Plant Species That Contained: Tetrahydrospirilloxanthin (Squalene)

Species name Species Family Common Name Local Name Compound Species ID
Acanthus montanus Acanthaceae Bear's breech,white's ginger,leopard's tongue Ahon-ekun,irunmu-arugbo,inyinyiogwu,ogwudurunwashihshi 13 NMP-002
Bryophyllum pinnatum Crassulaceae Resurrection plant,life plant Eru-odundun,abomoda 26 NMP-014
Carica papaya (C. papaya) Caricaceae Paw paw Ibepe,Ojo,gwanda 10 NMP- 017.
Chrysophyllum albidum Sapotaceae African Star Apple, White Star Apple Agbalumo (Yoruba), Udala (Igbo), Otien (Edo), Agwalima (Hausa) 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 Ewe-eeran 16 NMP-184
Vernonia amygdalina Compositae Ewuro,Olubu,Shiwaka,Onugbu Ewuro,Olubu,Shiwaka,Onugbu 23 NMP-192
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides Rutaceae Fagara Ata,orin-ata 8 NMP-198
Hippocratea indica Celastraceae Mopane paddle-pod - 32 NMP-232
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