Nigerian Plants with Anti-Inflammatory and Antifungal Potential

Medicinal plants have been the popular remedy to treat different types of disease for a long term. This paper reviews some Nigerian plants and their main constituents which possess anti-inflammatory activities, this provides a brief overview on quick and early reading on the role and actions of these medicinal plants and their main constituents in inflammatory diseases. These Nigeria anti-inflammatory plants include D. cinerea, F. iteophylla, Alafia barteri, Combretum mucronatum and Capparis thoningii Schum, Zingeber officinate, Cassia occidentalis and Moringa oleifera. The inflammatory properties of these plants will provide additional information on therapeutic approaches for the various inflammatory conditions. Fungi which are microbial entities are not exempted from the problem of antimicrobial resistance. Most common fungicidal agents are becoming ineffective in treating fungal infections. Hence, the search for antifungal agents has double paced recently. Plants with antifungal agents are Ocimum gratissimum, Acalypha wilkesiana (Muell Arg.), Funtumia elastica (Preuss), Anogeissus leiocarpus, Terminalia avicennoides, Mallotus oppositifollius, Ssystasia gangetica, Carica papaya and Diodia scandens. This paper elucidates Nigerian plant with anti-inflammatory and antifungal potentials