Table 1.
Information on the studied plants.
| Species (family); voucher Number⁎ | Traditional uses | Parts used traditionally | Bioactive or potentially bioactive components | Bioactivity of crude extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albizia adianthifolia (Schum.) (Fabaceae); 24729/SRF/Cam | Treatment skin diseases, bronchitis, inflamed eyes, tapeworm, headaches and sinusitis (Van-Wyk and Gerick, 2000, Watt and Breyer-Brandwyk, 1962) | Leaves, bark and roots | Adianthifoliosides A, B, D (Haddad et al., 2004, Haddad et al., 2003), lupeol and aurantiamide acetate (Tamokou Jde et al., 2012), prosapogenins (Haddad et al., 2002) | Ethylaceate fraction extracts: antimicrobial on Ec, Ef, Pa, Pm, Kp, Sa, Sf, St, Ca, Ct, Ck, Cg, Cl, Cn (Tamokou Jde et al., 2012); Aqueous extract: antioxidant (Beppe et al., 2014, Tamokou Jde et al., 2012) |
| Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K Hoffm. (Euphorbiaceae); 9661/SRF/Cam | Treatment inflammatory and infectious diseases, poliomyelitis and measles. (Ogundipe et al., 2001, Oladunmoye and Kehinde, 2011) | Leaves, bark and roots | Quercetin-7,4′-disulphate, quercetin, quercetin-3′,4′-disulphate, quercetin-3,4′-diacetate, rutin and quercetrin (Ogundipe et al., 2001) | Methanol fraction of leave extracts: antimicrobial on Ba, Bc, Ec, Kp, Pa, Pf, Sa, Ag, Af, As, Ca, Cp (Akinpelu et al., 2015); Crude extract: antioxidant (Farombi et al., 2003) |
| Boerhavia diffusa Lin (Nyctaginaceae); 15247/SRF/Cam | Treatment of diabetes, asthma, Bronchial infection (Kouakou et al., 2009) | Whole plant | Boeravinones G, H (Ahmed-Belkacem et al., 2007) | Crude extract of leaves: Antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties (Olaleye et al., 2010), antimicrobial activity: Pa, Ec, St, Sf (Wagh and Vidhale, 2010) |
| Combretum hispidum Laws (Combretaceae); 48289/HNC | Treatment of stomach aches, diarrhea, gastro-intestinal disorders, liver complaints, skin infections, urinary tract infections (Adjanohoun et al., 1996, Burkill, 1985, Jiofack et al., 2009) | Leaves, roots | Not reported | Crude extract of bark: anti-hepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, mollucidal effect (Schmelzer and Gurib-Fakim, 2013) |
| Laportea ovalifolia (Schum.) Chew (Urticaceae) 44306/HNC | Treatment of headache, internal ulcers, diabetes, bronchitis and filariasi (Focho et al., 2009, Momo et al., 2006) | Leaves and roots | Laportoside A and Laportomide A (Tazoo et al., 2007) | Crude extract of leaves: antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effects (Momo et al., 2006) |
| Scoparia dulcis Linn. (Scrophulariaceae) 53478/HNC | Treatment of anemia, burns, headaches, bronchitis, gastric disorders, hemorrhoids, insect bites, skin wounds, hypertension. (Freire et al., 1996) | Whole plant | Scoparinol (Ahmed et al., 2001); scoparic acid, scopadulcic acid, scopadulciol and scopadulin (Zulfiker et al., 2011) | Crude extracts: anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidant capacity in vivo (Adaikpoh et al., 2007, Freire et al., 1996) |
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(HNC): Cameroon National Herbarium; (SRF/Cam): Société des Réserves Forestières du Cameroun; As: Aspergillus niger; Ag: Aspergillus glaucus; Af: Aspergillus flavus; Ba: Bacillus anthracis; Bc: Bacillus cereus; Ca: Candida albicans; Cg: Candida glabrata; CK: Candida krusei; Cl: Candida lusitaniae; Cn: Cryptococcus neoformans; Cp: Candida pseudotropicalis; Ct: Candida tropicalis; Ec: Escherichia coli; Ef: Enterococcus faecalis; Kp: Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pf: Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pm: Proteus mirabilis; Sa: Staphylococcus aureus; Sf: Shigella flexneri; St: Salmonella typhi.