Table 1 Ethnobotanical surveys of selected plants

Vernonia amygdalina Del.

Asteraceae

7.5

Skin infections and diarrhoea

[12, 26]

Acalypha wilkesiana Mueli. Arg

Euphorbiaceae

12.9

Skin infection, antihelmithics,

Nosocomial infections

[14, 27]

Moringa oleifera (L) Millsp

Moringaceae

9.6

Wound infection,

Anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic,

[11, 28, 29]

Azadirachta indica Juss

Meliaceae

11.1

Wound therapy, antivirals, anti-inflammatories, Antiseptics, antihelmintics

Antibiofilm,

[13, 30, 31]