*Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activities of Eight Species of Fabaceae… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106076*

For this reason, we consulted the literature for evidence implicating the phenolic antioxidants in the plants in their traditional claims of beneficial health effects as well as their pharmacological activities. Fabaceae members that are mainly used for religious and ritual and spiritual purposes (such as the rosary pea or kokriki *Abrus precatorius* L., the bushillo shimbillo or yaraní *Zygia inaequalis* (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pittier, and the shining rattlepod or ogri-aypesi *Crotalaria micans* Link. [van Andel and Ruysschaert, 2011]) have been left out of our selection. From the remaining plants, eight that have been most frequently mentioned as sources of traditional medicines in the abovementioned publications [117–125] are in detail addressed hereunder (see also **Table 1**).



#### **Table 1.**

*Antioxidant compounds of eight Fabaceae members from Suriname and association with pharmacological activity.*
