Samples, (family), and herbarium numbera | Traditional treatment | Area of plant collection | Known bioactive (or potentially active) compounds | Screened activity for crude plant extracts and bioactive compounds |
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Vepris soyauxii Engl. (Rutaceae) 18394 SFR/Cam | Melon, Littoral region of Cameroon | Maculin, flindersiamin, skimmianin, (-) ribalinin, (+)-isoplatydesinin and araliopsin [17]. | Stem bark extracts reduced sex hormones and some sperm parameters in male albinos rats [16]. | |
Peperomia fernandopoiana C.DC. (Piperaceae); 7171 SRF/Cam | Gastrointestinal troubles and sterility (personal information) | Lebialem, South West region of Cameroon | / | Â |
Pachypodanthium staudtii Engl & Diels (Annonaceae), 23170 SFR/Cam | Chest pain, tumors [18]; toothache [19]; bronchitis [20] and oedemas [21]. | Ebolowa, Sud region of Cameroon | Pachypodol, 2,4,5-Trimethoxystyrene, Pachypophyllin, pachypostaudins A and B [21]; pachypodanthine [22]; Pachypophyllin and pachysontol [23]; staudin [24]; Sabinene, β -elemene, E- β -caryophyllene, β -selinene, β -bisabolene, δ -cadinene, 2,4,5-trimethoxy-1-vinylbenzene [25]. | Hexane fraction protects legume seeds from bruchid insects: Acanthoscelides obtectus Say on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and Callosobruchus maculatus on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)[26]. |
The flavonoid Pachypodol or 3,7,3’-tri-O-methylquercetin) showed antiviral activity against the polio-virus [21, 27]. | ||||
Crassocephalum biafrae (Oliv. et Hiern) S.Moore 43562 HNC | Diabetes, pulmonary defects ([28, 29]; bleeding, sore eyes, cough, heart troubles, rheumatic pain, oedemas [30] and women infertility [31, 32]. | Bandja, Haut-Nkam; West region of Cameroon | Biafraecoumarins A, B, and C [33]. | Biafraecoumarins A, B, and C exhibit low to significant antimicrobial activities against E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus, P. picketti, T. longifusus, A.flavus, M.canis, F.solani, C.albicans, and C.glabrata[33]. |
The evidence on the puberty onset induction and ovarian folliculogenesis effect of the aqueous extract in immature female rat have been demonstrated [34]. | ||||
Entada gigas (Linn) Fawcelt et Rendle (Mimosaceae) 5861 SRF/Cam | Microbial infections (Personal information) | Foreke-Dschang, West region of Cameroon | / | / |
Cinchona succirubia Par. Ex Klotzsk. (Rubiaceae) 25851 SRF/Cam | Foreke-Dschang, West region of Cameroon | Quinine [36] | Evident antiplasmodial activity against chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum and a total chemosuppression of parasitaemia in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei have been demonstrated [35]. | |
Beilschmiedia obscura (Staph).Engl.(Lauraceae)2102 SRFK | Gastrointestinal infection (personal information) | Dschang market, West region of Cameroon | Obscurine [37] | / |