Topical Issues of Chemical Composition, Biological Action and Prospects of Medical Application of Ziziphus Jujuba Leaves

Abstract

Cultivated food plants can be one of the available sources of effective and safe herbal remedies. These, in particular, include real jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) - a shrub or small tree of the Rhamnaceae family. Today, Ziziphus jujuba real grows in many countries of the world, is widely distributed in the countries of South and East Asia, cultivated in the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories and is known primarily as a source of tasty fruits that are eaten and, according to various sources, have a wide range of biological properties. activity. However, along with the fruits of this jujube, the leaves of this plant are of scientific interest, which have many years of experience in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, pathologies of the respiratory and urinary system, are used in the complex therapy of hypertension. In recent years, Ziziphus jujuba leaves have increasingly become the object of research in relation to the study of the chemical composition, the search for ways to process them into medicinal products and the formation of an evidence base for their use in medicine. The conducted information and analytical search made it possible to generalize modern data on the chemical composition and the most studied types of biological activity of Ziziphus jujuba leaves to date. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that phenolic compounds and triterpene acids of Ziziphus jujuba leaves, as well as the biological effects associated with these compounds, have been studied to the greatest extent. The data obtained allow us to determine the prospects and suggest ways to use this raw material to create antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, hepatropic and a number of other types of action.