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SSyzygium cumini, Swertia chirayita, Salvia coccinia, Suaeda fruticosa, Sanguis draxonis, Schisandra chinensis, Scrophularia deserti speciosus, Stephania hernandifolia, Spergularia purpurea,Securigera securidaca, Scoparia dulcis,Stevia, Sesbenia aegyptia.

Syzygium cumini

Taxonomy:

Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Order : Myrtales

Family : Myrtaceae

Genus : Syzygium

Chemical Constituents:

Alkaloid jambosine, and a glycoside jambolin or antimellin, which halts the diastatic conversion of starch into sugar, protein (6.3-8.5%), fat (1.18%), crude fiber (16.9%), ash (21.72%), calcium (0.41%), phosphorus (0.17%), fatty acids (palmitic, stearic, oleic and linoleic), starch (41%), dextrin (6.1%), a trace of phytosterol, and 6 to 19% tannin.

Part used : Whole plant- leaves, seeds, roots, fruit, bark

Refrence:

Chemical constituents

Chemical constituents of the seeds and bark of Syzygium cumini.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1208683

Ant hyperglycemic Activity

Antidiabetic Indian Plants: a Good Source of Potent Amylase Inhibitors.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18955350
Syzygium cumini (L.) SKEELS (Myrtaceae) against diabetes--125 years of research.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18380393
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity of Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels seed kernel in vitro and in Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18374320
Effects of ethanolic extract of Syzygium cumini (Linn) seed powder on pancreatic islets of alloxan diabetic rats.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17948734
Antidiabetic drugs used in Europe prior to the discovery of insulin.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17944329
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: results of a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, controlled trial.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15562231
Hypoglycaemic effect of defatted seeds and water soluble fibre from the seeds of Syzygium cumini (Linn.) skeels in alloxan diabetic rats.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12693701
Syzigium cumini seed extracts reduce tissue damage in diabetic rat brain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12648817
The effect of Syzygium cumini (L.) skeels on post-prandial blood glucose levels in non-diabetic rats and rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9201610