Big things come in small packages. This was what the Cagayan State University (CSU) has found out after having uncovered in its laboratory that a small fruit endemic to the Philippines and other southeast Asian countries lived up to its long held folk promise.
The tiny ruby-red cherries known scientifically as antidesma bunius (l.) spreng (bignay) underwent extensive laboratory studies in Natural Product Research & Innovation Center (NPRIC)-CSU for months that led to coming out with a clean breast of reports confirming the numerous anecdotal health and folkloric claims by the local Filipinos where it is grown.