treat bacterial infections, jaundice, urethritis and viral hepatitis in Africa. Its root contains a
broad spectrum of biologically active dichapetalins. To evaluate the plant's effect on human
MCF-7 cells and its' antibacterial and antiparasitic potentials, we isolated and identified the
known dichapetalins A and M from the roots. Both dichapetalins were tested on six bacterial
strains (Shigella flexneri, Bacillus cereus, Salmonella paratyphi B, Listeria monocytogenes …