An inventory of medicinal plants used as sedative, analgesic and blood tonic in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

This research was aimed to document the ethnobotanical information of plants used as sedatives, analgesic and blood tonic in Abeokuta, Nigeria and to evaluate the phytochemical, mineral and anti-nutrient contents in some of these plants. A total of 60 structured and validated questionnaires were administered using purposive sampling method. The names of plants were further authenticated using the plant list ( www.theplantlist.org ) and the world flora ( www.worldfloraonline.org ). Twenty-eight (28) plants belonging to Twenty-one (21) families were documented as being used as sedatives, analgesic and blood tonic. The most frequently mentioned were Theobroma cacao, Morinda lucida, Sorghum bicolor, Alstonia congensis, Harungana madagascariensis and Viscum album. Parts of the plants mentioned by respondents were leaves (78.3%), stem bark (18.3%), roots (3.3%). T. cacao contained highest amount of sodium (18.69 mg/100 g). Potassium (73.35 mg/100 g), Calcium (40.20 mg/100 g), Phosphorus (11.80 mg/100 g) and Magnesium (4.59 mg/100 g) were significantly higher in the leaves of Alstonia congensis. Oxalate (0.28 mg/100 g), Phytate (0.36 mg/100 g) and trypsin inhibitor (0.17 mg/100 g) were significantly higher (p