A Review of the Ethnobotany and Pharmacological Importance of Alstonia boonei De Wild (Apocynaceae)

Table 1

An overview of research work on pharmacological properties of Alstonia boonei.

Plant part used	Activity	Reference
Stem bark	Antiplasmodial (anti-malarial/antipyretic)	Bello et al. [51]; Ebiloma et al. [52]; Abel and Busia [53]
Stem bark	Insecticidal	Abel and Busia, [53]; Oigiangbe et al. [54]
Root bark	Anti-inflammatory	Osadebe et al. [55]; Olajide et al. [56]
Stem bark	Analgesic, aphrodisiac, trypanocidal	Kweifio-Okai et al. [57]; Asuzu and Anaga [58]
Stem bark	Sedative	Adesina [59]
Stem bark	Anti-snake venom	Gabriel et al. [60]; Majekodunmi [61]; Olajide et al. [56]
Stem bark	insomnia	Asuzu and Anaga [58]
Leaves	Antidiabetic	Din et al. [62]
Stem bark	Antihelminthic	Wesche et al. [63]
Stem bark, leaves	Antimicrobial	Adomi [64]; Omoregbe et al. [65]
Stem bark	Rheumatic pains	Olajide et al. [56]
Stem bark	Antidiarrhoeal	Amole and Ilori [66]
Stem bark	Spasmolytic and hypotensive	Iwu, [67]; Forster et al. [68]
Stem bark	Abortifacient, astringent, immunostimulant potentials	Taiwo et al. [69]
Stem bark	Antipsychotic	Elisabetsky and Costa-campos [70]