Research Article

Natural Products as Sources of Antimalarial Drugs: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies

Table 5

The isolated compounds from medicinal plants used as antimalarial.

S/nName of plantPhytochemical compoundsStructureReference

1Morinda lucidaAsperulosidic acid[46]

2C. citratusGeranial[55]

3Aloe vera6′-Malonylnataloin (nataloin)[79]

4Fagara zanthoxyloidesFagaronine[84]

5Enantia chloranthaJatrorrhizine[85]

6Azadirachta indicaGedunin[86]

7Morinda lucidaAsperuloside[46]

8Aloe vera7-Hydroxyaloin B[79, 80]

9Khaya grandifoliolaMethyl angolensate[87]

10Khaya senegalensisFissinolide[88]

11Azadirachta indicaMeldenin[89]

12Morinda lucidaCampesterol[46]

13Quassia amaraSimalikalactone D[90]

14Picralima nitidaAkuammiline[91]

15Morinda lucidaCycloartenol[46]

16Jatropha multifidaMultifidinol[41]

17E. chlorantiaErgosterol[36]

18Cylicodiscus gabunensis3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid[92]

19Morinda lucidaStigmasterol[46]

20Picralima nitida,Akuammigine[91]

21Diospyros conocarpaMangiferolic acid[93]

22Antrocaryon klaineanumAntrocarine A[93]

23C. papayaAnacardic acid[94]

24Picralima nitida,Alstonine[91]

25C. papayaCardol triene[94]