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Table 4 Fidelity level of herbal medicines mentioned

From: Ethnopharmacological survey of herbal remedies used for treatment of various types of cancer and their methods of preparations in the West Bank-Palestine

Medicinal plant

Type of cancer

Np

N

FL,%

Achillea aleppica DC.

Colon

13

13

100.00

Alhagi graecorum Boiss.

Skin

88

88

100.00

Arbutus andrachne L.

Skin

3

3

100.00

Brassica oleracea L.

Skin

91

91

100.00

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand.

Skin

70

70

100.00

Capparis spinosa L.

Skin

79

79

100.00

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

Liver

69

69

100.00

Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.

Bone

71

71

100.00

Colchicum hierosolymitanum L.

Bones cancer

71

71

100.00

Crataegus azarolus L.

Skin

79

79

100.00

Cucumis sativus L.

Liver

16

16

100.00

Daphne linearifolia L.

Skin

19

19

100.00

Daucus guttatus Sm.

Colon

10

10

100.00

Ficus sycomorus L.

Stomach

9

9

100.00

Galium aparine L.

Colorectal

17

17

100.00

Hypericum perforatum L.

Skin

20

20

100.00

Laurus nobilis L.

Brain

8

8

100.00

Lawsonia inermis L.

Lung

15

15

100.00

Mandragora officinalis Mill.

Brain

28

28

100.00

Mangifera indica L.

Prostate

37

37

100.00

Nerium oleander L.

Glandular

19

19

100.00

Pistacia palaestina Boiss.

Skin

33

33

100.00

Plantago lanceolata L.

Colorectal

40

40

100.00

Punica granatum L.

Lung

29

29

100.00

Quercus calliprinos Webb

Throat

43

43

100.00

Quercus ithaburensis Decne.

Colon

66

66

100.00

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Lung

47

47

100.00

Salix alba L.

Lung

61

61

100.00

Salvia palaestina Benth.

Hodgkin's Lymphoma

16

16

100.00

Sinapis arvensis L.

Colon

29

29

100.00

Triticum aestivum L.

Esophageal

77

77

100.00

Verbascum sinuatum L.

Breast

89

89

100.00

Viscum cruciatum Sieber ex Boiss.

Lung

31

31

100.00

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.)Desf.

Lung

6

6

100.00

Origanum jordanicum Danin & Kunne

Lung

18

23

78.26

Psidium guajava L.

Lung

21

29

72.41

Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers.

Breast

23

32

71.88

Urtica urens L.

Bones

52

77

67.53

Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Stomach

52

77

67.53

Arum dioscoridis Sm.

Stomach

99

99

66.67

Allium cepa L.

Stomach

29

44

65.91

Teucrium capitatum L.

Pancreatic

41

63

65.08

Portulaca oleracea L.

Esophageal

42

71

59.15

Salvia fruticosa Mill.

Colon

23

39

58.97

Melissa officinalis L.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

24

41

58.54

Inula viscosa (L.) Aiton

Kidney

28

48

58.33

Crocus sativus L.

Kidney

39

69

56.52

Acer obtusifolium Sm.

Lung

18

32

56.25

Onopordum cynarocephalum subsp.

Colon

19

34

55.88

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss

Kidney

13

24

54.17

Capsicum annuum L

Bladder

13

24

54.17

Trifolium philistaeum var. filifolium Zohary

Ovarian

11

21

52.38

Annona muricata L.

Bladder

25

48

52.08

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

Liver

13

25

52.00

Glycine soja Siebold & Zucc.

Ovarian

15

29

51.72

Cyclamen persicum Mill.

Bladder

16

31

51.61

Cichorium endivia L.

Colon

17

33

51.52

Curcuma longa L.

Bladder

41

80

51.25