Table 1 Information on the studied plants
Plants samples (family) and Herbarium Voucher numbera | Part used and extraction yield (%)b | Area of plant collection | Traditional treatment | Bioactive (or potentially active) compounds isolated from plants | Biological activities of crude extractc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. (Burseraceae) 19652/HNC | Bark (7.36 %) | Bangangté, West Region of Cameroon | Insecticide, dysentery, gonorrhea, cough, chest pains, pulmonary affections, stomach complaints, food poisoning, purgative and emetic, roundworm infections and other intestinal parasites,emollient, stimulant, diuretic, skin-affections, eczema, leprosy, ulcers (Orwa et al. 2009); diabetes mellitus (Kouambou et al. 2007); colic, stomach pains, gale (Berhaut 1974); fever, constipation, malaria, sexual infection and rheumatism (Koudou et al. 2005) | Essential oil: limonene, phellandrenes (Orwa et al. 2009), triterpenes steroids, terpenoïdes, saponins, tannins, phenolics compounds, alkaloids (Kouambou et al. 2007; Tamboue et al. 2000) | Chemoprevention of cancer (Atawodi 2010); antimycobacterial activities (Nvau et al. 2011); antimicrobial activities against GIPAB (Moshi et al. 2009) |
Dischistocalyx grandifolius C. B. Clarke (Acanthaceae) 27646/SRFC-Cam | Whole plant (4.53Â %) | Bamboutos Mountain, West Region of Cameroon | Fungal and viral infections, cancer, inflammation, anti-pyretic, antioxidant, insecticidal, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory, Anti- platelet aggregation (Awan and Aslam 2014) | Flavonoids, benzonoids, phenolic compounds, naphthoquinone and triterpenoids (Awan and Aslam 2014) | Not reported |
Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl. (Rutaceae) 6173/SRFC-Cam | Leaves (6.81 %) Bark (8.43 %) | Bamboutos Mountain, West region of Cameroon | Malaria (Zirihi et al. 2007); hypertension (Fézan et al. 2008) | Alkaloids: tembetarine,oblongine, magnoflorine, arborinine, nitidine (Torto and Mensah 1970; Tringali et al. 2001); dihydronitidine (Zirihi et al. 2007); acridone alkaloid and amide alkaloids (Wansi et al. 2009); flavonoid: hesperidin (Tringali et al. 2001) | Antiplasmodial activities of ethanol bark extracts (Zirihi et al. 2007); antifeedant activities of isolated acridone alkaloid, arborinine, tembetarine and magnoflorine against SF, SL, SFr (Tringali et al. 2001) |
Myrianthus arboreus P. Beauv. (Moraceae) 55499/HNC | Bark (7.68 %) Leaves (10.37 %) | Bangangté, West Region of Cameroon | Dysentery, diarrhea,vomiting; analgesic, antipyretic, heart troubles, pregnancy complications, dysmenorrheal, incipient hernia, boils, toothache, bronchitis, sore throat; headaches, swellings and tumours, diabete (Orwa et al. 2009);stomach disorders (Agwa et al. 2011; Uzodimma 2013) | Alkaloids, flavonoid, tannin (Orwa et al. 2009); cyanogenic glycosides, phytic acid (Agwa et al. 2011); terpenes (Borokini and Omotayo 2012); saponin, anthocyanin, glycoside, carotenoid, oxalate (Otitoju et al. 2014) | Antibacterial activities of methanol and aqueous extracts against KP, PV, SA, EC (Agwa et al. 2011); antiplasmodial activities by inhibiting the developmental stage of AG (Akinkurolere et al. 2011) |
Tragia benthamii Bak. (Euphorbiaceae) 23329/SRFC-Cam | Whole plant (5.18 %) | Bangangté, West Region of Cameroon | Cough (Oladosu et al. 2013) | Tannins, saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, (Oladosu et al. 2013) | Antimalarial activity (Oladosu et al. 2013) |