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. 2022 Aug 2;11(15):2011. doi: 10.3390/plants11152011

Table 1.

Representation of medicinal plant extracts and their applications.

Plant Name Phytochemicals Applications
Sutherlandia fructecens Saponins, pinitols, flavonoids, triterpenoids, Cannavanine, cycloartane glycosides, flavonol glycosides, and aminobutyric acid [11]. Wound treatment, cancer treatment, diabetes, skin diseases, rheumatism, urinary tract infection, fever, gonorrhoea, kidney, and liver problems [11].
Eucomis autumnalis Homoisoflavanones, terpenoids, and diben-α-pyrones [12]. Reducing fever, urinary diseases, stomach, lower backaches, and syphilis. Eucomisautumnalis issometimes used to induce labour [12].
Plumbago auriculata Tannins, phenols, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, plumbagin, α-amyrin, capensisone, and diomuscinone [13]. Treating headaches, warts, skin infections, wounds, and fractures [13].
Catharanthus roseus Vinblastine, deoxyvinblastin, vincoline, cathanranthamine, rosicine, leurosine, vindoline and vincristine [14]. Treating rheumatism, venereal diseases, skin infections, high blood pressure, and diabetes [15].
Aspalathus linearis Spalathin, orientin, isoquercitrin, and luteolinhyperoside [15]. Treat insomnia, stomach cramps, allergies, and digestive problems as well as improve appetite [16].
Centella asiatica Triterpenoids, centellose, medacassoside, triaponosides, flavonoid quercetin, rutin, kaempferol, patuletin, apigenin, polyacetylenes, phenolic acids, sterols [17]. Treating fever, leprosy, syphilis, tuberculosis, leprosy, asthma, epilepsy, mental disorder, and minor wounds. Consumed as a vegetable and used as a spice [17].
Sclerocarya birrea Glucosides, steroids, glycosides, flavonoids, fatty oils, alkaloids, phenols, resins, calcium, and phosphorus [18]. Treating dysentery, rheumatism, malaria, and diarrhoea [18].
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Rooperol, β-sitosterol [19]. Immune booster, purgative, and laxative tonic. Treat tuberculosis, urinary tract infection, infertility, cancer, diabetes, and wounds [19].
Galenia africana Trihydroxyflavanone, trihydroxychalcone, dihydroxychalcone, trihydroxy-3-methoxychalcone [20]. Treat venereal sores, eye infections, asthma, tuberculosis, cough, wounds, skin infections and relieve toothache [20].