==Benefits and uses of Bombax Ceiba are==
Bombax ceiba has risen the interest of scientists and researchers since some of the active constituents and phytochemicals found on this plant are known to exert many beneficial effects. Some of them, as for example apigenin, a well-known anti-cancer agent, or Luteol, a triterpene with many health benefits among which we can mention its anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-mutagenic, anti-malarial and anti-plasmodial properties.
* Cancer : contains [[Lupeol]] ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF LUPEOL. Lupeol has been the subject of many investigations and clinical trials during the last 15 years in order to verify its claimed beneficial properties, among which we have to highlight its immense anti-inflammatory properties [17], a process known to be directly linked to many types of cancer and a precursor of some tumors. LUPEOL AND PROSTATE CANCERLupeol has also shown to be able to decrease serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and inhibit the tumorigenicity of prostate cancer (CaP) cells in vivo [18,19].
* The roots are sweet, cooling, stimulant, restorative, astringent, alternative, aphrodisiac, demulcent, emetic and tonic. It is used in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, menorrhagia, styptic and for wounds.
* The gum is cooling, astringent, stimulant, aphrodisiac, tonic and demulcent in nature. It is useful in dysentery, hemoptysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, influenza, burning sensation, menorrhagia and enteritis.