae, subtribe
Argyreiineae).
Williams, B. D., Francisco, R. C., Mewded, B., Oppong, C. P., Ayensu, C. B., Wafula, C.
W., Atta-Adjei, P., ... & Simoes, A. R. G. (2024). Advancing knowledge of West African
morning glories: a taxonomic revision of Ipomoea L.(Convolvulaceae) from Ghana. bioRxiv,
2024-04
Mintah, S. O., Archer, M. A., Asafo-Agyei, T., Ayertey, F., Jnr, P. A. A., Boamah, D.,
& Barimah, K. B. (2022). Medicinal plant use in Ghana: advancement and challenges. American
Journal of Plant Sciences, 13(3), 316-358.
Asafo-Agyei, T., Blagogee, H. R., Mintah, S. O., Archer, M. A., Ayertey, F., Sapaty, A.
C., Junior, P. A. A & Appiah, A. A. (2019). Ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants used in
traditional treatment of malaria by some herbalists in Ghana. Journal of Medicinal Plants
Research, 13(16), 370-383..
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Presbyterian University Ghana
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