Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels: A review of its phytochemical constituents and traditional uses

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Ayyanar, Muniappan ^a   Subash Babu, Pandurangan ^b  

^a PACHAIYAPPA S COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Common plum; Eugenia jambolana; Jambolan; Java plum; Medicinal uses; Myrtaceae; Phytochemistry; Syzygium cumini; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTHOCYANIN; ELLAGIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL; MYRICETIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BITE; COLIC; COMMON COLD; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; FLOWER; FRUIT; HEMATOCHEZIA; INDIGESTION; INTESTINE ULCER; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORNING DOSAGE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ORAL BLISTER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; EUGENIA; MEDICINAL PLANT;

MYRTACEAE; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EUGENIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84858110334     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60050-1     Document Type: Article

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