Phytochemical screening yielded alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, tannins, terpenoids, and saponins.
Major constituents of leaves yielded an intractable mixture of triterpenes, namely a-amyrin, b-amyrin, and baurenol.
Laboratory tests and evaluations, using white mice, show that with dosages of 100mg and 250mg/kg of mice, tritepenes exhibited 29% to 55% anti – diarrheal activity or effectiveness. Tests further show that at a dosage of 100mg, there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of immodium (commercially known available drug) and triterpenes to diarrhea.