* In China, the branches are used boiled dried branches and dried leaves with water to reduce pain from rheumatic joints, injuries from falls, superficial infections and toxic swelling.
* Antimicrobial activities of the oil against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
* In Indonesia, the flowers are used to relieve flatulence and dysphagia.
* The flowers are also used to treat coughs, vertigo and to ease child birth pains.
* The dried flowers and buds are used to make a scented tea.
* Decoction of the leaves is a remedy for diarrhoea and excessive menstruation flow. It is believed to be a tonic in such cases.
* The tender leaves are used as a vegetable in China.
* Branches and leaves have been used to relieve pain in rheumatic joints, injuries from falls, superficial infections, toxic swelling.
* Flower are used to treat distress of chest and diaphragm, onset of achalasia cardiae, common cold and cough.
In Indonesia, the flowers are used to relieve flatulence and dysphagia. The flowers are also used to treat coughs, vertigo and to ease child birth pains. The dried flowers and buds are used to make a scented tea. Decoction of the leaves is a remedy for diarrhoea and excessive menstruation flow. The tender leaves are used as a vegetable in China. Branches and leaves have been used to relieve pain in rheumatic joints, injuries from falls, superficial infections, toxic swelling. Flower are used to treat distress of chest and diaphragm, onset of achalasia cardiae, common cold and cough. Branches and leaves in oral administration: decocting, 6-12g; application: appropriate amount, or applied in smashed form or prepared ointment for external application. Flowers oral administration: decocting, 3-9g; or infused with boiled water. raditional Used:In Indonesia the flowers are used to relieve flatulence and dysphagia. The flowers are also used to treat cough, vertigo and ease childbirth. The dried flowers and buds are used to scent tea. Decoction of the leaves is a remedy for diarrhoea and also to treat excessive menstruation. It is believed to be a tonic in such cases. * The Indonesian made use of a decoction of the leaves while * the Filipinos suggest an infusion suffice to treat cases of hypermenorrhoea. The tender leaves are used as vegetable in China. [1] [3] [4] [16] Pre-Clinical Data Pharmacology* Antiprotozoal activity: Crithidia shares a variety of biochemical mechanisms with the genera Leishmania and Trypasoma and has been used to assess anti-protozoal activity. It was found that extracts of the leaves of A. odorata was able to inhibit Crithidia providing evidence that it may have similar activity against Leishmania and Trypasoma.[8] In the screening of seven extracts of plants including A. odorata for anti-amoebic activity, Tasanor et al. found that all seven extracts has significant anti-amoebic activity.[9] * Antiviral activity: A. odorata extracts were found to have the following effects of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1):inhibition of plaque formation of HSV-1;effective against thymidine kinase-deficient HSV-1 and phosphonoacetate-resistant HSV-1 strains;limit development of skin lesion. [10] * Antifungal activity: A number of bifurans isolated from A. odorata were found to be active against three plant pathogens i.e. Pyricularia grisea, Fusarium avenaceum and Alternaria citri. Of these the most active was found to be rocaglaol.[11] * Cytotoxic activity: A. odorata contains a number of compounds with cytotoxic activity. The following has been found to show this activity: odorine and 5’-epi-odorine were found to inhibit the growth of vinblastine-resistant KB cells by enhancing the anticancer activity of vinblastine.[12]rocaglaolRocaglaol, pyrimidinone and aglaiastatin inhibits protein synthesis and cell growth. [13]odorine Odorine and odorinol exhibited potent anti-cancer effects in two-stage carcinogenesis i.e. inhibits both the initiation and promotion stages of two-stage skin carcinogenesis in mice.[14](1R,3E,7E,10S,11S,12R)-dolabella-3,7-dien-10,18-diol and (1R,3R,7E,11S,12R)-dolabella-4(16),7,18-trien-3-ol showed weak cytotoxicity against the human myeloid leukemia HL-60, hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721, and lung cancer A-549 cells.[15]
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