Jamun (<i>Syzygium cumini </i>(L.)): A Review of Its Food and Medicinal Uses

Abstract

Eugenia jambolana Lam., commonly known as black plum or "jamun" is an important medicinal plant in various traditional systems of medicine. It is effective in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, inflammation, ulcers and diarrhea and preclinical studies have also shown it to possess chemopreventive, radioprotective and antineoplastic properties. The plant is rich in compounds containing anthocyanins, glucoside, ellagic acid, isoquercetin, kaemferol and myrecetin. The seeds are claimed to contain alkaloid, jambosine, and glycoside jambolin or antimellin, which halts the diastatic conversion of starch into sugar. The present review has been primed to describe the existing data on the information on traditional and medicinal use.

Determination of Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Compounds of Methanolic Extract of Java Plum (Syzygium cumini Linn. (Skeel) Seed

“…The presence of quercetin in Java plum seed was confirmation of previous researches (Baliga et al, 2011;Swami et al, 2012). Flavonoid tends to dissolve in water and other polar solvents such as methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate and their mixture, which classified them as a suitable solvent to extract plant flavonoid (Heim et al 2002;Harborne, 2006;Durackova, 2008).…”

“…Previous researches showed that the seed contains glycoside, hoursbolin (antimellin), ellagic acid, alkaloid (Quisumbing, 1951;Parmar et al, 2010), gallic acid, galloylglucose, 3-galloylglucose, 3,6-hexahydroxy diphenoylglucose, 4,6 hexahydroxydiphenoylglucose and β-sitosterol (Helmstadter, 2008;Swami et al, 2012;Rydlewsky et al, 2013). A research reported kaempferol and epicatechin claimed as first publication reported epicatechin content of Java plum seed (Rydlewsky et al, 2013).…”

“…Duwet (Syzygium cumini L.) is local name for Java plum, widely grown in many countries whose seed has been used for traditional medication, particularly to treat type-2 diabetes mellitus (Helmstadter, 2008;Kumar et al, 2010;Swami et al, 2012;Tupe et al, 2015). In several places in Indonesia, the seeds of subvar Genthong are roasted, ground, brewed and served as "Duwet coffee" for diabetes traditional treatment.…”

Polyphenols derived from four indigenous Indian fruits for cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy

“…Delphinidin inhibited the phosphorylation of protein kinases in ERK/JNK signaling pathways leading to suppression of AP-1 transactivation. In case of UV-irradiated cancer, cyclooxygenase-2 expression was suppressed through inhibition of MAPKK4 and PI-3 kinase (Swami et al, 2012). The extract could effectively act against early stage HCT-116 human colon cancer cells and also triggered apoptosis and prevented self-renewal of colon cancer stem cells.…”

“…Development of skin carcinogenesis induced by chemicals and UV-rays could be remarkably suppressed. It also exhibits radioprotective effect (Swami et al, 2012;Muniappan and Panduragan, 2012;Ayyanar and Subhas babu, 2012).…”