Plants play a vital role in the life of every living being. The global inclination towards
herbal medicine has advanced the expansion of plant-based pharmaceutical industries to a
vast extent. Plants are rich in both primary as well as secondary metabolites collectively
called as phytochemicals. Today, these phytochemicals in medicinal plants have received an
immense importance due to their role in preventing diseases caused by oxidative stress which
releases reactive oxygen species. The genus Syzygium is one of the genera of the family
Myrtaceae that is native to the tropics which plays an important medicinal role all over the
world. The species of the Syzygium possesses various pharmacological properties including,
antioxidant, hypoglycaemic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and
hepatoprotective activity. All the pharmacological properties are due to the presence of
flavonol glycosides, jambolin, eugenol, quercetin, myricetin etc., This book highlights the
review of ethno phyto pharmacological uses of Syzygium sps., worldwide.
We hope that this book would be of great use to under graduates, postgraduates, researchers
and faculty members who are studying, teaching or working in the field of Life science,
Phytochemistry and Ethnopharmacology. This book could be of immense use for the
researchers working in this area.
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