Research Article

Heavy Metal Content and Health Risk Assessment of Some Selected Medicinal Plants from Obuasi, a Mining Town in Ghana

Table 1

List of traditional medicinal plants and their therapeutic effects.

Scientific and code nameLocal namePart of plant usedTherapeutic indication

Azadirachta indica (AI)Neem treeLeavesFever, malaria, skin infections
Ocimum viride (OV)Fever AduroLeavesFever
Alchornea cordifolia (AC)OgyamaLeavesGonorrhea, diarrhea, dysentery
Citrus limon (CL)LemonLeavesScurvy
Momordica charantia (MC)NyanyaLeavesUlcer, piles, gastritis, hemorrhoids
Moringa oleifera (MO)MoringaLeavesAsthma, stomach and intestinal ulcer, diabetes, kidney stone
Newbouldia laevis (NL)SesemasaLeavesBody aches
Alstonia boonei (AB)NyameduaBarkMalaria, fever, insomnia, chronic diarrhea
Quassia amara (QA1)Bitter ash wood chipsBarkAnorexia, constipation, fever
Mangifera indica (MI)MangoBarkMalaria, leukemia
Entandrophragma angolense (EA)EdinamBarkFever, stomach pain, peptic ulcers, earache, rheumatic pain
Cola nitida (CN)Cola treeBarkStimulation of breast milk
Alstonia boonei (AB)NyameduaBarkMeasles
Khaya senegalensis (KS)MahoganyBarkHypertension
Sphenocentrum jollyanum Pierre (SJP)Kraman KoteRootSexual weakness
Piper guineense (PG)EsurowisaRootWaist pain
Gongronema latifolium (GL)AnsurogyaRootSexual weakness
Paullinia pinnata (PP)TuantiniRootSexual weakness, malaria
Tetrapleura tetraptera (TT)PrekeseFruitPostpartum contraction
Dalbergia saxatilis (DS)Ahoma kyemStemSmallpox, toothache
Quassia amara (QA2)Bitter ash wood chipsStemWaist pain