Table 4.

Pharmacological activities of anticancer plant species used in Eastern Cape.

S/N	Scientific Name	Other Reported Pharmacological Activities	References
1	Aloe ferox Mill	Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial	[109,110,111]
2	Aspalathus linearis	Antiviral, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory	[112,113]
3	Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmanns	Antifungal	[114]
4	Cannabis sativa L.	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	[115]
5	Catharanthus roseus (L.)	Antimicrobial, antioxidant, anthelmintic, antifeedant, anti-sterility, antidiarrheal, antidiabetic	[116,117,118]
6	Celtis africana Burm.f.	Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory	[119,120]
7	Cissampelos capensis L.	Antimicrobial	[121]
8	Curcuma longa	Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hepatoprotective effect, exhibits protective effects against gastrointestinal tract cancer	[122,123,124]
9	Curtisia dentata (Burm.f.) C.A.Sm.	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	[125]
10	Elytropappus rhinecerotis	Antimicrobial	[126]
11	Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt	Antibacterial and antioxidant	[73]
12	Euphorbia ingens E.Mey. ex Boiss	Antimicrobial	[127]
13	Gunnera perpensa L.	Antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and antioxidant	[128,129,130]
14	Hermannia depressa	Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial	[131]
15	Hypoxis argentea Harv. ex Baker	Antioxidant and antidiabetic	[132,133]
16	Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. and Avé-Lall	Anticonvulsant, antiuropathogenic, antioxidant, antidiabetic and antibacterial	[134,135]
17	Knowltonia capensis (L.) Huth	Antibacterial	[136]
18	Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta	Antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal	[137,138]
19	Melianthus major L	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	[108,139]
20	Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims	Antidiarrheal, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial	[78]
21	Sarcophyte sanguinea Sparrm. subsp. sanguinea	Antimicrobial	[140]
22	Solanum aculeastrum Dunal subsp. aculeastrum	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	[82,98]
23	Sutherlandia frutescens L. R.Br.	Antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic	[141,142,143]
24	Tulbaghia violacea Harv	Antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and antidiabetic	[144,145]