Astounding Health Benefits of Jamun (Syzygium cumini) toward Metabolic Syndrome

Abstract

Syzygium cumini, also called Jamun, or black plum, is an excellent source of bioactive components such as flavonoids, polyphenols, antioxidants, iron, and vitamin C. The Jamun tree is a tropical evergreen blooming plant and is an important medicinal plant from the Myrtaceae family that has been used for a long time in Indian and other traditional medicines across the world. Jamun is mainly cultivated in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Since ancient medicine, it has been utilized to treat a variety of diseases and physiological conditions. Currently, it is mostly used as a medication to treat various metabolic issues, including diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity, etc. Therefore, Jamun could serve a beneficial role against metabolic syndrome (MS). In this work, the latest available scientific literature on Jamun was collected and the clinical trials investigating its effect on diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia were analyzed to find out how Jamun could improve the symptoms and biomarkers of MS. Overall, the results of this study found a significant association of Jamun with the prevention and treatment of these biomarkers of MS. In many studies, Jamun showed pharmacological modifications not only in MS but in many other diseases as well. Currently, its utilization as a folk medicine for the treatment of patients with MS is widely acknowledged. Hence, the findings of a large number of clinical studies confirmed the ameliorating effects of Jamun against MS due to its antioxidation, antidiabetic, anti-inflammation anticarcinogenic, and hyperlipidemic effects. More research is still needed to determine and identify the Jamun compounds and to elucidate their mechanisms of action that are responsible for these astounding bioactive properties and health benefits.

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“…Its primary medical use is treating metabolic disorders, including high‐cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood‐pressure. Consequently, black plum may have a valuable role in the fight against metabolic syndrome (MS) (Figure 9) (Rizvi et al., 2022).…”

“…Therefore, its agricultural significance, as well as the understanding of its health benefits, is necessary for boosting its regular use. It is still awaiting novel approaches to its regular ingestion, which may increase the intake of numerous major bioactive compounds from black plum to combat MS (Rizvi et al., 2022).…”

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“…Moreover, recent studies explain how PC positively affect certain illnesses, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, thrombocytopenia, or metabolic syndrome [ 1 , 8 , 9 ]. Several common features characterize these pathologies; among them, we can highlight the redox balance and a notable inflammatory response that strongly alters the biochemical and functional characteristics of the affected tissues.…”

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“…Anthocyanin includes cyanidin, glucoside, malvidin, and petunidin (Sharma & Dash, 2021). These compounds of jamun have promoting health benefits such as controlling sugar and stimulating the pancreas to release insulin, and reducing the risk of enlargement of the spleen, visceral obesity, skin‐related diseases, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diarrhea (Rizvi et al, 2022; Sadawarte et al, 2016). Researchers and food processing manufacturers have seen jamun fruit as a potential source of food ingredients (Santhalakshmy et al, 2015).…”