Abstract/Notes |
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an endocrine system and metabolic disorder
caused by defects in insulin secretion and action. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels
(Myrtaceae) are often used in anti-diabetic medicine due to their high
polyphenol contents. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of
the role of phytochemical compounds in S cumini as traditional antidiabetic
medicinal plants. The review covers related articles on antidiabetic AND S
cumini AND phytochemicals OR bioactive compounds. The examined articles
were published from 2001 to January 2023. Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus,
and Google Scholar were utilized as the bibliographic databases in this
systematic search. The inclusion criteria include articles written in English
that describe experimental research, clinical trials, and randomized studies
and articles containing phytochemical content profiling. The exclusion criteria
were other types of reports such as literature reviews, conference articles,
theses, dissertations, and cases that were irrelevant to the topic. The reporting
item guidelines used for references in this review were the Preferred
Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and the
Center for Systematic Reviews for Laboratory Animal Experiments (SYRCLE)
risk of bias (RoB) tool. By the systematic compensation used, 15 articles that
meet the requirements were obtained and were further reviewed thoroughly.
Seeds, leaves, and bark of plant parts were reported to be non-toxic in acute
experiments on mice or rats. S. cumini contains flavonol glycosides, especially
myricetin, myricitrin, quercetin, and kaempferol; phenolics, such as ellagic
acid, tannins, and gallic acid; alkaloids; and saponins. These compounds
contributions to the overall anti-diabetic activity were discussed by covering
an increase of insulin sensitivity, secretion, and usage of glucose in tissues;
thereby reducing insulin resistance, oxidative stress, gluconeogenesis, and
absorption of carbohydrates and sucrose. In conclusion, the review confirmed
that the compounds of S. cumini have a potential for treating diabetes mellitus.
Specifically, the seeds and leaves of S. cumini have a high potential as anti-
diabetic herbal product, and thus making it crucial to find the research gap to
support the development of this herbal compound by establishing preclinical
and clinical trials and reliable analytical methods for phytochemical profiling.
Keywords: Syzygium cumini, Phytochemical, Diabetes Mellitus, Flavonoid,
Phenolics |