Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6399474 | Food Research International | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Aegle marmelos, a plant indigenous to India has been used by the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent for over 5000Â years. The leaves, bark, roots, fruits and seeds are used extensively in the Indian traditional system of medicine the Ayurveda and in various folk medicine to treat myriad ailments. Bael fruits are of dietary use and the fruit pulp is used to prepare delicacies like murabba, puddings and juice. Bael fruits are also used in the treatment of chronic diarrhea, dysentery, and peptic ulcers, as a laxative and to recuperate from respiratory affections in various folk medicines. Scientific studies have validated many of the ethnomedicinal uses and reports indicate that the fruit possesses broad range of therapeutic effects that includes free radical scavenging, antioxidant, inhibition of lipid peroxidation, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-diarrheal, gastroprotective, anti-ulcerative colitis, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, cardioprotective and radioprotective effects. For the first time, this review critically assesses the nutritional values, phytochemistry and preclinical pharmacological properties of the bael fruit. Attempts are also made at emphasizing the dietary and pharmaceutical potential of bael fruit that has been largely underutilized and neglected.
Keywords
BaelLPXGRxSGPTSGOTRNSDMBAGPXGSHCATXanthine oxidaseMPOO2−ONOO−ROSHydrogen peroxideALPAlkaline phosphataseAyurvedaSuperoxide anion radicalHydroxyl radicalserum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminasePharmacologyPhytochemistrylactate dehydrogenaseLDHAegle marmelosmyeloperoxidaseNitric oxideH2O2Lipid peroxidationPeroxynitriteCatalaseQuinone reductaseGlutathioneglutathione reductaseglutathione peroxidaseserum glutamate pyruvate transaminasereactive nitrogen speciesReactive oxygen species
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Authors
Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Harshith P. Bhat, Nandhini Joseph, Farhan Fazal,