It is a source of the following minerals: calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, iron; B vitamins (riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, folic acid) and antioxidants. In recent years, 54 hitherto unknown beneficial compounds have been discovered. Most of them are antioxidants with anti-cancer, anti-bacterial and anti-diabetes properties. The anti-cancer effect has been observed as the inhibition of the process of multiplication of neoplastic cells in the case of lung, prostate, breast, colon, and brain cancer.
