Antimalarial Efficacy and Toxicological Assessment of Extracts of Some Ghanaian Medicinal Plants

Table 1

Plants selected for the study and their traditional uses.

Botanical name	Family	Local name	Ethnomedical use	Parts collected	Yield (%)
Paspalum scrobiculatum	Poaceae	Star grass	Animal feed and substrate	Spikelets	5.7
Bidens pilosa	Asteraceae	Nyamaradza	Stomach troubles	Leaves and twigs	6.2
Acridocarpus alternifolius	Malpighiaceae	Papao	Bacterial infections	Leaves	14.3
Clappertonia ficifolia	Triticeae	Sahomia	Liver malfunction	Leaves	6.3
Mitragyna ciliata	Rubiaceae	Subaha akori	Fever	Leaves and twigs	7.5
Parinari congensis	Chrysobalanaceae	Krenku	Stomach ache and fever	Stem bark	11.1
Monanthotaxis caffra	Annonaceae	Ntetekon	Fever	Leaves and twigs	6.1
Datura stramonium	Solanaceae	Apple of Peru	Ear problem and cancer	Leaves and twigs	6.6
Faurea speciosa	Proteaceae	Setingo sebari	Malaria	Leaves and twigs	5.8
Syzygium guineense	Myrtaceae	Senza	Antimicrobial and antifungi	Leaves	7.4
Croton penduliflorus Hutch	Euphorbiaceae	Nyamaradza	Body pains	Leaves and twigs	7.0

Antiplasmodial activity reports exist in literature. Extract yield based on dry-powdered plant material.