Screening of Plants Used as Traditional Anticancer Remedies in Mkuranga and Same Districts, Tanzania, Using Brine Shrimp Toxicity Bioassay

Table 2

Brine shrimp toxicity of medicinal plants used by THPs.

S/N	Plant (Part tested)	Part used	LC50 μg/ml	95 Confidence; Intervals
1	Acacia nilotica	Stem bark	432.4	246.6 – 613.5
2	Baphia kirkii	Root bark	71.6	54.4 – 94.2
3	Blighia unijugata	Leaf	539.6	349.4 – 833.2
		Stem bark	389.8	235.57 – 645.0
4	Boswellia neglecta	Root bark	27.8	23.7 – 32.5
5	Carissa spinarum	Stem bark	440.5	301.8 – 643.0
		Root bark	342.5	192.2 – 610.2
6	Cassia abbreviata	Root bark	140.9	108.2 – 183.4
		Stem bark	140.9	108.2 – 183.4
7	Cordia africana	Stem bark	185.3	133.4 – 257.6
		Root bark	19.8	13.8 – 28.2
8	Croton pseudopulchellus	stem bark	4.2	3.0 – 5.8
9	Dalbergia melanoxylon	Stem bark	6.8	4.8 – 9.8
10	Diospyros zombensis	Stem bark	67.2	44.7 – 101.2
		Root bark	408.6	221.5 – 753.7
11	Euclea natalensis	Root bark	66.2	48.1 – 91.1
12	Grewia tembensis	Root bark	9710.0	6406.0 – 14716.0
13	Hibiscus micranthus	Root bark	173.0	139.2 – 215.0
14	Kigelia africana	stem bark	161.4	108.8 – 239.5
15	Leucas martinicensis	Root bark	54.0	43.4 – 67.1
16	Loranthus micranthus	Leaf	4.0	3.2 – 5.1
17	Maerua triphylla	Root bark	57.5	42.3 – 78.3
18	Markhamia obtusifolia	Stem bark	346.8	241.1 – 498.8
19	Mystroxylon aethiopicum	Stem bark	398.8	260.6 – 610.3
20	Ochna mossambicensis	Root bark	3.3	2.4 – 4.5
21	Securidaca Longipedunculata	Stem bark	55.3	41.8 – 73.0
22	Senecio deltoideus	Root bark	194.4	135.7 – 278.4
		Leaf	416.1	262.8 – 658.8
23	Spirostachys africana	Stem bark	4.4	3.0 – 6.5
24	Trichodesma zeylanicum	Leaf	2045.0	1440.0 – 2904.0
		Root bark	188.4	136.3 – 260.6
25	Zanthoxylum chalybeum	Root bark	38.5	32.5 – 45.6
		Stem bark	26.3	22.0 – 31.4
26	Catharanthus roseus; (Positive Control)	Leaf	6.7	4.6 – 9.6