Table 2.
Medicine plants selected for use in traditional medicine and extraction yields.
| Plants | Family | Traditional uses | Part used | Extraction solvent | Codes of extracts | Extraction yields (%) w/w |
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| Cassia italica | Caesalpiniaceae | Stomach ache, typhoid fevers, urinary, and infections | Whole plant | Methanol | CIME | 10.4 |
| Water | CIAQ | 10.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | CIET | 5.8 | ||||
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| Limeum pterocarpum | Molluginaceae | Malaria, bacterial, and fungal infections | Whole plant | Methanol | LPME | 9.6 |
| Water | LPAQ | 7.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | LPET | 2.6 | ||||
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| Phyllanthus pentandrus | Euphorbiaceae | Scorpion stings, stomach aches, and infectious diseases | Whole plant | Methanol | PPME | 12.8 |
| Water | PPAQ | 24.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | PPET | 8.6 | ||||
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| Strychnos innocua | Loganiaceae | Diarrhea, typhoid fever, and jaundice | Stem bark | Methanol | SIME | 8.4 |
| Water | SIAQ | 11.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | SIET | 2.4 | ||||
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| Boscia senegalensis | Capparidaceae | Diarrhea, edema, eczema, and jaundice | Leaves | Methanol | BSME | 11.4 |
| Water | BSAQ | 27.5 | ||||
| Ethanol | BSET | 4.8 | ||||
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| Blepharis linariifolia | Acanthaceae | Measles edema, malaria, abscesses, and stomach aches | Whole plant | Methanol | BLME | 6.4 |
| Water | BLAQ | 11.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | BLET | 4.0 | ||||
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| Ximenia americanum | Olacaceae | Diarrhea, gonococcal disease, wound, and hemorrhoids | Stem bark | Methanol | XAME | 32.8 |
| Water | XAAQ | 32.0 | ||||
| Ethanol | XAET | 31.2 | ||||
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| Ipomoea asarifolia | Convolvulaceae | Typhoid fever, diarrhea, and fungal infections | Whole plant | Methanol | IAME | 6.8 |
| Water | IAAQ | 2.5 | ||||
| Ethanol | IAET | 7.2 | ||||