These are a good source of potassium (Engineering
Resources Group Report 2003) and also contain flavones,
total phenols and phenolic acids which possess antioxidant
(Rice-Evans et al. 1997; Oboh and Ademosun 2010),
anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory (Galeotti et al.
2008; Mattile and Hellstorm 2007) and antifungal activities.