Variation of Phenolics (Bound and Free), Minerals, and Antioxidant Activity of Twenty-Eight Wild Edible Fruits of Twenty-Three Species from Far North Region of Cameroon

Table 1

Ethnopharmacological effects of different wild edible fruits.

Botanical names	Family	Morphology	Ethnopharmacology effects
Ziziphus mauritiana	Rhamnaceae	Shrub	Antidysentery, against jaundice, Amibiae
Ziziphus spina-christi		Tree	Against jaundice, antibacterial
Carissa edulis	Boraginaceae	Shrub	Abdominal pain reliever, against jaundice and constipation
Tamarindus indica	Caesalpiniaceae	Tree	Antihypertension, against constipation and indigestion, antipyretic, aphrodisiac
Detarium microcarpum		Tree	Antianorexia, against kidney problem, antiamenorrhea
Parkia biglobosa	Mimosaceae	Tree	Against constipation and cough, antibacterial
Balanites aegyptiaca	Balanitaceae	Tree	Against constipation and kidney failure, antidysentery, against undigestion, aphrodisiac, abdominal pain reliever, antileprotic, antidiabetic
Phoenix reticulatum	Arecaceae	Tree	Antidiarrheal, abdominal pain reliever
Hyphaene thebaica		Tree	Antihypertension, against constipation, indigestion and asthenia
Borassus eathiopium		Tree	Against constipation and anemia
Vitex grandifolia	Verbenaceae	Shrub	Abdominal pain reliever
Vitex doniana		Shrub	Againts asthenia and constipation, abdominal pain reliever, antiemetic
Vitex diversifolia		Shrub	Against cough and anorexia
Vitellaria paradoxa	Sapotaceae	Tree	Antidiarrheal, against anemia
Ximenia Americana	Olacaceae	Shrub	Against constipation and anemia, undigestion
Afrostyrax lepidophyllus	Huaceae	Shrub	Antibacterial, antistomachic, preservative, antimeasles and against mumps
Haematostaphis Barteri	Anacardiaceae	Tree	Anemia, antigastritis, headache
Ficus dicranostyla	Moraceae	Tree	Antianorexia, against jaundice
Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae	Shrub	Against constipation
Hexabolus monopetalus		Tree	Against kidney problems, anti-inflammatory
Adansonia digitata	Bombacaceae	Tree	Antiagalactia, against asthenia
Diospyros mespiliformis	Ebenaceae	Tree	Antidiarrheal, against jaundice
Cordia sinensis	Apocynaceae	Shrub	Antianemia, antiscurvy