Product Name | Source/ Use | Component(s) | Remedy Extract | ||
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Family, Species (Voucher number)/ or Reference | Local name (part used) | Code Yield (%) | Phytochemical classes | ||
Kiankia | SW Cameroon/ typhoid fever, malaria | Annonaceae: Annickia chlorantha (Oliv.) Setten & Maas (SCA 1043) | Quinine stick (stem bark) | TP1 50.6 | Alkaloids (3) Triterpenoids (2) Flavonoids (1) Tannins (1) |
Apocynaceae Alstonia boonei De Wild (SCA 5972) | Milk stick (stem bark), | ||||
Madachi a | Nigeria and Niger/ gastritis, stomach irritation | Meliaceae: Khaya senegalensis (Desv.) A. Juss) SCA 6785 [40, 41] | Mahogany (stem bark) | TP2 31.0 | Alkaloids (3) Triterpenoids (3) Flavonoids (2) Tannins (3) |
Madigest 2 | NW Cameroon/ gut infection, gastritis | Liliaceae: Allium sativum (SCA 1143) | Garlic (fruit), | TP3 62.4 | Alkaloids (3) Flavonoids (2) Steroids (3) Tannins (2) |
Zingiberaceae: Zingiber officinale (SCA2926) | Ginger (rhizome) | ||||
Asphodelaceae: Aloe vera (SCA 713) | Aloe vera (leaves) | ||||
Desert war 2 | NW Cameroon/ microbial iinfections plus gonorrhoea, syphilis, urinary tract pains | Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus globulus Libille (SCA 7840) | Eucalyptus (leaves) | TP4 36.3 | Alkaloids (3) Flavonoids (2) Steroids (3) Tannins (1) |
Liliaceae: A. sativum (SCA 1143) | Garlic (fruit) | ||||
Araliaceae: Vernonia guineensis (SCA12431) | Cameroonian ginseng (rhizome) | ||||
Asphodelaceae: Aloe vera (SCA 713) | Aloe vera (leaves) | ||||
Bagaruwaa | North and NW Cameroon/ Cough | Fabaceae: Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile (SCA 2973) [40, 42] | a (stem bark) | TL5 | Triterpenoids (2) Flavonoids (3) Tannins (3) |
Gewaya tsamiya a | Niger / typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever | Fabaceae: Cassia nigricans Vahl [40, 41] (NO 5970/HNC) | a (leaves) | TP6 56.8 | Alkaloids (3) Triterpenoids (3) Flavonoids (3) Steroids (3) Tannins (3) |
Fever medicine | SW Cameroon/ malaria/typhoid fever | Labiatae: Ocimum gratissimum (SCA 4764) | Masepu (leaves) | TL7 | Triterpenoids (2) Flavonoids (2) Tannins (2) |
Asteraceae: Bidens pilosa (SCA 6352) | Black jack (leaves) | ||||
Caricaceae: Carica papaya (SCA 1756) | Paw paw (leaves) | ||||
Rutaceae: Citrus aurantifolia (SCA11102) | Limes (fruit) | ||||
Gesaa | North and NW Cameroon/ diarrhoea | a (leaves) | TP8 81.5 | Alkaloids (2) Triterpenoids (3) Flavonoids (3) Tannins (3) |