What are the chemical components of madre cacao?
• Aformosin (an isoflavan, reportedly with anti-tumor capacity), formononetin (isoflavan), gliricidin-6a, gliricidol-9A, medicarpin (pterocarpan, reportedly antifungal), 7,4'-dihydroxy-3'-methoxyisoflavin, 2'O-methylsepiol, tannin and a trihydroxyflavonone.• Tannins are considered potentially antidiarrheal, antidysenteric, antimutagenic, antioxidant, bactericidal, hepatoprotective, pesticidal and viricidal.• From the heartwood were isolated stigmastanol glucoside and 3',4'-dihydroxy-trans-cinnamic acid octacosylester 2 along with three other known constituents.