Table 2.

Ethnobotanical distribution of plants for which data from animal experiments exist.

Country	Plant
India	Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. [84]; Aerva lanata(L.) Juss. Ex. Schult. [85, 86]
	Moringa oleifera Lam. [87]; Asparagus racemosus Willd. [88]
	Rotula aquatica Lour. [89]; Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook.f.& Thoms. [90]
	Tribulus terrestris L. [91]; Musa sapienta L. (banana stem) [92]
	Ammannia baccifera L. [93]; Mimosa pudica L. [94]
	Crataeva nurvala Buch-Ham. [95]
Japan	Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz. (Takusha) [42]
	Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. [96]; Quercus salicina Blume [97]
Brasil	Phyllanthus niruri L. [51]; Costus spiralis (Jacq.) Roscoe [98]
China	Wulingsan [= mixture of Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz., Polyporus umbellatus Pers., Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz., Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf, Cinnamomum cassia (L.) Presl.] [99]
	Niao shi [= mixture of Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr., Abrus cantoniensis Hance, Pyrrosia petiole L., Smilax glabra Roxb.] [100]
Mexico	Randia echinocarpa Sesse & Moc. [101]; Raphanus sativus L. [102]
Morocco	Trigonella foenum graecum L. [103]; Herniaria hirsuta L. [32]
Iran	Nigella sativa L. [104]
Others	Rubia tinctorum L. [105]; Rosa canina L. [54]
	Punica granatum L. (pomegranate juice) [58]
	Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. (lemon juice) [55]