It is prized on the internationalmarket resulting inanincreased production
with significant contributions to local economic development. Longan fruit contains significant amounts of
bioactive compounds such as corilagin, ellagic acid and its conjugates, 4-O-methylgallic acid, flavone glycosides,
glycosides of quercetin and kaempferol, ethyl gallate 1-β-O-galloyl-D-glucopyranose, grevifolin and 4-O-α-Lrhamnopyranosyl-
ellagic acid.