Plants samples (family) and Herbarium Voucher numbera | Part used and extraction yield (%)b | Area of plant collection (Geographic Coordinates) | Traditional treatment | Bioactive (or potentially active) compounds isolated from plants | Biological activities of crude extractc |
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Beilschmiedia acuta Kosterm (Lauraceae) 37335/HNC | Leaves (18.40 %), fruits (20.22 %) and barks (36.46 %) | Lebialem, South-West Region of Cameroon; (4°10′N 9°14′E/4.167°N 9.233°E) | Cancer and gastrointestinal infections [10]. | Flavonoids, triterpenes, phenols, saponins, alkaloids [10]. | Cytotoxicity towards leukemia, breast, glioblastoma, colon and liver cancer cell lines [10]. |
Clausena anisata (Willd) Hook (Rutaceae) 44242/ HNC | Leaves (16.31 %) and roots (13.%) | Lebialem, South-West region of Cameroon | Diabetes, anti-hypertensive, anti-nociceptive, malaria, fungal, bacterial and viral infections, inflammation, heart and mental disorders, constipation, convulsions, impotence and sterility [43–46] | Essential oils (sabinene, β-pinene, pulegone, 1,8 -cineole, estragole, [42]; carbazole alkaloids, coumarins, limonoids [46, 47]. | Antimicrobial: Essential oil active against Sa, Sp, Esp, St, Pa [41, 42] |
Newbouldia laevis Seem. (Bignoniaceae) 29469/HNC | Leaves (18.75 %), and barks (19.35 %) | Melon, Littoral region of Cameroon (04°33'53"N 09°38'04"E) | Cancers, spasms, infectious diseases, male infertility and diabetes [11, 12], coagulant or anti-hemorrhagic properties; digestive threats, urogenital and pulmonary infections[13, 14]; Dysentery, worms, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, dental caries and diarrhea [15]. | Tannins, triterpenoids, mucilages and reducing compounds, flavonoids, steroids, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides [10, 14, 48]. | Antimicrobial: active against Ca, Ck, Sa, Sf, Ec, Pa, Sp, Pv, Kp, St, Sd, Ng Mtb, Ms [14, 39, 49]. |
Polyscias fulva (Hiern) Harms. (Araliaceae) 60407/HNC | Leaves (15.62 %), roots (17.56 %) and barks (19.01 %) | Dschang, West region of Cameroon (6°30′N 10°30′E/6.500°N 10.500°E) | Malaria, fever, mental illness [50]; venereal infections and obesity [16, 17] and cancer [10] | Polysciasoside A, kalopanax-saponin B, alpha-hederin [51, 52] | Inhibition of microsomal lipid peroxidation [53] |