Full Member
Abena Boakye
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Ghana Science Association
2. International Society for Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Convention of Biomedical Research Ghana
Degrees:
2017
Doctorate Agricultural Sciences
Food compositional Studies that explore the health benefits and processing characteristics of crops , Sensory Science, Food Product Development and Traditional Food Systems
2013
Master Agricultural Sciences
Food compositional studies to explore the Health benefits of underutilised species; Research focused on analysis of antioxidant activity, phytochemical composition and dietary fibre of tropical underutilised fruits
Publications resulting from Research
1. Boakye, A.A., Gudjonsdottir, M., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Oduro, I., Ellis, W. O. and Chronakis, I. (2018). Water-starch interactions of red and white cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). Starch/ Starke. DOI: 10.1002/star.201800128
2. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Oduro, I., Ellis, W. O., Gudjonsdottir, M. and Chronakis, I. (2018). Utilising cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) for food and nutrition security: A review. Food Science and Nutrition. 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.602
3. Boakye, A.A., Gudjonsdottir, M., Skytte, J. L., Chronakis, I., Wireko-Manu, F.D., and Oduro, I. (2017). Characteristics of red and white varieties of Xanthosoma sagittifolium roots during cooking, using physicochemical analysis, uniaxial compression, multispectral imaging and low field NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Food Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13197-017-2704-7
4. Guðjónsdóttir, M., Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Chronakis, I., and Oduro, I. (2016). Characterization of red and white cocoyam roots, flours and starches during heating by low field NMR In: Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on the Applications of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science, Publisher: IM Publications, pp.49-53 DOI: 10.1255/mrfs.10
5. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Agbenorhevi, J.K., and Oduro, I. (2015). Antioxidant activity, total phenols and phytochemical constituents of four underutilised tropical fruits. International Food Research Journal, 22(1): 262-268
6. Boakye, A.A., Wireko-Manu, F.D., Agbenorhevi, J.K. and Oduro, I. (2014). Dietary fibre, ascorbic acid and proximate composition of tropical underutilised fruits. African Journal of Food Science, 8 (6): 305-310