“…In the traditional system of medicine, the plants are used as a bitter tonic, abortifacient, febrifuge, a cure for scorpion strings, hypertension and as a respiratory stimulant [3]. Biological evaluations of Polyalthia species have shown them to exhibit cytotoxic, antimicrobial [4,5], anticancer [6], antimalarial, antimycobacterial [7,8], and HIV-inhibitory [9] activities. A recent and comprehensive review of the constituents of Polyalthia species [10] has revealed that although P. simiarum has never been subjected to chemical studies, previous investigations on Polyalthia species resulted in the isolation of various types of secondary metabolites, including alkaloids, acetogenins, clerodane diterpenes, triterpenes, benzopyran derivatives, flavonoids, and polyacetylenes.…”