Table 2 Preference ranking of medicinal plants
From: Medicinal plants used in the management of cancers by residents in the Elgon Sub-Region, Uganda
MPS | PPU | CT | KI (n = 10) | PV/100 | PR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | A | B | C | D | E | F | H | I | J | K | Â | Â |
Tylosema fassoglensis(Schweinf.) Torre& I | Tubers | Prostate, cervical, breast colon, lung, skin, GIT intestinal uterine, esophageal bone & bone cancers | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 1st |
Hydnora abyssinica.A. Br | Tuber | Prostate, cervical & breast cancer | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 84 | 2nd |
Hydnora africana | Tuber | Prostate, cervical, & breast cancer | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 80 | 3rd |
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & R.B. Drumm | Leaves, stem and tuber | Prostate, Colon & GIT cancers | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 78 | 4th |
Albizia coriaria (Welwe.) ex. Oliv | Tuber | Skin & colon cancer | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 5th |
Azadirachta indica | 7 | Lung cancer | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 6th |
Prunus africana ((Hook.f) kalk | Bark and leaves | Prostate & cervical, | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 72 | 7th |
Kigelia Africana | Fruit | Prostate & esophageal, | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 69 | 8th |
Syzygium cumini (L)Skeel | Leaves | Colon & GIT cancers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 9th |
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. Ex. Dc | Stem & root barks | Colon | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 10th |