Ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Uganda

Gang, Roggers; Matsabisa, Motlalepula; Okello, Denis; Kang, Youngmin

doi:10.1186/s13765-023-00797-z

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 2 Ethnomedicinal uses of the identified plants in other countries neighbouring Uganda

From: Ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Uganda

Plant name	Country	Diseases treated	Part used	Reference
Ageratum conyzoides L	Kenya	Wounds, malaria, and asthma	Roots	[35]
	Tanzania	Malaria, cough, constipation, and peptic ulcers	Roots and leaves	[36, 37]
	DR Congo	DM, hypertension, poisoning, and malaria	Aerial parts and leaves	[38,39,40]
Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv	Kenya	Malaria, inflammatory disorders, toothache, cough, and cancers	Stem bark	[41,42,43]
Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f	Kenya	DM, malaria, wound, low immunity, cryptococcal meningitis, HIV/AIDS, and skin infections	Leaf exudate/aerial parts	[44,45,46]
	Tanzania	DM, kidney diseases, and syphilis	Leaf exudate	[47,48,49]
	DR Congo	DM, abscess, burns, cancer, cough, and hepatitis	Leaves	[39]
Annona muricata L	Kenya	Cancers (Breast and cervical)	Fruits	[50]
Annona muricata L	Tanzania	DM	Leaves	[32]
Azadirachta indica A. Juss	Kenya,	DM, malaria, skin rashes, and HIV/AIDS	Leaves, fruits, and stem bark	[44, 51]
	Tanzania	Head ache, back ache, malaria, fever, and stomachache	Leaves, stem bark, and seeds	[52]
	DR Congo	DM, malaria, and tuberculosis	Leaves	[39]
	Sudan	Malarial, fever, jaundice, helminthiasis, and skin diseases	Roots and leaves	[53]
Bidens pilosa L	Kenya	DM, malaria, and pneumonia	Leaves	[31, 54]
	Tanzania	Induce abortion and wound	Roots and whole plant	[55, 56]
	Rwanda	Pneumonia, yaws, and antiseptic	Leaves	[57]
	DR Congo	DM, abscess, cancer (prostate), cough, diarrhea, hemorrhage, urinary tract infections, wounds, and hypertension	Leaves, roots, seeds, and aerial parts	[39, 40]
Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth	Tanzania	DM, poisoning, nausea, and swelling of legs	Leaves, seeds, and aerial parts	[32, 37]
	Kenya	Chronic joint pains and allergies	Leaves and seeds	[58, 59]
	Rwanda	Pneumonia, gonorrhea, and asthama	Leaves	[57, 60]
Canarium schweinfurthii Engl	Tanzania	Malaria and syphilis	Stem bark	[36]
Canarium schweinfurthii Engl	DR Congo	DM, dysentery, hemorrhoids, and tuberculosis	Leaves	[39]
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck	Kenya	Contraceptive and infertility	Roots and stem bark	[61]
	Tanzania	Induce abortion	Roots	[56]
	DR Congo	DM, cough, dysmenorrhea, fever, gonorrhea, malaria, and otitis	Leaves, roots, and fruits	[39]
Clerodendrum rotundifolium Oliv	Kenya	Pneumonia and malaria	Leaves and roots	[62, 63]
Clerodendrum rotundifolium Oliv	Tanzania	Stomach ache and diarrhoea	Stem bark	[64]
Crassocephalum vitellinum S. Moore	Kenya	Stomach complications, malaria, and mouth infection in babies	Leaves	[65]
	Tanzania	Gonorrhea and the urinary tract infection	Leaves and stem	[66]
	Rwanda	liver diseases	Not recorded	[67]
	DR Congo	Swelling of leg	Leaves	[68]
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne	Tanzania	Epixstasis and excessive menstrual bleeding	Fruits	[37]
	Kenya	Diarrhoea	Seeds, leaves, and fruits	[69]
	DR Congo	Kidney disease	Not recorded	[70]
Cymbopogon citratus Stapf	Kenya	Colorectal cancer	Leaves	[41]
	Tanzania	DM	Leaves	[32]
	DR Congo	DM, malaria, measles, and premature delivery	Leaves	[39]
Erythrina abyssinica DC	Kenya	DM	Stem bark	[31]
	Tanzania	DM, increase libido, and stomach pain	Roots	[32]
	DR Congo	DM, cancer, hepatitis, hernia, and sinusitis	Roots, stem bark, and leaves	[39]
	Sudan	Antimicrobial, jaundice, and rheumatic pain	Bark and seeds	[53]
Garcinia buchananii Baker	Kenya	DM and aphrodisiac	Stem bark	[44]
Garcinia buchananii Baker	Tanzania	Venereal diseases, dysentery, HIV/AIDS, and malaria	Stem bark or roots	[36]
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq	Kenya	Recuperating pregnant and lactating mothers and circumcised boys	Leaves	[71]
	Tanzania	Headache	Roots and leaves	[72]
	DR Congo	Lymphoadenitis, otitis, mumps, bronchitis, and elephantiasis	Leaves and flowers	[73]
Hallea rubrostipulata (K. Schum.) J-F. Leroy	Tanzania	Respiratory tract infections	Stem bark and leaves	[74]
Hallea rubrostipulata (K. Schum.) J-F. Leroy	Rwanda	Liver diseases	Not recorded	[67]
Indigofera arrecta Hochst. ex A. Rich	Kenya	Stomach disorders	Roots	[58]
	Tanzania	Increase virility	Roots	[75]
	DR Congo	DM, fractures, and malaria	Roots	[39]
Justicia betonica L	Kenya	Inflammation	Whole plant	[76]
Justicia betonica L	Tanzania	stomach ache	Whole plant	[77]
Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth	Kenya	Measles	Fruits	[58]
	Tanzania	DM and mental illness	Fruits	[32]
	DR Congo	DM, male impotence, and vaginal infections	Stem bark	[78]
	Sudan	DM	Fruits	[79]
Leonotis ocymifolia (Burm.f.) Iwarsson	Kenya	DM, coughing, and asthma	Roots	[80]
Mondia whitei (Hook.f.) Skeels	Kenya	Aphrodisiac, ringworms, skin diseases, stomach worms, heart diseases, and asthma	Roots	[58, 81]
	Tanzania	Abdominal pain and facilitate child birth	Roots	[82]
	DR Congo	Erectile dysfunction	Leaves and roots	[83]
Moringa oleifera Lam	Kenya	Arthritis/gouts, loss of memory, prostate cancer, and high blood pressure	Seeds and leaves	[84]
	Tanzania	DM	Flowers, Pods, seeds, roots, and leaves	[32]
	DR Congo	DM, cataract eye, conjunctivitis, and malaria	Leaves and flowers	[39]
Oxalis corniculata L	Kenya	Skin infections	Leaves	[85]
	Tanzania	Stomach upset, rusts, and wounds	Leaves	[86]
	Rwanda	Asthama	Aerial parts	[60]
Persea americana Mill	Kenya	DM	Leaves	[87]
	Tanzania	DM	Seeds and whole plant	[32]
	Rwanda	Liver diseases	Not recorded	[67]
	DR Congo	DM, anemia, constipation, diarrhea, fever, pain, and sickle cell	Leaves, stem bark, and fruits	[39]
Phoenix reclinata Jacq	Kenya	Male reproductive dysfunctions	Roots	[61]
Phoenix reclinata Jacq	Tanzania	Epilepsy, eye troubles, stomach aches, pleuritic pains and pleurisy	Roots, leaves, and thorn	[88]
Pseudospondias microcarpa Engl	Tanzania	Peptic ulcers and malaria	Stem bark	[36, 89]
Pseudospondias microcarpa Engl	DR Congo	Malaria	Stem bark and root bark	[89]
Psidium guajava L	Kenya	Diarrhea and stomachache	Leaves	[90]
	Tanzania	Yellow fever, dysentery, and mucoid diarrhea	Not recorded	[36]
	DR Congo	DM, amoebiasis, diarrhea, dysentery, and female infertility	Roots and leaves	[39]
Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Kuntze ex Thell	Kenya	Malaria	Whole plant	[91]
Schkuhria pinnata (Lam.) Kuntze ex Thell	Tanzania	Gastrointestinal remedies	Whole plant	[92]
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr	Kenya	Throat/stomach/oesophageal cancer	Whole plant	[41]
	Tanzania	Venereal diseases	Leaves	[93]
	Rwanda	Gonorrhea, syphilis, and conjunctivitis	Leaves	[57]
Solanum aethiopicum L	DR Congo	DM and abdominal pain	Roots, fruits, leaves, and seeds	[39]
Solanum melongena L	DR Congo	DM	Fruits	[94]
Steganotaenia araliacea Hochst	Kenya	DM	Leaves	[44]
	Tanzania	Herpes zoster and HIV/AIDS	Areal parts	[36]
	DR Congo	DM	Not recorded	[95]
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	Tanzania	DM	Stem bark	[32]
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	DR Congo	DM	Fruits	[39]
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray	Kenya	Stomach pains and typhoid	Leaves	[96]
	Tanzania	Skin infections, stomach problem	Leaves	[93]
	DR Congo	DM, amoebiasis, anorexia, asthenia, constipation, and splenomegaly	Leaves	[39]
Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam	Kenya	Abdominal pains, gynaecologic disorders such as infertility, common colds, cancer, and renal disorders	Roots and leaves	[97]
Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam	Tanzania	Stomach problems and malaria	Root bark, stem bark, leaves, and fruits	[98]
Vernonia amygdalina Del	Kenya	Abdominal pains in infants and in pregnancy, arthritis, meningitis, malaria, typhoid, and epilepsy	Roots	[97]
	Tanzania	Febrile convulsions, fever, and malaria	Roots and leaves	[36]
	Rwanda	Gastroenteritis	Leaves	[57]
	DR Congo	DM, dysentery, gallstone, gastritis, helminthiasis, headache, hepatitis, malaria, poisoning antidote, rashes with itching, scabies, and tuberculosis	Leaves	[39]
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp	Kenya	Obesity	Leaves	[99]
	Tanzania	Anemia	Leaves and seeds	[100]
	DR Congo	Sickle cell	Leaves	[101]
Warburgia ugandensis Sprague	Kenya	DM, malaria, and pneumonia	Leaves	[102]
Warburgia ugandensis Sprague	Tanzania	Toothache, cough, fever, general body pains, anthelmintic, and malaria	Roots and stem bark	[103]

DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo; DM Diabetes mellitus; HIV human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Back to article page