By Dr Raphael Obu Nyarkotey Using hibiscus as a treatment modality for lowering blood pressure has been fairly well studied. In 1999, a study by Faraji, et al demonstrates that when compared to drinking regular tea, research shows that hibiscus tea lowered systolic blood pressure (SBP) by 11.2% and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) by 10.8%, […]
By Bentil Emmanuel Asare The research was a KNUST- Building Stronger Universities (BSU II) project initiative, with the objective to strengthen KNUST’s capacity to utilize quality research in solving crunch societal problems and promote Postgraduate education in Ghana. It was carried out to screen for sources of biofilm inhibitors in traditional medicinal plants in the Ejisu-Juabeng […]
The 20th anniversary of the Department of Herbal Medicine, KNUST was launched on the 16th June 2021 at the Auditorium of the Faculty. In attendance were the Chairman of the Launch and Dean of the Faculty, Professor Berko Panyin Anto, the Head of the Herbal Medicine Department, Professor Isaac Ayensu, and a number of notable […]
It is information that promote business and what can create value for herbal medicine is the research information that is available and the information should be known to the public either about the product or the medicinal plant. A typical example is the cocoa (Theobroma cacao). There is a whole research institution behind cocoa which […]
According to the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Delta variant of the Covid virus which was identified first in India has been found in about a hundred other countries across the world and has become the predominant virus strain across the world. “We are in a dangerous period of the pandemic. Hospitals overcrowding […]
