Artocarpus nobilis Thwaites
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Seed and young shoot
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Roasted seeds are taken to improve the sexual ability of males
- Latex of the young shoots is applied for skin diseases
- Used as a vermifuge
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Prenylated flavones: artonin and isoartonin derivatives from root bark; chalcones: xanthoangelol, xanthoangelol B and geranyl chalcone derivatives, flavonoids: artobiloxanthone, artoindonesianin U, cyclocommunol, multiflorins A, artocarpuate A, B, isonymphaeol B, triterpenes: cyclolaudenyl acetates, lupeol, β-amyrine and zizphursolic acid from fruits and bark
Bioactivity :
Flavonoids: antioxidative; methanol extract of stem bark: antifungal; lespeol and isonymphaeol B: antioxidative
Clinical:
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