Akee Fruit and Jamaican Vomiting Sickness (Blighia sapida Köenig)

Blighia sapida is traditionally used in treating intercostal pain, psychosis, stomach ache, back pain, and skin diseases. However, there is limited information on the scientific basis for its use traditionally in the treatment of pain.To identify the major constituents in the aqueous leaf extract of Blighia sapida (AEBS) and to assess its analgesic properties in mice.Bioactive compounds were identified and quantified in AEBS by High Performance...