Ethnopharmacological Survey and Antisickling Activity of Plants Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in Kikwit City, DR Congo
Table 3
In vitro antisickling activity of plant species used in the management of sickle cell disease in Kikwit.
N°
Plant species
Antisickling activity
1
Albizia ferruginea (Guill. et piero) Benth.
+
2
Alchornea cordifolia Müll. Arg.
+++
3
Alternanthera bettzickiana repens (L.) Link
+++
4
Annona senegalensis Pers.
+++
5
Bougainvillea sp comm. Ex Juss
+
6
Bridelia ferruginea Benth.
++
7
Carica papaya L.
++
8
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
+
9
Dissotis brazzae Cogn.
+++
10
Ficus asperifolia Müg
++
11
Ficus tremula Warb.
++
12
Gardenia leopoldiana De Wild & T. Durand
+
13
Hymenocardia acida Tul
++
14
Hypoxis angustifolia Lam.
+++
15
Justicia secunda Vahl
+++
16
Leocus africanus (Bak. ex. Elliot) J. K. Morton
++
17
Millettia laurentii De Wild
+
18
Morelia senegalensis A. Rich. ex DC
++
19
Rungia grandis T. Ander
++
20
Sterculia bequaertii De Wild
++
21
Stipularia africana P. Beauv.
++
22
Treculia africana Decne
++
23
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Welp
+++
+++: ≥80% of normalization rate; ++: 70% of normalization rate; +: 50% of normalization rate. An extract is considered to possess very high activity (+++) if normalization >70%; high activity (++) if 50< normalization <70%; weak activity (+) if 10< normalization <50%; no activity (−) if normalization <10% (14).