“…The alkaloids fraction ( Table 3) consisted mainly of indicine-N-oxide (52.1%), ellipcine (8.1%), crinane-3α-ol (4.5%), augustamine (4.4%), 1β,2βepoxyambelline (3.8%), cinchonine (3.8%), 13α-hydrorhombifoline (3.5%), dihydro-oxo-demethoxyhaemanthamine (3.0%), oxoassoamine (3.0%), caffeine (2.3%), augustifoline (2.1%), 9-octadecinamide (2.0%), theobromine (2.0%), thalicarpin (1.7%), lupanine (1.4%), and crinamidine (1.3%). Malvidin possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, antihypertensive, and antitumor properties (Huang, Zhu, Li, Sui, & Min, 2016;Quintieri et al, 2013;Seo et al, 2016). β-Carotene is an antioxidant and antiosteoporotic agent (Rao & Rao, 2007), and a major precursor of vitamin A (Agea et al, 2014).…”