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Table 1 Plants used in the present study and evidence of their bioactivities

From: In Vitro antibacterial and antibiotic-potentiation activities of four edible plants against multidrug-resistant gram-negative species

Plant (family); and voucher numbera

Traditional uses

Parts used

Bioactive or potentially bioactive components

Bioactivities of extracts and/or compounds

Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae); 25818/SFRcam

Cardiovascular diseases, intoxication, inflammation, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections, respiratory diseases, asthma [8]

Seeds, bark, leaves

Piperine, pipene [9], piperamides, piperamine [10], pellitorine [11]

Anti-apoptotic [12, 13], antibacterial [8, 14], antidepressant [15] antifungal [16], analgesic, anti-inflammatory [17], antidiarrhoeal [18], antimutagenic, antioxidative, increase plasma [19], antipyretic [17], immuno-modulatory, antispasmodic [20, 21], asthma, obesity, sinus antispermatogenic, antithyroid, antitumor Ciprofloxacin potentiator, transcription inhibitor, insecticidal, hepatoprotective, increase pancreatic enzymes, Cytochrome Inhibitor [8]

Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) 28524/HNC

Aphrodisiac, used to treat male sexual disorders [22, 23], anti-inflammatory, bacterial infections [24], microbial infections [25, 26]

fruits

Eugenol (2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl) phenol), glycosides, flavonoids, saponins and tannins [23], essential oils

Antipyretic, antispasmodic [27], anticarcinogenic [28], inhibition of 5-Lox enzyme activity in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes cells [29], antioxidant, protection against peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration and lipid peroxidation [29], antifungal activity of essential oil [26] and antimicrobial [25], antibacterial [30]

Telfairia occidentalis ( Curcubitaceae); 33423/HNC

Microbial infections, cholesterolemia, liver problems and impaired defense immune systems [31]

Leaves, seeds, roots

Phenols, alkaloids and tannins [32]

Antimicrobial, antioxidant and free radical-scavenger [32, 33], antiplasmodial, cure lactating properties, hypoglycemic and antidiabetic [31]

Vernonia amygdalina Del. ( Asteraceae ); 31149/SRFK

Microbial infections [34], hiccups, kidney and stomach problems, discomfort [35], stomach-ache and gastrointestinal infections, malarial fever , cough remedy [36], anti-malarial, purgative, anti-parasitic, eczema blood glucose levels control [37], treatment of eczema [37]

Leaves, roots

Flavonoids, saponins and alkaloids [36], vernodalin, vernomygdin, vernonioside B1 and vernoniol B1 [38]

Active anticancer [39], antimalarial and antiparasitic agents [40], Hypoglycaemic [41], antimicrobial, antibacterial [35, 40, 42], antihelminthic, anti-shitosomal, tumor inhibitor [38], hypolipidaemic and antioxidant properties [43]

  1. a(HNC): Cameroon National Herbarium; (SRFC): Société des réserves forestières du Cameroun.