Antimicrobial Importance of Medicinal Plants in Nigeria

Table 1

Summary of selected antimicrobial medicinal plants in Nigeria.

SN	Botanical name of the medicinal plant	Major therapeutic application	References
1	Argemone mexicana, Ficus exasperate, Persia Americana, Alchornea laxiflora, Crinum jagus, Adansonia digitate, Citrullus colocynthis, Cola nitida, Dorstenia prorepens, Echinacea purpurea, Spondias mombin, Annona senegalensis, Vernonia amygdalina, Thymus vulgaris	Antibacterial	[35–40]
2	Enantia chlorantha, Azadirachta indica, Justicia flava, Landolphia owariensis, Cassytha filiformis, Morinda lucida, Allamanda cathartica, Allophylus africanus, Clerodendrum capitatum, Bixa Orellana, Senna alata	Antibacterial antiparasitic antifungal	[35, 37, 40–43]
3	Mangifera indica, Myristica fragrans, Cajanus cajan Gossypium arboretum, Amaranthus spinosus, Heeria insignis, Momordica charantia, Diospyros monbuttensis, Morinda lucida, Calotropis procera	Antiparasitic	[35, 37, 44, 45]
4	Ageratum conyzoides, Macaranga barteri, Mondia whitei	Antiviral	[46–50]