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

Table 5

Botanical characterization and % composition (wt/wt) of haematinic herbal formulation (Haematol-B) from Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

	Plant species	Family	Indigenous name (Yoruba)	Part used	Total weight (g)	Mean weight (g)	Parts per 100
1	Sorghum bicolor Moench	Poaceae	Oka baba	Leaf sheath	13371.1	1215.4; (917.0–1632.0)	30
2	Hibiscus sabdariffa L.; (red variety)	Malvaceae	Isapa pupa	Fruit calyx	9104.0	827.6; (460.0–972.0)	20
3	Theobroma cacao L.	Sterculiaceae	Koko	Stem bark	4565.2	415.0; (241.5–494.5)	10
4	Aristolochia ringens Vahl.	Aristolochiaceae	Akogun	Roots	3174.2	288.6; (140.4–453.0)	7.0
5	Garcinia kola Heckel	Guttiferae	Orogbo	Seed	2473.4	225.0; (104.0–309.5)	5.5
6	Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.	Meliaceae	Agano	Stem bark	2505.0	227.7; (211.0–283.0)	5.5
7	Mangifera indica L.	Anacardiaceae	Mongoro	Stem bark	2519.2	229.0; (176.0–282.0)	5.5
8	Sarcocephalus latifolius (J. E. Smith) E. A. Bruce	Rubiaceae	Egbesi	Root bark	2508.9	228.3; (97.0–325.0)	5.5
9	Uvaria chamae P. Beauv.	Annonaceae	Eruju	Root bark	2491.9	227.5; (173.0–340.3)	5.5
10	Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern & Timler	Rutaceae	Ata	Root bark	2480.3	225.7; (120.4–303.7)	5.5
	Total					4109.8	100

wt/wt: weight-for-weight; 𝑛 (number of outlets) = 11; values in parentheses are the ranges of the measurements.