The sterols β-sitostenone (1), stigmast-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one (2), β-sitosterol (3) and stigmasterol (4), the aromatic derivatives antiarol (5) and gentisic acid (6), the phenylpropanes coniferyl alcohol (7), epoxyconiferyl alcohol (8) and ferulic acid (9), the apocarotenoid vomifoliol (10),
Caffeic acid has been reported to have activity on xanthine oxidase inhibition which is related to several diseases, e.g. gout, hepatitis and tumors. Based on this study, the alpha, beta-unsaturated COOH moiety in the molecule of caffeic acid plays a very important role on the xanthine oxidase