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. 2016 Apr 26;3(2):9. doi: 10.3390/medicines3020009

Table 2.

Species with supposed appetite suppressant activity, their use value index and the parts used.

Species Use value Index Parts Used
1. Annona senegalensis 0.036 Fruits
2. Balanites aegyptiaca 0.109 Fruits
3. Brachystelma bingeri 0.163 Tuber
4. Cadaba farinosa 0.036 Leaves
5. Ceratotheca seésamoiïdes 0.072 Leaves
6. Ceropeogia senegalensis 0.036 Roots
7. Citrullus colocynthis 0.090 Fruits
8. Commiphora africana 0.127 Bark
9. Cordia africana 0.018 Fruits
10. Detarium microcarpum 0.036 Fruits
11. Dioscorea bulbifera 0.018 Tuber
12. Diospyros mespiliformis 0.018 Fruits
13. Fadogia agrestis 0.018 Roots
14. icus sycomorus 0.036 Fruits
15. Gardenia aqualla 0.018 Fruits
16. Gardenia erubescens 0.218 Fruits
17. Grewia bicolor 0.018 Fruits
18. Grewia flavescens 0.018 Fruits
19. Grewia villosa 0.018 Fruits
20. Hibiscus sabdariffa 0.054 Seeds
21. Hyphaene thebaica 0.018 Fruits
22. Lannea microcarpa 0.018 Fruits
23. Leptadenia hastata 0.109 Leaves
24. Panicum laetum 0.018 Seeds
25. Phoenix dactylifera 0.018 Fruits
26. Raphionacme daronii 0.272 Tuber
27. Sarcocephalus latifolus 0.036 Fruits
28. Sclerocarya birrea 0.036 Fruits
29. Sterculia setigera 0.036 Gum
30. Strychnos spinosa 0.018 Fruits
31. Saba senegalensis 0.018 Fruits
32. Terminalia macroptera 0.036 Leaves
33. Tamarindus indica 0.054 Fruits
34. Vernonia kotschyana 0.054 Roots
35. Vitellaria paradoxa 0.054 Fruits
36. Vitex doniana 0.036 Fruits
37. Xysmalobuium heudelotianum 0.018 Tuber
38. Zizyphus mauritiana 0.072 Fruits