A Quantitative Documentation of the Composition of Two Powdered Herbal Formulations (Antimalarial and Haematinic) Using Ethnomedicinal Information from Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Table 4

Botanical characterization and % composition (wt/wt) of antimalarial herbal formulation (Maloff-HB) from Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

	Plant species	Family	Indigenous name (Yoruba)	Part used	Total weight (g)	Mean weight (g)	Parts per 100
1	Enantia chlorantha Oliv.	Annonaceae	Awopa/Dokita igbo	Stem bark	19248.6	1374.9; (1039.5–2005.5)	30
2	Alstonia boonei De Wild	Apocynaceae	Ahun	Stem bark	12832.3	919.5; (527.5–1232.0)	20
3	Calliandra haematocephala Hassk	Fabaceae	Tude	Root	6430.6	459.8; (310.0–740.0)	10
4	Mangifera indica L.	Anacardiaceae	Mongoro	Stem bark	3077.2	460.5; (137.8–380.0)	10
5	Okoubaka aubrevillei Phelleg & Nomand	Santalaceae	Igi nla	Stem bark	5092.9	366.3; (134.3–523.3)	8
6	Sarcocephalus latifolius (J. E. Smith) E. A. Bruce	Rubiaceae	Egbesi	Root bark	5140.2	367.2; (232.0–554.7)	8
7	Parquetina nigrescens (Afz.) Bullock	Periplocaceae	Ogbo	Root bark	3820.5	273.9; (195.0–357.5)	6
8	Cassytha filiformis L.	Lauraceae	Omonigelegele	Vine	2039.1	181.7; (119.9–278.0)	4
9	Pterocarpus osun Craib	Papilionaceae	Igi osun	Stem bark	2686.0	185.7; (127.8–286.8)	4
	Total					4589.5	100

wt/wt: weight-for-weight; 𝑛 (number of outlets) = 14; values in parentheses are the ranges of the measurements.