Table 5 Worldwide traditional usages, biological activity and phytoconstituents of the plants that are reported for the first time in Sudan traditional medicine
From: Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan
No. | Plant name | Country | Part used | Uses | Biological activity | Phytoconstituents | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Carica papaya | Gambia Nigeria Malaysia Philippines Japan India Pakistan | Fruit Leaf | Paediatric burns Diabetes Jaundice Rheumatism Malaria Hypertension Ulcer Digestive disorders Urinary tract infection Skin diseases Dengue fever | Antioxidant Anthelmintic Wound healing Antimicrobial Antidiabetes | Flavonoids Phenolic Acids Glucosinolates Cyanogenic glucosides Alkaloids Saponins Triterpenoids | |
2 | Corchorus trilocularis | Pakistan India | Seed Leaf Root | Syphilis Demulcent, Fever Haemorrhoids Laxative | Antiinflammatory Antioxidant Antihyperglycaemic Antipyretic analgesic | Flavonoids Triterpenes | |
3 | Eragrostis cilianensis | – |  | No report | No report | No report |  |
4 | Heliotropium sudanicum | – |  | No report | No report | No report |  |
5 | Mollugo cerviana | India | Â | Rheumatism Haemorrhoids Fever Skin diseases Snake bite Jaundice | Antioxidant Antimicrobial Antiinflammatory | Phenols Flavonoids Terpenoids Steroids Alkaloids Saponins | |
6 | Psiadia punctulate | Kenya | Leaf Root | Colds Fevers Asthma Malaria Abdominal pains Skin Infection | Antimicrobial Antiplasmodial Antitrypanosomal Antiproliferative | Flavonoids Terpenoids Coumarins | [32] |
7 | Rhynchosia minima | Zimbabwe China South Africa | Root Leaf | Skin diseases Respiratory Swelling Joint pains Heart or chest pain | Antimicrobial | Flavonoids | [47] |
8 | Solanum coagulans | China | Aerial parts | Oedema Rheumatic arthritis Toothache | Antifungal Antibacterial | Phenolic glycoside | [48] |
9 | Solanum forskalii | – |  | No report | No report | No report |  |
10 | Tephrosia purpurea | India Sri Lanka Ceylon | Root Leaf | Wounds Gastro-duodena disorders Dyspepsia Diarrhoea Haemmaroids Asthma Anaemia Fever Syphills Gonnorhea Snake bites Nematicide Anthelmintic | Antiulcer Antitumor Antimicrobial Antiinflammotory Antioxidant Hepatoprotective Antihyperlipidimic Antihyperglycemic Anthelminitic Antileishminal Antidiarrheal Wound healing Spasmolytic | Flavonoids Sterols Terpenes |