and studies reveal antidiabetic properties of arylbenzofurans from the root bark of Stapf.

Diabetes remains an important disease worldwide with about 500 million patients globally. In tropical Africa, is traditionally used in the treatment of diabetes. Biological and phytochemical investigation of the root bark extracts of the plant led to the isolation of a new prenylated arylbenzofuran named 7-(3-hydroxy-3-methylbutyl)moracin M () and two congeners, moracins P () and M ().