Benoit Banga N’guessan

Also at University of Health and Allied Sciencesfrom their recent papers

Head of Department / Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2012per ORCID
Programme coordinator / Senior Lecturer, Université Nangui Abrogoua, since 2007per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Dr Benoit Banga N'guessan is the immediate past Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Ghana School of Pharmacy. He was Senior Lecturer at the University of Abobo-Adjame (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire) from November 2004 to November 2011 and joined the University of Ghana School of Pharmacy in April 2012. He is the founding chairman of "NGO PRORESMAT" and founding CEO of "PRORESMAT HERBAL CLINIC", two organisations that promote scientific valuation of… More on ORCID

Plant Science
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Publications: 432012–2026
Citations: 371to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 1.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%3 of 43 scored papers
Open access: 84%36 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Head of Department / Senior Lecturer, Pharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of Ghanasince 2012
Programme coordinator / Senior Lecturer, Animal Physiology, Pharmacology and PhytotherapyUniversité Nangui Abrogouasince 2007
Part-time Lecturer, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversité Félix Houphouët-Boigny2005–2006
Lecturer, Animal Physiology, Pharmacology and PhytotherapyUniversité Nangui Abrogoua2004–2007

Education

Publications

43 in all

Knowledge assessment of healthcare providers and pregnant women on anemia management in selected regions of Ghana
2026International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and GynecologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20260161
Phytochemical Profiling, LC–ESI–QTOF–MS/MS Characterization, and Antioxidant Potential of Hydroethanolic Leaf Extracts of Pericopsis laxiflora

bbnguessan@ug.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1126%
Pharmacology921%
Molecular Biology819%
Biochemistry614%
Biochemistry614%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism614%
Pharmacology614%
Biomaterials49%
Pharmaceutical Science49%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health49%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies8
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies6
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities6
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection4
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities4
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Malaria Research and Control3
Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment3
Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds3
Advanced Drug Delivery Systems2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Côte d’Ivoire10
Canada3
United States2
Russia1
India1
France1
Gabon1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH18 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH11 papers
Université Nangui AbrogouaCI9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH5 papers
University of AlbertaCA3 papers
Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCI3 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
George Washington UniversityUS1 paper
Hopitaux Civils de ColmarFR1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Ethnopharmacology6
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine4
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy3
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health2
Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences2
Journal of Toxicology2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being16
6Clean water and sanitation5
2Zero hunger4
14Life below water2
1No poverty1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

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 Therapies14
202144 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Antidiarrhoeal Activity of an Ethanol Extract of the Stem Bark of Piliostigma reticulatum (Caesalpiniaceae) in Rats
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines3
201232 citationsOpen access · Diamond

PhD Student, Exploration Fonctionnelle RespiratoireUniversite de strasbourg

MPhil Pharmacology, PharmacologyUniversity of Strasbourg1997–1998

BSc Biochemistry, BiochemistryUniversité Félix Houphouët-Boigny1991–1995

Honours, memberships and service

Full membershipSociété française de pharmacologie et thérapeutiquesince 2019
Invited researcher, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pharmacology TeamTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine2019
Invited researcher, Laboratory of Therapeutics Innovations, Team of Pharmacognosy and Natural Bioactive SubstancesUniversity of Strasbourg2008–2009
Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Natural Bioactive Substances, (LC1/UMR-CNRS 7175), Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of Strasbourg Strasbourg2007

Chemical Science International Journal

Asthma knowledge and management practices of pharmacists in Greater Accra

2025International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20250604

From knowledge to action: understanding Ghanaian physicians responses to COVID-19 pandemic threats

2024International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20241469

H+/K+-ATPase Inhibitors from Plants: A Potential Source for Drug Discovery

2022Natural Products as Enzyme InhibitorsBook chapterSenior author4 citations10.1007/978-981-19-0932-0_5

A Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Pectin-Based Oral Multiparticulate Matrix Carrier of Carbamazepine

2021Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen access8 citations10.1155/2021/5527452

Antidepressant Potentials of Components from Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) J.J. de Wilde in Murine Models

2018Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access12 citations10.1155/2018/6863973

Screening of Anti-Infectives against Leishmania donovani

2016Advances in MicrobiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.4236/aim.2016.61002

Hypertension management: Perspectives of complementary and al-ternative medicine practitioners

2015Journal of Medical and Biomedical SciencesJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/jmbs.v4i1.3

Antidiarrhoeal Activity of an Ethanol Extract of the Stem Bark of Piliostigma reticulatum (Caesalpiniaceae) in Rats

2012African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative MedicinesJournalOpen access32 citations10.4314/ajtcam.v9i2.9

Advances in Microbiology1

How it can be read

84% free to read

Diamond 14 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 15 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 16%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 7 · 16%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

17 of 43 papers name a funder

University of Ghana15
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana10
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
Danida Fellowship Centre1
Danish International Development Agency1
International Foundation for Science1
JSS College of Pharmacy1
Kræftens Bekæmpelse1