Analysis of non-volatile metabolites and quantitation of the anti-arthritic alkaloid sinomenine from blood fruit (Haematocarpus validus (Miers) Bakh.f. ex Forman).

Haematocarpus validus (Miers) Bakh. f. ex Forman, a lesser-known fruit and medicinal plant of high nutraceutical and medicinal value, is used as anti-arthritic, hepatoprotective, and anti-inflammatory agents in ethnomedicine.

Wild edible fruit crop (Miers) Bakh.f. ex Forman (Khoon phal): a novel source of nutraceuticals.

Unlabelled: Bioprospecting of underexplored plants opens up new avenues for developing value added products, ready-to-use herbal formulations and nutraceuticals. This study investigates the volatile metabolome and mineral composition of (Khoon phal), an ethnic fruit crop of tropical Asia. is used for curing hepatic diseases, anemic and inflammatory conditions in ethnic medicine.