Table 1. Key equipment in Ghana.

Institution	Equipment*
University of Ghana—Chemistry	500 MHz NMR LCMS, FTIR, Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer
University of Ghana—Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research	Illumina MiSeg next-generation sequencer qRTPCR Machine, GridIon, Illumina Nextseq 2000 Flow cytometers Multicolour FACS Machine, Animal experimentation facility, MultiScan spectrophotometers, BSL-3 Laboratories, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer HPLC
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	HPLC LCMS GCMS Refractometer FTIR UV-VIS 500 MHz NMR Flow Cytometer
University of Cape Coast—Chemistry	HPLC GCMS UV-VIS Flame Photometer FTIR Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
Centre for Plant Medicine Research, CPMR	Freeze-dryer Biosafety cabinet (Class IIB)

*FTIR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; GCMS, gas chromatography mass spectrometer; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; LCMS, liquid chromatography mass spectrometer; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; qRTPCR, qualitative real-time polymerase chain reaction; UV-VIS, ultraviolet visible spectrometer.