Plant Species That Contained: Tetrahydrospirilloxanthin (Squalene)

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Acanthus montanus Acanthaceae Bears Breech, Mountain Thistle, False Thistle, Leopards Tongue, Alligator Plant Ogwu ahga (Igbo, Agbani, Nigeria), Mlelonko (Igbo, Asaba, Nigeria), Agameebu (Igbo, Onitsha/Owerri/Awka, Nigeria), Ahon ekun, Ahon ekun dudu, Eekun arugbo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Edulee imemein (Ijo-Izon, Nigeria), Kpete-pela (Mende, Sierra Leone), Kpete-wela 13 NMP-002
Bryophyllum pinnatum Crassulaceae Air Plant, Cathedral Bells, Life Plant, Miracle Leaf, Goethe Plant, Kalanchoe Panfuti (Hindi, India), Odaa opuo (Igbo, Nigeria), Abamoda (Yoruba, Nigeria). 26 NMP-014
Carica papaya (C. papaya) Caricaceae Papaya, Pawpaw, Papaw, Tree Melon Ibepe (Yoruba, Nigeria), Ojo (Igbo, Nigeria), Gwanda (Hausa, Nigeria), Mkonokono (Swahili, East Africa), Kepaya (Malaysia), Mamao (Brazil), Lechosa (Spain) 10 NMP- 017.
Chrysophyllum albidum Sapotaceae : African Star Apple, White Star Apple Agbalumo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Udala (Igbo, Nigeria), Otien (Edo, Nigeria), Agwalima (Hausa, Nigeria), Alasa (Twi, Ghana) 23 NMP-020
Cucurbita pepo Cucurbitaceae Pumpkin,gourd,vegetable-marrow Elegede,Ogbogolo,Kabewa,gboro. 3 NMP-030
Deinbollia pinnata Sapindaceae Water Willow, Soap Berry, Cape Ash Nigeria: Ogiri-Egba (Yoruba), Ekusi-Oloko (Yoruba), Akanta (Igbo) | Ghana: Nkwadua (Twi) 7 NMP-040
Garcinia kola Guttiferae Bitter Kola, False Kola, Male Kola Orogbo (Yoruba, Nigeria), Adi (Igbo, Nigeria), Ogholigo (Igala, Nigeria), Namijin Goro (Hausa, Nigeria) 18 NMP-074
Nymphaea lotus Nymphaeceae White Egyptian Lotus, White Water Lily, Tiger Lotus Osibata (Yoruba, Nigeria), Bado, Ƙudu,Kwalaa (Hausa, Nigeria), Mkpokpomere (Igbo, Nigeria), Kumu (Swahili, East Africa), Thamara (Tamil, India) 14 NMP-121
Petiveria alliacea Phytolaccaceae Anamu, Guinea hen weed, Garlic weed, Root of life Awogba (Yoruba, Nigeria), Mucuracaa, Guine (Brazil), Tipi (South America) 15 NMP-130
Phaseolus vulgaris Leguminosae Kidney bean, Common bean, French bean, Snap bean, String bean Wake (Hausa, Nigeria), Ewa (Yoruba, Nigeria), Agwa (Igbo, Nigeria). Feijao (Portuguese, Brazil), Frijol (Spanish, Latin America) 13 NMP-131
Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae Gale-O-Wind, Hurricane Weed, Stonebreaker, Seed-under-leaf Eyin-olobe, Ehinbinisowo, Yoloba (Yoruba,Nigeria), Geron-tsuntsaye (Hausa, Nigeria), Ngwu (Igbo,Nigeria), Abomaguwakyi (Twi) 19 NMP-133
Syzygium guineense Myrtaceae Watter-berry.rose apple Adere, Igi-aro,Malmoo 5 NMP-173
Thaumatococcus daniellii Marantaceae Miracle Berry, Katamfe, Sweet Prayer Plant, African Serendipity Berry Ewe-eeran, Adundunmitan (Yoruba, Nigeria), Iwee (Igala, Nigeria), Mfang Aya (Ibibio, Nigeria). 16 NMP-184
Vernonia amygdalina Compositae Bitter Leaf, African Bitter Leaf, Ironweed Ewuro (Yoruba, Nigeria), Onugbu (Igbo, Nigeria), Shiwaka (Hausa, Nigeria), Olubu (Edo, Nigeria), Grawa (Amharic, Ethiopia), Etidot (Efik, Nigeria) 23 NMP-192
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides Rutaceae Senegal Prickly-Ash, Artar Root, Candlewood, Fagara Ata, Orin-Ata (Yoruba, Nigeria), Kakane, Fasar Kwari (Hausa, Nigeria), Hewa (Mende, Sierra Leone), Kuile (Fula, Senegal) 8 NMP-198
Hippocratea indica Celastraceae Mopane paddle-pod - 32 NMP-232
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