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Table 3 Ingredients used in making paraga

From: Taking alcohol by deception: an analysis of ethanol concentration of "paraga" an alcoholic herbal mixture in Nigeria

Ingredient

Number of vendors using ingredient

Herbs

22 (100)

Alcohol

17 (77.3)

Water

14 (63.6)

Lime

14 (63.3)

Minerals (eru (Sylopia acthipea), aayu (garlic (Alium satirum), iyere (African black pepper)

8 (36.4)

Pineapple

6 (27.3)

Others (ginger (Singuber officinale), onion leaves (Allium ascabricum), and animal horn/hoof, orogbo (bitter kola)

5 (22.7)