Mr. Nathaniel Nene Djangmah Nortey is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Traditional and lternative Medicine (ITAM), UHAS, HO.
Education
He holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Pharmacognosy and Bachelor of Science in Herbal Medicine from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.
Work experience
Mr. Nortey worked with the Departments of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine, KNUST for 4 years as a Teaching Assistant and a Demonstrator. During which he partook in many projects and assisted some undergraduates and post graduates with their research.
Science /Research output
He has interests in natural drugs discovery; assessing their bioactivity and isolation and characterisation of active biological compounds. He also focuses on developing Pharmacognostic standards of medicinal plants to serve as reference for standardisation.
Mr. Nortey has a publication to his credit; Sarpong, F. M., Armah, F. A., Kingsley, I., Amponsah, P. K. A., Ampofo, E. K., & Nortey, N. N. D. (2017). Pharmacognostic and physico-chemical investigation of Palisota hirsuta (K. Schum)(Commelinaceae). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 6(1), 187-191.