Its pharmacological activities are
anticancer, antiviral, blood sugar lowering and oxytoxic
activities. Some of these active constituents were
reported to enhance alcohol dehydrogenase and
aldehyde dehydrogenase activities. The growth of HIV-1
can be inhibited by protein from this plant and there was
no toxicity to the mice when 50% ethanolic leaf extract
was administered orally or injected subcutaneously.1-5
Disayabudtra had found that ether extract from the leaf
showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus
aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.6 In
our present study its hexane and dichloromethane
extracts were tested for antimicrobial activity.