The Syzygium cumini #Jambul or #Jambolan or #Jamblang or #Jamun #Chair Thread

Syzygium cumini, known as jambul, jambolan, jamblang or jamun, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, adjoining regions of Southeast Asia, China and Queensland. The name of the fruit is sometimes mistranslated as blackberry, which is a different fruit in an unrelated family. Syzygium cumini has been spread overseas from India by Indian emigrants and at present is common in former tropical British colonies.
The tree was introduced to Florida in 1911 by the USDA, and is also now commonly grown in Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. In Brazil, where it was introduced from India during Portuguese colonization, it has dispersed spontaneously in the wild in some places, as its fruits are eagerly sought by various native birds such as thrushes, tanagers and the great kiskadee. This species is considered an invasive in Hawaii.

Health effects:
The seed of the fruit is used in various alternative healing systems like Ayurveda (to control diabetes, for example.[7][8]), Unani and Chinese medicine for digestive ailments.
Wine and vinegar are also made from the fruit. It has a high source in vitamin A and vitamin C.
Ref.
7. Article in The Hindu, retrieved June 23, 2007
>> As per Ayurveda, jamun — fruit, leaves, bark and seeds included — has many therapeutic properties. The fruit is a coolant, increases vatta, balances pitta and improves digestion; the leaves too contribute to digestive as well as oral health; triggering constipation, they are effective in the treatment of diarrhoea. As for the seeds, they are star performers in the control of diabetes, converting sugar into energy.

Coming back to the nutritional content of the fruit and various parts of the plant, we see that the leaves, the bark and the seeds are a good source of malic and oxalic acids, in addition to tannins, which are anti-malarial, anti-bacterial and gastro-protective. The fruit packs in 15 mg of calcium, 1.41 mg of iron, 18 mg of vitamin C, a certain amount of vitamins B1, B2, B3 and B6, all of which are beneficial for bodily functions and building immunity. Besides these, the polyphenol compounds of jamun are effective against cancer, heart diseases, asthma and arthritis.

The vinegar made from the fruit is equally full of benefits; it is high in vitamins A and C, two important elements promoting immunity, bone health and good vision. In traditional medicine, the vinegar is prescribed for digestive problems as well as spleen and liver health. Moreover, it is considered to be a blood thinner, and therefore, good for circulation, while its iron content ensures oxygen supply to the blood, thereby purifying it. Being diuretic, it helps people suffering from water retention ailments.

From the cosmetic angle too, the vinegar is deemed effective for both hair and skin, especially oily skin, given its astringent property, which does wonders to control acne, the bane of many a teenager.<<
http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Food/the-summerfriendly-goodness-of-jamun/article7590732.ece

8. Tips for Health: Wofome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_cumini

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Making Jamun Vinegar (Jamun Sirka) for Diabetes control.

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How To Make Jamun Vinegar And What Are Its Benefits?

The Seeds:
The Old is tested New.
>>373. JAMBUL.—JAVA PLUM. A large tree, Eugen'ia jambola'na, growing in the
East Indies, where its fruit is eaten as a food. All parts are astringent, but the bark,
and especially the seeds, possess, in addition, the peculiar property of arresting the
formation of sugar in diabetes, and hence are "likely to prove a valuable remedy in
this disease." Dose: 5 to 10 gr. (0.3 to 0.6 Gm.). <<
Ref. A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy: by Licius Sayre (1905)

As the seeds are the biggest part of the fruit, this may be a very interestng PDF!

The therapeutic potential of Syzygium cumini seeds in diabetes

>>Many herbal remedies individually or in combination have been recommended in various medical treatises for the cure of different diseases. In the search of natural hypoglycemic agents as alternatives to synthetic ones and to justify the use of Syzygium cumini seeds in folklore system of medicine for diabetes, the hypoglycemic and hypolipidernic activity of Syzygium cumini seeds were investigated in normal and non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) rats. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin in neonates. Administration of petroleum ether, chloroform, acetone, methanol and water extracts of Syzygium cumini seeds (100 mg/kg, p.o.) for 21 days caused a decrease in fasting blood sugar in diabetic rats (FBS). Among all the extracts methanol extract was found to lower the FBS significantly in diabetic rats. Glibenclamide at a dose of 5 mg/kg p.o was used for comparision. Methanol extract was subjected to column chromatography which led to the isolation of an active principle, which was given trivial name Cuminoside. Cuminoside (50 mg/kg, p.o.) caused significant reduction in fasting blood sugar in diabetic rats. Further it also caused a significant reduction in cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL), hepatic enzymes such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level and improvement in the level of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in diabetic rats. Reduction in the fasting blood sugar, normalization of liver enzymes level and improvement in the lipid profile by Cuminoside indicates that Cuminoside has cardio protective potential with antidiabetic activity and provides a scientific rationale for the use of Cuminoside as an antidiabetic agent.

Keywords: Atherogenic index, B sitosterol, diabetes, hepatic enzymes, lipid peroxidation, streptozotocin, Syzygiumcumini

<<  (Metanol is Deadly to Humans, I wonder why they used it it testing?)

Modulatory Effect of Syzygium cumini Seeds and its Isolated ...

The Bark:
>>Abstract Syzygium cumini is a plant that has been used in popular medicine for the treatment of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (DMID). This study verified the effect of Syzygium cumini upon the regeneration of insulin producing cells in the pancreatic duct wall. The animals were divided into four groups, control (C), treated control (TC), diabetic control (DC) and treated diabetic (TD). An aqueous extract from Syzygium cumini bark was given by gavage in a daily dose of 1g/kg of body weight. After a thirty day period the animals were euthanized and the pancreas taken to immunohistochemical analysis. In this study, it was observed the positive staining for insulin on cells of the pancreatic duct and connective tissue in the pancreas of TD and TC animals. These results indicate that Syzygium cumini bark extract stimulates development of insulin positive cells from the pancreatic duct epithelial cells.<<

Syzygium cumini and the regeneration of insulin positive cells from the pancreatic duct

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