Table 2.

Information about medicinal plants used alone for the treatment of cancer in the region of Fez-Meknes.

Scientific name Family	Parts used	Preparation Modes	Solvant/ Excipient	Administraion route	Cancer type
Actinidiaceae
Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa (A.Chev.) A.Chev.	F	Raw form Juice	_ Milk	Oral	Colon
Aloaceae
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f	Ap	Powder Powder mixed with honey Vegetable oil Juice Raw form	Water _ _ Water _	Oral	Leukemia/ Liver
Amaranthaceae
Beta vulgaris L.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Leukemia
Annonaceae
Annona cherimola Mill.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Breast
Apiaceae
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss	Ap L St + L	Decoction Infusion Infusion	Water Water Water	Oral	Uterus
Cuminum cyminum L.	Sd F	Powder Powder mixed with honey Powder	Water/ Oliveoil/ lemon juice _ Water	Oral	Stomach/ Liver
Apium graveolens L.	L	Infusion	Water	Oral	Leukemia
Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.	Fl	Decoction	Water	Oral	Colon
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.	Sd	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Colon/ Breast/ Leukaemia
Daucus carota L.	F	Juice	Water	Oral	Leukaemia/ Colon/Lung
Ammodaucus leucotrichus Coss.	L + Fl	Powder	Water	Oral	Lung/ Leukemia
Pimpinella anisum L.	Sd	Powder	Water	Oral	Colon
Thapsia garganica L.	R	Infusion Mixed with honey	Water _	Oral	Breast/ Prostate/ Liver
Magydaris panacifolia (Vahl.) Lange	_	Mixed with honey	_	Oral	Breast
Apocynaceae
Apteranthes europaea (Guss.) Murb.	Ap	Powder Powder mixed with honey Juice	Rancid butter Milk/ Water _ Lemon juice	Oral	Uterus/ Breast/ Lung/ Leukemia
Arecaceae
Phoenix dactylifera L.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Liver
Aristelochiaceae
Aristolochia longa L.	R	Powder Powder mixed with honey Raw form Decoction/ Infusion	Rancid butter/ Olive oil / Water/ Milk _ _ Water	Oral	Breast/ Uterus/ Colon/ Lung/ Bone/ Prostate/ Ovary/ Stomach
Asteraceae
Artemisia herba-alba Asso.	L ; AP	Decoction/ Infusion Powder mixed with honey	Water _	Oral Poultice/ Oral	Lung
Dittrichia viscosa (L.)	L	Powder mixed with honey Infusion	_ Water	Poultice Oral	Colorectal
Atractylis gummifera L.	R	Incense	_	Inhalation	Lung
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.	F	Infusion	Water	Oral	Uterus
Berberidaceae
Berberis hispanica Boiss. & Reut.	R/Ap/St	Powder Powder mixed with honey	Milk _	Oral	Breast
Borraginacees
Borago officinalis L.	AP /Sd	Powder	Water	Oral	Breast
Brassicaceae
Lepidium sativum L.	Sd	Decoction Mixed with honey	Water _	Oral	Lung/ Bone/Uterus
Brassica oleracea L.	Ap	Raw form	_	Oral	Breast
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin	F	Raw forme	_	Oral	Leukemia
Sinapis alba L.	F	Powder	_	Oral	Colon
Cactaceae
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.	F C	Raw form Raw form Juice	_ _ Water	Oral	Bone/ Prostate
Camelliaceae
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze	L	Decotion/Infusion	Water (Sugar free)	Oral	Breast/ Bone
Cannabaceae
Cannabis sativa L.	Sd	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Brain
Capparidaceae
Capparis spinosa L.	F L	Powder Powder mixed with honey	Vegetable oil/ Water _	Oral	Breast/Uterus
Caryophyllaceae
Herniaria hirsuta L.	Ap	Powder	Water	Oral	Leukemia
Cucurbitaceae
Citrullus lanatus(Thunb.) Matsum. &Nakai	F	Juice	Water	Oral	Breast/ Leukemia
Cucumis sativus L.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Leukemia
Ephedraceae
Ephedra alata Decne	Ap	Decoction	Water	Oral	Breast
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia resinifera O.Berg	Ap/R	Powder mixed with honey Decoction +  Maceration with Cicer arietinum	_ Water/water	Oral Oral	Breast/ Lung/ Uterus/ Leukemia
Fabaceae
Vicia faba L.	Sd	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Breast
Cicer arietinum L.	F	Raw form	Water	Oral	Leukemia
Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.	Sd	Powder	Milk	Oral	Breast
Trigonella foenum-graecum L.	Sd	Raw form Powder infusion Powder mixed with honey	Water Water _	Oral Oral	Colon/ Breast/ Uterus/ Colon/ Lung/ Leukemia/ Stomach
Glycyrrhiza glabra L.	Ap	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Breast/ Colon
Fagaceae
Quercus ilex L.	F	Juice Steamed	Milk	Oral	Leukemia
Geraniaceae
Erodium guttatum (Desf.) Willd.	R	Powder Powder mixed with honey	Milk	Oral	Bone
Lamiaceae
Marrubium vulgare L.	Ap	Decoction/infusion Powder Powder mixed with honey	Water Water _	Oral	Colon/ Breast/ Uterus/ Leukaemia/ Stomach
Ajuga iva (L.) Schreb.	Fl L	Powder mixed with honey Powder	_ Water	Oral	Breast
Rosmarinus officinalis L.	L	Decoction/infusion	Water	Oral	Colon/ Breast/ Uterus/ Stomach
Origanum vulgare L.	Ap	Infusion	Water	Oral	Stomach
Satureja granatensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Sennen & Mauricio	Ap	Infusion	Water	Oral	Lung
Salvia officinalis L.	L	Infusion Powder	Water Water	Oral	Lung/ Prostate
Origanum majorana L.	L	Powder Infusion	Water Water	Oral	Breast
Lauraceae
Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl		Powder	_	Oral	Uterus
Liliaceae
Allium sativum L.	B	Cooked with chicken Juice Maceration Raw form mixed with honey	Olive oil Olive oil _	Oral	Breast/ Uterus/ Colon/ leukemia / Prostate
Allium cepa L.	B	Cooked with chicken Juice	_ Water	Oral	Leukemia/ Breast/ Uterus/ Colon/ Lung/ Prostate/ Ovary
Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn	R	Maceration Infusion	Apple cider vinegar Water	Oral	Lung
Allium ampeloprasum L.	_	Infusion	Water	Oral	Breast
Linaceae
Linum usitatissimum L.	Sd	Powder Powder/ Raw form mixed with honey Raw form	Olive oil /Water _ Water	Oral	Breast/ Prostate/ Colon/ Leukemia/ Ovary
Malvaceae
Malva sylvestris L.	Ap	cooked (dish)	_	Oral	Leukemia/ Breast
Meliaceae
Rubia cordifolia L.	N	Raw form	_	Oral	Leukemia
Mimosaceae
Acacia raddiana Savi	Rs	Infusion	Water		Leukemia
Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter	Rs	Infusion	Water	Oral	Leukemia
Moraceae
Ficus carica L.	F	Powder mixed with honey Maceration (One week)	_ Olive oil	Oral	Lung/ Prostate/ Breast/ Uterus
Myrtaceae
Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb.	Sd	Powder	Water	Oral	Stomach
Oleaceae
Olea europaea L.	F L	vegetable oil Decoction	_ Water	Oral	Breast/ Colon/ Stomach/ Leukemia/ Uterus/ Lung/
Pedaliaceae
Sesamum indicum L.	Sd	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Lung/ Pancreatic
Pinaceae
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière	F	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Lung
Pinus halepensis Mill.	St + L	Decoction/Infusion	Water	Oral	Lung
Piperaceae
Piper nigrum L.	Sd	Powder (spice)	_	Oral	Breast/Colon
Poaceae
Hordeum vulgare L.	Sd	Powder (Soup ; Bread) Infusion	Water + Milk Water	Oral	Colon
Triticum aestivum L.	Sd	Powder (Bread) Infusion	Water	Oral	Colon/ Stomach
Portulacaceae
Portulaca oleracea L.	Ap	cooked (dish)	_	Oral	Stomach
Punicaceae
Punica granatum L.	E M	Decoction/Infusion Raw form	Water _	Oral	Breast
Ranunculaceae
Nigella sativa L.	Sd	Powder Powder mixed with honey Infusion	Milk _ Water	Oral	Colon/ Breast/ Leukemia/ Uterus/ Lung
Rhamnaceae
Ziziphus jujube Mill.	F	Powder mixed with honey	_	Oral	Breast
Rosaceae
Fragaria × ananassa (Duchesne ex Weston) Duchesne ex Rozier	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Breast
Rutaceae
Citrus aurantium L.	F	Juice	_	Oral	Breast/ Colon/ Lung
Solanaceae
Solanum lycopersicum L.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Prostate
Solanum tuberosum L.	_	Juice	Water	Oral	Breast
Urticaceae
Urtica dioica L.	L	Infusion	Water	Oral	Leukemia
Vitaceae
Vitis vinifera L.	F	Raw form	_	Oral	Breast/ Uterus/ Leukemia
Zingiberaceae
Curcuma longa L.	R St	Powder Decoction/ Mixed with honey	tea/Milk/Water/ Spice Water/ Lemon juice	Oral	Breast/ Leukemia/ Uterus/ Colon/ Stomach/ Lung/ Bone
Zingiber officinale Roscoe	Ap R	Decoction Raw form Powder mixed with honey	Water Water _	Oral	Breast/Colon/ Prostate/ Uterus
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton	Sd	Powder	Orange juice	Oral	Breast
Zygophylaceae
Peganum harmala L.	Sd/St	Powder/ mixed with honey	Pomegra nate juice / Apple juice	Oral	Lung / Breast

Ap : Aerial part ; B : Bulb; C : Cladode; E : Exocarp ; F : fruits; Fl : Flowers; L : Leaves;

M : Mesocarp ; N : Nut; Rs: Resin; R : Roots ; Sd : Seeds ; Sh : Shoot ; St : Stem ; T : Tubers ; Wp : Whole plant.