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. 2020 Dec 30;11(1):42. doi: 10.3390/biom11010042

Table 1.

Ethnomedicinal plants for the treatment of dengue fever.

Name Family Part Used Preparation Reference
Annona reticulata Annonaceae Barks and bulbs Decoction [60]
Andrapogon citratum Poaceae Oil Oil put on candles [66]
Azadirachta indica Meliaceae Leaves Extracts [64]
Brassica campestris Brassicaceae Oil Mixture with camphor [67]
Carica papaya Caricaceae Leaves Juice [56]
Fruits Oral decoction of unripe fruit [59]
Leaves and fruits Not mentioned [58]
Female leaves Decoction, (boiling the leaf juice) [57]
Leaves Pounding and extraction [55]
Catharanthus roseus Apocynaceae Whole plant Oral decoction [68]
Citrus limon Rutaceae Pulps Juice mixed with Protium spruceanum [63]
Clerodendrum viscosum Lamiaceae Leaves Not mentioned [66]
Coleus scutellarioides Lamiaceae Leaves Juice [60]
Enicostemma hyssopifolium Gentianaceae Not stated Decoction [69]
Euodia species Rutaceae Leaves Water extract [65]
Euphorbia hirta Euphorbiaceae Leaves Decoction [56,60]
Leaves and stems Decoction [70]
Roots Oral decoction [71]
Leaves Decoction and infusion [61]
Leaves, stems and roots Decoction [55]
Mentha arvensis Lamiaceae Leaves Decoction [60]
Mikania micrantha Asteraceae Leaves Cold maceration [72]
Mikania cordata Asteraceae Leaves Leaves juice [62]
Musa paradisica Musaceae Latex of the stems Decoction
Ocinum sanctum Lamiaceae Leaves Juice [57]
Leaves Juice [67]
Physalis angulata Solanaceae Leaves Oral infusion [72]
Phytolacca bogotensis Phytolaccaceae Fresh leaves Infusion of fresh leaves [73]
Protium spruceanum Burseraceae Stem barks Decoction with Citrus limon [63]
Psidium guajava Myrtaceae Leaves Decoction [74]
Leaves and young fruits Not mentioned [75]
Tinospora cordifolia Menispermaceae Leaves and stems Decoction [74]
Trigonella foenam Fabaceae Leaves Water infusion [74]
Synespalum dulcificum Sapotaceae Leaves Juice [60]
Vitex negundo Lamiaceae Leaves Decoction [60]
Zingiber purpureum Zingiberaceae Rhizomes and leaves Oral decoction mixed with turmeric and onion [65]