<i>Aegle marmelos</i>(Linn.) Correa: A potent medicinal tree of the tropics

Srivastava, Gaurav; Prabhuji, Shakti K.; Sinha, Deepanjali; Srivastava, Richa; Rao, V. M.

doi:10.5958/j.0975-4261.4.2.007

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“…Hypoglycemic activity of bael is also proved in the alloxane-induced diabetes in male albino rats (Lambole et al, 2010). Oral administration of bael fruit extract at doses of 125 and 250 mg kg Ϫ1 body weight to diabetic rats twice daily for one month led to a significant lowering of these lipids in diabetic rats (Srivastava et al, 2012). The mechanism of action could be either stimulation of glucose uptake or enhancement of insulin secretion or both.…”

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Nutritional and therapeutic potential ofbael(Aegle marmelosCorr.) fruit juice: a review

Bhardwaj¹,

Nandal

2015

Nutrition &Amp; Food Science

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize the scientific information of various qualities of bael fruit juice used in traditional system of medicine for variety of purposes. Utilization of bael fruit juice in day-to-day life has great nutritional, therapeutic, and commercial importance. Bael fruit contains nutrients like vitamins (riboflavin), minerals, trace elements, energy and phytochemicals, including flavonoids, polyphenols and antioxidants, that have been shown to have varied health benefits. In past few decades, bael has been extensively studied for its medicinal properties by advanced scientific techniques, and a variety of bioactive compounds like marmelosin, tannins, alkaloids, coumarins, steroids, rutacine, y-sitosterol, psoralin, xanthotoxin, scopolotein, aegelemine, aegeline, marmeline, fragrine, dictamine, cinnamide and different derivatives of cinnamide have been isolated from its fruit juice. Design/methodology/approach – The medicinal value of bael fruit is very high when the harvests just begin to ripen. As a result, it has a high demand as alternative medicine for curing the diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, peptic ulcer, inflammation, diarrhea and dysentery, constipation, respiratory infection. Furthermore, the bael fruit juice has anticancer, cardio protective, antibacterial, antifungal, radio protective, antipyretic, analgesic, antioxidant, antiviral, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, wound healing properties. The ripe fruit juice is aromatic, has cooling and laxative effects, and arrests secretion or bleeding. Findings – The unripe or half-ripe fruit juice is good for digestion, useful in preventing or curing scurvy, and it strengthens the stomach action. It helps in the healing of ulcerated intestinal surfaces and has appreciable activity against intestinal pathogenic organisms. The present review summarizes the scientific information of various qualities of bael fruit juice used in traditional system of medicine for a variety of purposes. Originality/value – It is quite evident from this review that bael is an important medicinal herb and extensively used in Ayurveda, Siddha and other medicinal systems. Bael fruit juice is an excellent source of water and natural sugar and is important principally for containing vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, pigments, energy, organic acids, dietary fiber and other food components, which are the key factors in the medicinal value of this plant. Moreover, mechanisms of action of a few bioactive compounds have been identified so far.

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confidence: 99%