Uses in Tradition systems of medicine

• It is also used as an ethno-medicinal plant
• Folk medicine
• Traditional Chinese medicine
• Ayurvedic medicine

• 3.3% protein
• 0.6% fat
• 6.5% carbohydrate
• 1.7% ash
• 0.06% phosphorus
• 0.02% iron

Suggested Medicinal Properties

• Treat burns, earache, fevers, hypertension, constipation, fits, asthma, stomach ache, worms, infertility complications, snake bites, diarrhoea, and malaria.
• Anti-Inflammatory
• Anti-Fungal
• Anti-Oxidant
• Anti-Proliferative
• Anti-Bacterial
• Anti-Microbial
• Anti-Diabetic
• Anti-Helminthic
• Anti-Carcinogenic
• The anticonvulsant

Active Phytochemicals

1. Lauric-acid
It is used for treatment of viral infections, such as swine flu, avian flu, genital warts, and genital herpes.

2. 2,4,5-trimethylbenzaldehyde

3. 2-dodecen-1-al

4. Alpha-pinene
Alpha-pinene has anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, microbial properties, anti-ulcerogenic and gastroprotective properties. It helps to aid memory.

5. Capric-acid

6. Carotol

7. Fenquilic-alcohol

8. Flavonoids
Flavonoids and many other phenolic components have been documented on their beneficial antioxidants, anticancer, antibacterial, cardioprotective agents, anti-inflammation, immune system boosting, and skin protection from UV radiation in nutrition and herbal remedies.

9. Furfural
10. Hexadecanoic-acid
11. 3,4-dimethylbenzoic-acid
12. Fenquilic-alcohol
13. Capric-acid