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RTMahajan1,MZChopda2,
1DepartmentofBiotechnology,MooljiJaithaCollege,Jalgaon,425001,M.S,India
2DepartmentofZoology,MooljiJaithaCollege,Jalgaon,425001,M.S,India
CorrespondenceAddress:
MZChopda
DepartmentofZoology,MooljiJaithaCollege,Jalgaon,425001,M.S
India
Abstract
Herbs ha ve alwa ys been the n atural form of medi cine in Ind ia. Medicin al plan tsh ave curative properties d ue to presen ce of various co mplex chemi cal substan ces of different
compositio n whi ch contain second ary metabol ites such as a lkalo ids, flavono ids, terpen oids, sapo nin and phe noli cco mpoun ds distributed in d ifferent parts of the pla nts.Zizip hus
jujubaM ill, a member o fthe family Rhamn aceae, common ly known as Bo r, is use d traditiona lly as tonic a nd aphrod isiac and sometimes as Hyp noticsedative and Anxiolytic,
anticance r (Melan oma cel ls), Antifungal, Antibacteria l, Antiulcer, Antiinflammatory, Cognitive , Antispastic, Antifertility/contraception , Hypotensive and Antine phritic, Ca rdiotoni c,
Antioxida nt,Immunostimul ant,and Woundh ealingpro perties.Itposse ssesal liedcompou ndsviz.Ascorbicacid ,thiamine ,ribofla vinbioflavono idsa ndPectin Aandvario usche mical
substances l ike Mauri tineA;Amphibin eH; JubanineA; Jub anine B;Mu cronineD and N ummula rineB. Sativan ineE. Frangu foline ,Zizi phine Ato Q,b etulin ic acid colubrin ic acid,
alphi tolicaci d,3Ocispcou maroyla lphi tolicaci d,3Otranspcoumaroylalphitol icacid ,3Ocispcouma roylmasl inica cid,3Otranspco umaroylmaslini cacid,oleano licaci d,betulo nic
acid,o lean onic acid ,zizyberenali caci da nd betulin ica cid,j ujub osidesA,B,A1B1 and C and ace tyljuju boside B and the protoju jubosi desA,B and B1, sapon in,ziziphin ,fromthe
driedle avesofZ.jujube 3OaLrha mnopyran osyl(12 )aarabinop yranosyl20O(2,3)diOace tylaLrha mnopyra nosylj ujubo geni n.Sapon infromle avesand stemare3O((2O
alpha Dfuropyranosyl3ObetaDgluco pyranosyl)alphaLarabi nopyra nosyl)ju jubog enin and(6«SQ»«SQ»«SQ»sinap oylspi nosin ,6«SQ»«SQ»«SQ»ferulo ylspin osinand
6«SQ»«SQ»«SQ»p coumaro ylspino sin. The presen trevi ew discu sses photoche mistry,pharma cology, medicin al prop erties and b iolog ical activi ties of Zajujub a and i tsu sage in
differentailme nts.
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Introduction
Traditional medici nesareused bynearabo ut60percentofthe world 'spopul ation.These aren otonlyusedforp rimaryh ealthca rein rurala reasbu talsoi ndeve lopi ngcou ntries.In
develo pedco untriesmo dernme dicin esarep redomin antlyuse d.Whilethe tradition almed icine sarede rivedfromme dicinalpla nts,mineral s,andorg anicma tter,theh erbal drugsa re
prepare dfrommedi cinalplantson ly.Useofplantsasaso urceofmedi cineh asbeeninhe ritedan disani mportantcomponentoftheh ealthcare systeminIndia.IntheIndian systems
of medicin e, most practition ers formulate a nd disp ense the ir own re cipes; hen ce this req uires pro per docu mentation and rese arch. Publi c,a cademi c and Govern ment interest in
traditiona lmedi cinesi sgrowi ngexp onen tiallyd uetothei ncrease dinci dence oftheadve rsedrug reaction sande conomi cburde nofthemod ernsystemo fmedicin e.Therearea bout
45,000pl antspecie sinIndia.Indiaisthelarge stproducerofmedi cinal herbsand isapprop riatelycal ledthe"Botani calgard enoftheworld ".InruralIndia,70percen tofthepopulatio n
isdepend ento nthe tradi tional system ofmed icine[1]. Seven membersof thefami lyR hamnace ae occurred in Kha ndeshregion i.e.NorthMah arashtra Reg ion. Outofthe sethre e
membersarena tivesofthesame.Variousgenera andspeci esofthefamilyRhamna ceaeare givenbe low.
Rhamnaceae
Distributio nofSpecies
Ziziphusju juba Mill.
Kingdo m:Plantae
Divisio n:Magnol ioph yta
Class:Magno liop sida
Order:Rosales
Family:Rhamna ceae
Genus:Ziziphus
Species:juj uba
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Taxono micDescrip tion
Jujube sarespe ciesoftheg enusZizi phusTourn.exL.Zijihu sbelo ngstothefami lyRhamn aceae named afterthegen usRhamn us.TheRhamnaceae havefrui tswhicha redrup esor
are dry and a re closel yre lated to ano ther family,Vitaceae, whichi nclude s major eco nomic species whose fruitsa re berrie s.The na me Ziziphu si sre lated to an Arabi cw ord and
ancien tGreeksu sedthe word zizip hon forthejujub e.There aretwo majo rdome sticatedjujub es,Z.mauri tiana Lam.the Indian juj ube orbe r,andZ.ju juba Mill .thecommo nju jube .
Thesetwospe cieshave been cultivatedo vervastareaso ftheworld.Thespe cieshasa wide rangeo fmorpholo giesfromshrubstosmall ormediu msizedtreesw hichmightbeere ct,
semierectorspreadi ng.Hei ghtcanva ryfrom34to1016mormorealthoughtree sof20ma rerare.Treesarese mideci duousandmuchbranch ed.Theba rkhasde eplongitudi nal
furrowsan disgra yishbro wnorreddish incolor.Usuall ytheshrub ortreei sspino us,butoccasi onal lyuna rmed.Branch letsared ensel ywhitep ubesce nt,especia llywh enyou ngan d
tendtobezig zag.Branche sspread erect,becomin gflexuou sanddu llbrow ngrey.Fruitingbran chesarenotdecidu ous.Lea flaminae areell iptictoovateornearlyorbicula r.Thea pex
isro unde d,ob tuseo rsuba cuteto emarg inated ,the base rou nded,sometime scun eate,mostlysymme trical ornearly so. Margin sare min utely seriate.There are 3 marked nerve s
almost tothe ape x,the nerves bei ng depre ssed in theupper,light ord arkg reen, glab rous surface.L ower surface is whitish du eto persistentdense hairs butmay be buffcol ored.
Occasional lythe lowe rsurface isgl abrou s.Leavesare petiola te1.15.8 mmlon gan dstipu lesa remostly spine s,ine achp aironeho oked and one straight,or bothh ooked,ormore
rarely notde velope dintoa spine.Flowers have sepal swhi chare dorsa llytome ntose,a diskabout3mmi ndi ametera nda 2cel led ovary,immersedin thedi sk.Stylesare2,1 mm
long a nd con nate for hal fthe ir len gth. Flowers tend to have a n acrid smell. Flowe rs are bo rne in cyme s or small axilla ry clusters. Cymes ca n be se ssile or sh ortly ped uncula te,
pedun cles14 mmtomentose.Pedicelsare alsotome ntoseand are24 mmatfloweri ngand 36mmatfruitin g.Fruitisagla brousg lobo seoroval edib ledru pevaryin ggrea tlyinsize
from(1)1.5(2)cmdiameterbutsomeovalvari etiescanrea ch5x3cm.Thepulpisacidican dsweet,thefruitgreeni sh,yelloworsometimesreddi sh.
Indiannames
Rajab adari (Sanskrit);Beri (Punjab i);Kul (Beng ali);Bogori (Assamese );Bodori (Uriya);Bordi (Gujarati);Ber(Hindi );Bor(Marathi);Ba daram,(Ma layal am);Boga ri(Ka nnada);Vadari
(Tamil);Renu(Telu gu);Ber(Urdu);Jang ri(Sindhi)
Historical eviden ces
Berhasb eenre cogni zedasa usefuledibl efruitsincemythologyofRama ndSha barii nIndia anddepictedinR amayana.Resea rchersmen tionbo thZ.mauritiana andZ.ju jubaand
eventhewi ldZ.nummula ria[2].Deccanpl ateauare aisone wherebe risthough ttohavebeen trulywild.[3].Oncecultiva ted,berwou ldbecarri edwithhistorical migration sofpeople
andtheirtrade .
Medicin alUses
Thereare larg enumb ersoftraditional medi cinalusestha tareno tnecessa rilyba sedo nknow ledg eofthe constituen ts.AccordingtoAyurveda ,therootofZ.nummulariais bitterand
coolin g,an dcu resco ughs, bili ousness and he adach e[4] .Thebarkcu resb oils and is goo dfor the treatmento fdysen teryanddiarrhea [5]. Thel eaves are antipyre tican dre duce
obesity.Thefruitiscool ing,di gestibl e,tonic,aph rodisi ac,laxative andre movesbi liou sness,burn ingse nsation s,thirst,vomiting[1]andisal sogoo dintrea tingtube rculosi sandb lood
disease s.Theseedscureeyedisea sesand areal souseful inl eucorrhoea[6].Thetradi tional workerso fChhattisgarh,Indiausefruittotrea tcommonfevers andforvo mitingu sethe
seedswithba rsprouts(Ficusbeng halensis)andsug ar.Thetraditionalhe alersofBastarregionusethedrie dleave sandpowd eredba rktodresswound s[5].Thefreshleave sarealso
usedforthesa mepurpo se.Theaque ouspa steoftheleave sisappl iede xternallytorelieve aburningsen sation.Rootsareused totreatdysentery;theyare givenw ithcow'smil kuntil
thepatien tiscured.Senio rcitizensuse dthefreshle afjuicew ithbuffalo'smilktoreducetheintensityofsmallp ox.Simila rly,intheearlydays,theuseofseedstotreateyetrou bleswa s
common.Totreathoarsenesso fthethroat,tradition alhealersad visepa tientstokeep thefreshroo tsofthisplan tinside theirmouth.Thetraditiona lhealersusethefreshlea vesofthis
plantwithcumi ntotreaturina ryinfectio ns[6].The fruitise mploye das ana ntidotetoaconi tepoi sonin g,abd ominal pai nin preg nancy and externallyinpoul ticean dap plica tionsfor
wound s.The kernels incre ase flesh an d strength and a re sedative i n activity [7] . Here, some al lied substan ces are descri bed such a s ascorbic acid ,thi amine, ribo flavin and
bioflavo noid sand pectinA.Zizi phusj ujub afruitsare veryrich invi taminsC (188 to544mgpe r100 gmpul p)an dB1(thi amine )and B2(ribo flavin) studied[8].Compare dwi thother
edibl efruits,onefruitofbe rperdayw ould meetthedie trequireme ntsforVitaminCan dVitaminBco mplexforan adultmanasrecommendedb yFAO/WHO.Itisalsoknown tohavea
high Vitami n P (354 to 88 8 mg pe r1 00 gm pulp) (bi oflavon oid) con tent.It enh ances the a ction of Vitamin C .Antiba cterial, anti i nflammatory an d antio xidantare some medicinal
propertie s.Itisalsoknowntostimulatebil eprodu ction,promoteci rculatio nandpreventall ergies.PresenceofPectinAinZ.juju bafruitisalso reported[9].Chemi callyitcontains2,3,
6trioacetylDla ctoseunits.Pectinhasanu mberofpharmaceuticalpro pertiessuch asbindingbile acid,lowe ringplasmachole steroland antidiarrhoealpro perties[10].
PhytochemistryofZ.jujuba
Alkaloi ds
Alkaloi dsare distributedin all partsofp lant.Stemb arkofZizip hussp eciesco ntain alkal oids[3].Asapog enin,zizogen inh asbee niso latedfromZ.mauritian astems[11].Thecycli c
peptide a lkalo ids,mauritine A,mucro nine D,amp hibi neH, nummularine Aand B [12] ,sativa nine Aandsativa nine B,frang ulani ne, nummul arineBan d mucroni ne were iso lated
fromthe ba rkofZa juju ba by [12]. The cyclic peptid e alkalo ids sativan ineC,sativan ineG, sativanin eE,sa tivanin eH,sa tivanin eF, sativanineD and sativanine Ki solatedfrom Z.
jujub astem bark[13].Thealkaloid scocla urine ,isobo ldine,norisobold ine,a similo bine ,iusip hine and iusiri new erei solated fromZ.ju juba leave sby [14].Cyclo peptideandpeptide
alkalo idsfromZ.juju bawe refoundtosh owsed ativeeffects[15].TheseedsofZ.juju bavar.spino saalsocontaincycl icpep tideal kaloid ssanjo inen ine,frangu loin eand amphibineD
and four p eptide alkal oids; sanj oini neBDF an d G2 [16] .The seeds a re used i n Chi nese me dicine as a sed ative. Chemi cal studi es of Z.ma uritian a led to the isola tion of the
cyclopep tide alka loids, mauri tines Aan d B; CF, G and H, frang ufoline ;a mphibin es D, E, B and F; hysodri caninA, scutian inF and a ralioni nC [12] . The cyclope ptide al kaloid,
mauritine J, was isol ated fromtheroo tbark of Z.mauri tiana [17] .For thefirst time [12]re ported six Cyclopeptide alkaloi ds isolatedfrom the stembark ofZ.juju ba are Mauri tineA;
Amphibi neH; Juba nine A;Jub anin eB;Mu cronin eD and Nummula rineB. Latter [13] repo rted Sativani neE.Antib acterial p eptide a lkalo id Frangu folinefrom Zizip hus speci es was
reported [18 ]. Ha n and cow orkers repo rted Melono vineA; Frangan ine; Frangul anine; Da echuin eS3; Daechu ineS6; Nummu larineA and Nummular ineR, all are cyclope ptide
alkalo ids[16].Fourcyclop eptide alkaloidsfromthestembarkZ.jujuba ,whichareScutiani neC;ScutianineD ;Jubani neCan dZiziph ineAreported [19].Twore portsappe aredi nthe
literatureo nisol ateding redie ntsfromtherootbarkofZ.jujuba.Adouetin eXandFran gula ninew hicha reactive(sed ative)in gredie ntcyclope ptideal kaloi dsisolatedand characterized
[20].Someoftherep resentative alkalo idsaregive nin[Tabl e1][21],[22].
Somecyclope ptideal kaloi dsofZ.jujuba
Glycosides
(i)Flavono idglycosides/spi nosin s:Thestructureofspinosi n(2"Obetaglu cosylswe rtisin)extractedfromZ.juju bavar.spinosaseed[23 ].Theyl ateridentifiedthree acylatedfla vone
Cglycosides(6'''sinap oylspin osin,6'''feruloylsp inosi nand6'''pcoumaroylspi nosin ),pharmacological lytheyhavesed ativeactivityinrat.
(ii)Glycosid es/sapon ins:DifferentpartsofZ.juju bathatissee ds,leafand stemcontaing lycosid es.Thesaponi nsisol atedfromthesee dsofZ.jujuba includ ejuj ubosi desA,B[24],A1
B1andCandacetyljuj ubosi deB[25]andtheprotoj ujubosidesA,BandB1[26].Kuriharaetal.extractedthesapo nin,zizip hin,fromthedriedleavesofZ.jujuba[27].Ithasastructure,
3Oa L rhamnopyran osyl (12) a arab inopyranosyl20 O(2,3) diOace tyla L rhamno pyrano sylju jubo geni n.Ikrame tal.i solated a sapon infrom Z.jujuba leave sand
stem.Itw as assigned the structure 3O((2Oalpha D furopyran osyl 3Ob eta D g lucop yranosyl ) al pha L arabino pyrano syl) jujubogen in [28] .They arebeing wi dely
researche dforcancerp reventionand cholesterol control as mentioned byOgi hara [29]. Same compound is also repo rtedb ySha rmaa nd Kumar [30]ina nother speciestha tis Z.
mauritian a.Sapon insshow edad juvantandhemo lytic[31],sedative[32]anxiolytica ndswee tnessinh ibitingprope rties[27].Jujubo sideA(JuA),isalsokno wntobea noncomp etitive
inhib itorofcalmodu linan disthoughttobelin kedtoitssedativepro perties[33].
Flavonoi ds
Sedative flavon oids such asSw ertisha nd spinosinw ere isolatedan dre ported byGon get al.,[34] fromfruita nd seeds ofZ.juju ba.Puerarin; 6"'feruloylsp inosi n;Apigen in6C bD
glucop yranoside; 6"'ferul oylisospino sin; Isospinosin and Isovitexin2 "ObDglucopyran oside these fla vonoids iso lated and re ported by Gong, et al .[34 ]. Ten flavonoid s were
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reportedb yPawlow skaetal.,[35]areQuercetine3O0robinobi oside;Querce tine3Orutino side;Quercetin e3OαLara binosyl(1→2)αLrhamnosid e;Quercetine3ObDxylosyl
(1→2)α Lrhamn oside ;Quercetine 3OβDgalactosi de;Querce tine3 OβDgluco side;3 ',5'DiCβDglucosyl phlore tin;Quercetine3 OβDxylosyl(1 →2)α Lrhamnosid e4'O
aLrhamn oside ;Kaempferol3Orobino biosi deandKaempfero l3Orutino side.Someo ftherepresentativeflavon oidsaredescrib edbyGongetal.,[34].Zengetal.,[24]discove reda
newflavon oid,name dzivulg arin,compou nd(4be taDglyco pyranosyl swetisin).
Terpenoids
Thetriterpeno icacid shavebe enisol atedfromthefruitsofZ.jujuba:someofthema recolub rinica cid,alph itolica cid,3Ocispco umaroyla lphi tolicacid,3Otranspcouma roylal phitol ic
acid,3Ocispcoumaroylma slini cacid,3Otranspcou maroylma slinicacid,oleanolicaci d,betulon icacid,ole anon icacid,zizybe renalicacidandbetulin icacid[36].Triterpenoicaci ds
haveal sobee nextractedfromroo tsofZ.mauritiana[37].Betulin;Betulin icacid ;Ursolicaci d;2αhydro xyursoli cacidandCea nothica cidaretriterp enesre portedbyShoeie tal.,[38].
Some of them ha ve antica ncer and antiHIV pro perties. San g et al., [39] demon strated three triterp ene estersviz.2Oprotocatechu oyl al phitolic acid, Ca ffeoyl alph itolic a cid and
Ceano thicacidd imethylester.
PhenolicCompounds
RecentlyPaw lowska etal.,[35]reportedphenoliccompou ndsfromthefruitofZ.juj uba,withoutcitinganybio logi calactivity.
Chemica lstructureofPhenol iccompou ndofthefruitofZ.juj uba
Betulini cacid
Betulini ca cid is wide ly distributedi n all parts of plant. Itis a natural ly occurrin gp entacycli ctriterp enoid w hich hasde monstrated selective cytotoxicity again sta nu mber ofsp ecific
tumourtypes.Ithasbee nfoun dtose lectivel ykill humanmela noma cells whil eleaving heal thycell sali ve.Inad dition,betulin icaci dha sbee nfound toha vean tiinflamma toryactivity
[40]andantiba cterialpro pertiesandinhib itsthegrowthofbothStaphyl ococcusaure usandEsche richeri acoli[41].
Pharmacol ogica lprope rtiesofZ.jujba
Hypnoticse dativean dAnxiol yticeffect
Thesee dsan dle aves ofmany Ziziphu sspeciesh aveb een found toha vean xiolytic and hypno ticsedative effects.Theyare know nto depre ssactivityofthece ntral nervous system
which redu cesa nxiety and indu cessl eep. Itwas found thatitprodu ced sleep ,but wasnotan ticonvul santo rmuscl erelaxant [42].Theinh ibitory effectofJu jubo sideA(Ju A)on rat
hippo campus is de monstrated by Feng an d Zheng, [43].An xiolytic effectsi n mice of a polyhe rbal sub stance containing see d extracto fZ.jujuba re ported by Line tal .,[44] .Both
sanjoi nine Aandn uciferin e,alka loid sobtai ned fromfruit,pro long edthe sleeping time produ cedb yhexo barbi tal.When sanjo inin ewa sheatedi twas found toprod ucea nisomero f
evengrea tersedativeeffect[15].
Sweetnessin hibi tors
Triterpenoid sweetnessin hibitorswereisola tedfromZ.jujuba.ExtractsfromtheleavesofZ.jujubaha vebeen foundtosuppresssweettastesensationinfly(Pharmaregina),ratandin
hamster.Antisweetsubstancesiso latedfromZ.juju baincl uded jujub aspon insII,III,IV,VandVIand fromtheleaves,jujubo sideBfromthele avesand seedsan dzizip hussapo ninsIIII
fromdriedfruit.Ziziphi nandju jubo sapon insIIandIII,theon lythreeoftheantisweetsaponi nsfromthisplan twithacylgroup s,wereupto4timesmore activeinsupp ressing thesweet
tasteo fsucrose than the o ther antiswe etconstituents an d thereby red ucing obesity in d iabe tic or overwe ight peo ple [45] . The sapon in, ziziph in extractedb y Kurihara eta l. [27]
suppresse d the swee tness indu ced by Dgl ucose, Dfructose, steviosi de, glycin e, sodium sa ccharin, asp artame and n aring in dih ydrochal cone. Ith oweve rsh owed n o suppre ssive
effecton the sour tasteo fhydro chlori cacid and the bitter tasteof qui ninein dicatingtha tzizip hin is hig hly specific to sweet taste[46 ].Zizi phinwa sfoun d toin hibi tthe sweettaste
receptorsin humans[47].Themechani smwhichzi ziphin usedwa sidentifie dastastemodificatio n.Oncompariso nwithknow ngymnemi cacids,effectssuggestthatnetdissoci ationof
ziziphi nsfromtastereceptormembran esand/orinactivationin themembrane maybemuchfasterthanwithgymne micacids.
Cancer(che motherap y)
The in vitro cytotoxicitie so fthetriterp enoic a cids extracted from Z.j ujuba were tested ag ainst tumour cel l line s. The lup anetype triterp enes sho wed hi gh cytotoxic activitie s.The
cytotoxicactivitieso f3Opcoumaroyl alph itolicacidswere foundtobe betterthanthose ofnonco umaroictriterp enen oids.Theseresultssugge stthatthecoumaroyl moietyattheC3
position ofthe lupa netype triterpen ema yp lay an importan trole ine nhancing cytotoxic activity[36 ].Thetriterpo nic acid, betuli nic acid, extracted fromZ. jujub a and Z.mauri tiana,
showed selective toxicityaga instcultured human melan omacells[40].Betulini cacidi scurrentlyundergo ingp reclin icalde velop ment[48].Itisthoughtthatbetulinica cidmaya lsobe
effective agai nst other types of cance r.Rece ntly,con siderab le in vi tro evidence has demo nstrated that betul inic aci d is effective aga inst small a nd non smallcel l lung ,o varian,
cervical,and headan dneckcarcinomas[48].Published datasugge stthatbetulinicacid induce sapoptosi s[40],[49]insensitivecellsin ap53and CD95indepe nden tfashion[41].
Antimicrobi alactivity
Sarfarazetal.,[50]reported antifunga leffectsofZ.jujuba.Ethanol extractoftherootshowe dsignificantinh ibitoryactivi tyonfungiC andi daalb icans,C.tropica lis,Aspergill usflavus,A.
niger andMalassezia furfur(strains1 374a nd17 65).Addition ally,extractofrootbarko fZ.jujubaexhibi tedantib acterial activityaga inst20bacteria[51 ].LeafextractsofZ.mauritia na
werefoundtoshowantiba cteriale ffectsagainstEscherichiaco li,Kleb siell aspp.,Pseud omona sspp.,Proteusvul garisa ndBacillussubtiliswh enmetha nola ndace toneextractswe re
used[52].Betulinicaci disola tedfromstembarkofZ.jujubahasal sobeen foundtoretardtheprogre ssionofHIV1infection thatisantiviralactivity[53].
Antiulceractivi ty
Anantiu lcerp ropertyofZ.mauritiana lea fextracts(ZJE)wasreported byGana charia ndsh iv[54]i nrat.Thise xtractpossesses signi ficantanddose depe ndentantiulce ractivity.The
antiulce ractivityofZJEcanbeattributedtoitscytoprotectiveandantisecretoryaction[54].
Antiinflamma toryandantisp asticeffect
Thecompou ndprescriptionH uang qinTangwhichco ntainsthefrui tofZ.jujubasho wedmarkedantii nflammatoryan dsign ificantantisp asticorantispasmodi ceffect[55].Z.mauritiana
leafextractswerefound topossesssigni ficantantiin flammatoryactivityagai nstcarragee nani nduced ratpawedema [56].
Antialle rgic
Theantiallerg icactivi tyofthea queo usextractso fleave sofZ.juj uba wasstudiedb ymeasu ring itsinh ibitory effectonhya luron idase(bovin etestes)a ctivation invi tro.Z.jujub awa s
showntohave strongantial lergi cactivity[57].
Permeabi lityenha ncemen tactivity
Delive ryofce rtaincl asseso fdrugs sucha spep tidescreatesproblems in transportation across cellmembranesandsu bseque ntdimi nishe dbi oavai lability.Toovercomethis barrie r,
permeab ilitye nhance rscanb eusedtoaid thepa ssage ofdrugsacrosscel lmembra nes.Toassessthepermeabil ityenhancing activityofZ,juj uba,a naqu eouse xtractofseeds was
compared totwomembersofaknownseri esofpermeabilityenha ncemen tagentsbelonging tothealkylglycosi des[58].
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Cogni tiveactivities
Heo et al.[59]sug gested that olea mide, a compon ent ofZ.j ujub a extract,coul d be a useful che mopreven tative agen taga instAlzh eimer's disea se.They foun d thatmetha noli cZ.
jujub a showe d34.1 % activation effect on choli ne acetyltransferase in vitro, an enzyme that controlsthe pro duction ofacetylch olin e which ap pears to be dep leted in the bra ins of
Alzheime rpatients.Using sequen tialfractionatio ntheactiveing redientwasfoundtobecis9o ctadecen oamid e(oleami de)whi chshowe d65%activatio neffect.
Antifertility/contracep tiveprope rty
Theethyl acetate extractof Z.jujub aba rkwa sfound toe ffectantisteroidogeni cactivityand hence fertilityinadult female mice.Itwa sfound toa rrestthe normal estrus cycleo fadu lt
female mice atdi estrusstagean dre ducedthe wetw eigh tofovaries signi ficantly.Hematol ogica lpro files,b ioche mical estimation sof whol ebl ood and serumremai ned una ltered in
extracttreatedmice .Normalestruscycle and ovaria nsteroid ogen isiswe rerestore dafterwi thdrawaloftreatmen t.Antifertilityactivitieso fcrudee xtractswerefou ndtob ereve rsible in
rat[60].
Hypotensi veandAntin ephri ticeffect
Ziziphus juj uba hasb een found tostimul aten itricoxi dere lease in vitro,in cul turede ndothe lialcell sand invivo,inthe kidn eytissuesofrats[61].They bel ievedthatZa juju bama y
contributetoitshypoten sive(redu ctionofbloodpressure)an dantine phritic(reductionofinflamma tionofthekidne y)action,possibl ybyincreasi ngrena lblood flow.
Cardio vascula ractivity
Ane olign an isol ated from Z. mauritian a leave s was found to increase the relea se of endo genou s prostaglan din I2 (the mo stp otent natural inhib itor of platel et aggreg ation yet
discovere dandapo werfulvaso dilator)fromtherataortabyupto25.3%at3microg/ml[62].
Immunostimula nteffects
TheleafextractofZ.juj ubawa sfoundtostimulatechemotactic,phagocyticand intracell ularkillingpo tencyofhumanne utrophils(infectionfigh tingwhi tebloodcells)at550microg/ml
[63].
Antioxida nteffects
Recently,acomp rehensi vean danexhaustive accoun ton70 antioxi dantKoreanme dicinalpl antshave been reportedbySeo ngetal.,[64]andthe yconfirme dantio xidanteffectofZ.
jujub a(invitro)asrepo rtedbyNaetal.[65].
Woundhealingactivi ty
Recently,Ansari et al.,[66] mention ed therooto fZ.jujub aa sa wound healer in their book entitle dH erbal Dru gs.The expe rimental da taon wo und hea ling activi tyof thero otof Z.
jujub ai sno tavai labl ei nl iterature in lab oratory anima ls[67 ].Veryre cently we confirmed the wou nd heal ing activity ofthe root ofZ.juju ba in experi mental ani mal,ra tmode l,in an
ointmentformatadose0.5%an d1%ontopi calappl ication [68]andthisconfirmsthevali dityofclaimmadebyAnsa rietal.,[66]
Summary
Z.j ujuba, an indig enous p lant posse sses terrific medici nal pro perties, attributed by a dive rse group ofse condary me tabolites. Phytoch emicall y 64 alka loids, 16 g lycoside s and
flavonoi ds,14terpeno idsandothersarepresen tinthisplant.Eaching redien thasuniqu eandmul tifactorialprop erties.Theimportan ceofsuchconstituentsinhealthprod uctsandfood
supple mentsis igno red.Althoug hthere isa rang eofp otential lyuse fulmed icinalsubstan cesin pla nt,therese archi nthis area isscan ty.Commercial industriesneglected theuse of
suchcon stituentsinp harmace uticala ndne utraceutica lcompa nies.Thebenefitoftheh ardyna tureofZ.juju baan ditswi dege ographicaldistributio ngave ano pportunitytoagroa nd
pharmain dustries.Thus,thisarticlepro videsexcellentaccessi blesou rceofactivecompoundsfortraditiona lmedici neandallied appli cations.
Acknowledgement
TheauthorsarethankfultothePrin cipal ,A.G.Rao,Moolj iJaithaColle ge,Jalga on,notonl yforhisinspirationb utalsoforprovi ding librarya ndlab oratoryfacili tiesduri ngthecourseof
thisinvestiga tion.
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