Table 2 List with the medicinal species considered in the study and the papers consulted

Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Chika et al. [26]; Sanon et al. [27]; N'do et al. [28]; Tirloni et al. [29]; Ganfon et al. [30]; Arena et al. [31]; Roy et al. [32]

Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f.

Benzidia et al.[33]; Kumar et al.[34]; Cock [35]; Guo and Mei [36]; Salehi et al. [37]; Taukoorah and Mahomoodally [38]; Mariita et al.[39]

Amburana Cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm.

Costa et al. [40]; Canuto and Silveira [41]; Leal et al. [42]; Costa-Lotufo et al. [40]; Farias et al. [43]

Anacardium occidentale L.

Mustapha et al. [44]; Tedong et al. [45]; Carvalho et al. [46]; Souza et al. [47]

Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil (Griseb.) Altschul

Lima Neto et al. [48]; Vigerelli et al. [49]; Cartaxo et al. [50]; Gutierrez-Lugo et al. [51]; Melo et al. [52]; Damascena et al. [53]

Astraea lobata (L.) Klotzsch

Ezeabara and Okonkwo [54]

Bauhinia acuruana Moric.

Trentin et al. [55]; Gois et al. [56]

Borreria verticillata (L.) G. Mey.

Ushie et al. [57]; Baldé et al. [58]; Moreira et al. [59]

Commiphora leptophloeos (Mart.) J.B.Gillett

Clementino et al. [60]

Copaifera lucens Dwyer

Santos et al. [61]

Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf.

Geetha and Geetha[62]; Shah et al. [63]; Cheel et al. [64]

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin and Clemants

Loufoua et al. [65]; Zohra et al. [66]; Soares et al. [67]; Mwanauta et al. [68]

Genipa americana L.

Barbosa et al. [69]; Soares et al. [67]

Handroantus impetiginosus (Mart.ex DC.) Mattos

Pires et al. [70]

Hymenaea courbaril L.

Bezerra et al. [71]; Cecílio et al. [72]; Aleixo et al. [73]

Jatropha gossypiifolia L.

Félix-Silva et al. [74]

Libidibia ferrea (Mart. Ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz

Comandolli-Wyrepkowski et al. [75]

Lippia origanoides Kunth

Pinto et al. [76]

Mentha piperita L.

Ramkissoon et al. [77]; Zheljazkov and Astatkie [78]

Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.

Bezerra et al. [71]

Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão

Cecílio et al. [72]

Ocimum gratissimum L.

Kpadonou-Kpoviessi et al. [79]; Aba and Udechukwu [80]

Passiflora cincinnata Mast.

Siebra et al. [81]

Passiflora foetida L.

Patil and Paikrao [82]

Phyllanthus urinaria L.

Xu et al. [83]; Chung et al. [84]

Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel

Chavasco et al. [85]; Oliveira et al. [86]

Psidium guajava L.

Cecílio et al. [72]; Morais-Braga et al. [87]

Psidium guineense Sw.

González et al. [88]

Punica granatum L.

Rajeswari [89]; Calín-Sánchez et al. [90]

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Btissam et al. [91]; Pérez‐Mendoza et al. [92]

Ruta graveolens L.

Amabye and Shalkh [93]; Sampaio et al. [94]

Sambucus nigra L.

Akhtar et al. [95]

Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.

Lima-Saraiva [96]; Barbosa et al. [69]

Schinus terebinthifolia var. acutifolia Engl.

Abdul-Hafeez et al. [97]

Solanum paniculatum L.

Lôbo et al. [98]

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Akhtar et al. [95]; Tripathi and Kohli [99]

Vismia guianensis (Aubl.) Choisy

Camelo et al. [100]

Ximenia americana linn

Gaichu et al. [101]; Aragão et al. [102]

Ziziphus joazeiro Mart.

Brito et al. [103]; Andrade et al. [104]