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BACKGROUND
The plant Launaea procumbens belongs to the family Asteraceae and traditionally used in the treatment rheumatism, kidney, liver dysfunctions and eye diseases. In the present study Phytochemical analysis and fractions of methanolic extract of L. procumbens leaves were tested in vitro for
The chloroform extracts of the roots and leaves of Sarracenia flava showed antitumor activity against lymphocytic leukemia P-388. Lupeol was identified as one constituent responsible for this activity. Beta-Sitosterol and alpha-amyrin were isolated from the hexane extract of the roots.
BACKGROUND
There is only scant literature on the anticancer components of medicinal plants from Nigeria, yet traditional healers in the area under study claim to have been managing the disease in their patients with some success using the species studied.
OBJECTIVE
To document plants commonly used