A REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACTS USING DIFFERENT SOLVENT AND THEIR EFFECTIVE DOSES

Abstract

Plants and their extracts have immense potential for the management and treatment of disease. The phyto-medicines used for treatment are not only cheap and affordable but are also purportedly safe as hyper sensitive reactions are rarely encountered with the use of these agents. The Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae) is a popular traditional medicinal plant in India. This plant exhibiting tremendous pharmacological effect in different experimental works. To summarize all the pharmacological effect and their effective doses in diseased conditions this work is done. Different journals especially electronic journals are searched for collecting the data. In this review we concluded that this plant is highly beneficial for the treatment of disease and for the prevention of disease like diabetes, inflammation, hyperglycaemia and CNS related diseases. However, there is a need for scientific validation, standardization and safety evaluation of plants of the traditional medicine before these could be recommended for treatment of the disease in human.