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has been utilized as a medicinal plant in Asia. However, the production of phytochemical-rich extracts from and the evaluation of their bioactivity are limited. Herein, phytochemical-rich extracts were prepared by ultrasound-assisted extraction of , with a high extraction yield of 16.56%. The extracts contained about 126 mg of phenolics and 31 mg of flavonoids per g of the extracts. The chromatographic analysis (GC-MS and HPLC analyses) identified 19 notable phytochemicals of the extracts from , including pentacosane, hexadecanoic acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, and quercetin. The gallic acid content of the extracts was relatively high at 2.75 mg/g. The identified compounds are known to have various bioactivities, such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities. In fact, the prepared extracts exhibited antioxidant activity at 24-28% of that of ascorbic acid. In addition, it showed antibacterial activity against both (Gram-negative bacteria) and (Gram-positive bacteria). This study highlights that deserves attention as a natural bioactive substance and emphasizes the need for applications of the extracts from .

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