ABSTRACT
The family Connaraceae consists of approximately 20 genera and 350 species of trees, shrubs, and climbers, tropical in distribution, and notably known to abound with tannins, benzoquinones, and nonprotein amino acids. About 10 species of plants classified within the Connaraceae family are used for medicinal purposes in the Asia–Pacific. It will be interesting to learn whether a more intensive study on the Connaraceae family discloses any molecules of therapeutic interest. Connarus ferrugineus Jack is a woody climber which grows in open fields and secondary forests throughout Malaysia and Indonesia. The leaves are imparipinnate and exstipulate. The inflorescences are panicles of little 5-merous flowers. The seeds are used to kill wild dogs in Southeast Asia. The precise pharmacotoxicological mechanism involved is unknown, but one could perhaps think of L-methionine sulphoximine, which is widespread in the Connaraceae.
