Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Resin
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Resin is used to treat diarrhoea, skin diseases, dysentery and gonorrhoea
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Benzpyrones: coruleoellagic acid, flavellagic acid, ellagic acid and their derivatives, coumarin: scopoletin, anthraquinone: chrysophanol from bark
Bioactivity :
Clinical:
References : Geevananda, Y. A. et al., (1979), Three hydroxy ellagic acid methyl ethers, chrysophanol and scopoletin from Shorea worthingtonii and Vatica obscura, Phytochemistry, 18(6), 1017–1019.
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