Syzygium samarangense (Jamb) - Its Ethnobotanical Knowledge, Phytochemical Studies, Pharmacological Aspects and Future Prospects

Life Sciences

Syzygium samarangense (Jamb) is an genus of woody flowering plants. Numerous fruits in this family have a long history of usage as both edibles and traditional medicines, and plants in this family are known to be abundant in volatile oils that are recorded for their usefulness in medicine. As Indians and other Asians know these uses it is widely used in Indian and Asian cuisine, so has economic importance. Except fruits and buds other parts weren’t much used except for medicinal purposes. This plant shows the presence of flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, steroids, carbohydrates, sugar, tanins and phenolic compounds. The leaves, stem, bark, fruits and pulp shows so many pharmacological activities such as antidiarrhoeal activity, hepatoprotective activity, anticholinesterase activity, immunopharmacological activity, Central Nervous System (CNS) activity, thrombolytic activity, spasmolytic activity, antibacterial activity, antiviral activity, anti-inflammatory activity, antihyperglycaemic activity, cytotoxic activity, antimicrobial activity, analgesic activity, anthelmintic activity, antidiabetic activity, anticancer activity, antioxidant activity, anxiolytic activity and anti-inflammatory activity.

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