The pharmacological activities of extracts and pure compounds from this genus focused on the management of erectile dysfunction, pre-eclamptic complications and anti-diabetic, estrogenic, hypolipidemic, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-osteoporosis, anthelmintic, anti-diarrheal and anti-cancer effects as well as cyclooxygenase and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory properties. Here, ACHE is linked to osteoporosis.