Review Article

Traditional Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antituberculosis Drugs: A System Review

Table 3

Important anti-TB traditional medicinal plants in literature by the systemic survey on the prescribed formula.

Species numberFamily numberMain familiesCountry or regionReferences

1310Asteraceae (3), Chrysobalanaceae, Araliaceae, Acanthaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Melastomataceae, Phyllanthaceae, PolygonaceaeBurundian[241]
98Apocynaceae, Verbenaceae, Rubiaceae, Goodeniaceae, Agavaceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, ZingiberaceaeManus Province, Papua New Guinea[242]
18477Fabaceae (21), Asteraceae (12), Malvaceae (11)Bapedi (South Africa)[243]
3021Alliaceae (3), Rutaceaeare (3), Apiaceae (2), Caryophyllaceae (2), Asteraceae (2), Lamiaceae (2), Myrtaceae (2), Solanaceae (2)Nkonkobe municipality, Eastern Cape Province (South Africa)[244]
2112Asteraceae, Fabaceae, GeraniaceaeMangaung metro, Thabo Mofutsanyana, and Lejweleputswa in South Africa[245]
2514Fabaceae (5), Euphorbiaceae (3), Asteraceae (3), Lamiaceae (12%)Bas-Congo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo[208]
1513Amaryllidaceae (3), Xanthorrhoeaceae (2), Arecaceae (2), Solanaceae (2), Meliaceae, Acanthaceae, Poaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Melastomataceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Zingiberaceae, Amaranthaceae, AsteraceaeGreater Accra and eastern communities in Ghana[246]
9548Loranthaceae (6), Caesalpiniaceae (5), Papilionaceae (5), Poaceae (4), Mimosaceae (4), Scrophulariaceae (4), Anacardiaceae (3), Combretaceae (3), Liliaceae (3), and Solanaceae (3)Niger state, Nigeria[247]
6635Rutaceae (7), Euphorbiaceae (5), Rubiaceae (4), Anacardiaceae (3), Fabaceae (3), Verbenaceae (3), Arecaceae (2), Annonaceae (2), Solanaceae (2), Moraceae (2), Rhamnaceae (2)Lao PDR[248]
2320Arecaceae (2), Aristolochiaceae (2), Rubiaceae (2)Malaysia[249]
18167Asteraceae (31), Fabaceae (14), Lamiaceae (9), Euphorbiaceae (7), Celastraceae (5)South Africa[250]
6238Asteraceae (12), Aristolochiaceae (3), Compositae (3), Rosaceae (3), Juglandaceae (2), Zygophyllaceae (2), Verbenaceae (2), Rutaceae (2), Papaveraceae (2), Fabaceae (2)Mexico[10]
8836Lamiaceae (9), Asteraceae (7), Papilionaceae (4), Acanthaceae (3), Caesalpiniaceae (3), Capparaceae (3), Euphorbiaceae (3), Mimosaceae (3)Districts of Kamuli, Kisoro, and Nakapiripirit in Uganda[251]
9044Fabaceae (13), Asteraceae (7), Moraceae (5), Rutaceae (4)Districts of Mpigi and Butambala, Uganda[252]
3522Fabaceae (5), Rutaceae (4), Apocynaceae (3), Menispermaceae (3), Malvaceae (3)Madhya Pradesh, India[196]
13245Annonaceae (14), Zingiberaceae (12), Rutaceae (10), Annonaceae (10), Asteraceae (8), Euphorbiaceae (8), Fabaceae (7)Southeast Asian[253]
108Fabaceae (3), Canellaceae (1), Rubiaceae (1), Anacardiaceae (1), Rutaceae (1), Myrtaceae (1), Merlucciidae (1), Guttiferae (1)Lake Victoria Basin (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania)[254]
148Euphorbiaceae (4), Verbenaceae (3), Rutaceae (2)Lake Victoria region and the Samburu community[255]
22Achillea millefolium (1), Dryopteris stewartii (1)Kel village, Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan[256]
43Amaryllidaceae (1), Lauraceae (1), Amaranthaceae (1), Asteraceae (1)Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdistan, Iraq[257]
2218Liliaceae (3), Euphorbiaceae (2), Verbenaceae (2)India[258]
66Vitaceae (1), Poaceae (1), Pinaceae (1), Musaceae (1), Rosaceae (1), Leguminosae (1)Arabian Peninsula[259]
22Asteraceae (1), Dryopteridaceae (1)Pakistan[251]
7044Arecaceae (4), Euphorbiaceae (4), Fabaceae (3), Piperaceae (3), Rutaceae (3)Malaysia[191]
5626Ranunculaceae (8), Liliaceae (6), Asteraceae (5), Umbellifera (4), Campanulaceae (3), Rubiaceae (4), Rosaceae (2), Scrophulariaceae (2), Labiatae (2), Fabaceae (2)China[260]
8230Combretaceae (13), Fabaceae (12), Moraceae (6), Rubiaceae (5), Polygalaceae (5)Nigeria[261]