Priscilla Kolibea Mante

Priscilla Kolibea Mante is the first female Ghanaian neuropharmacologist, a researcher and Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,(KNUST) currently based at the Kumasi campus. Her research work focuses on alternatives of plant-based therapeutic options to manage drug-resistant epilepsy and the neglected tropical disease neurocysticercosis. In her works, she mostly explore the anticonvulsant activity of the plant alkaloid cryptolepine and its solid-lipid nanoparticles in the management of neurocysticercosis-induced epilepsy. Her goal is to identify a way to help cryptolepine permeate more efficiently into the central nervous system to reduce the risk of convulsion, helping patients to manage their condition as effectively as possible. Aside from her studies of epilepsy, Mante has also worked toward new therapies to alleviate pain, anxiety, and depression.