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    Phytochemical profile of sugarcane and its potential health aspects

    Amandeep Singh1★, Uma Ranjan Lal2, Hayat Muhammad Mukhtar3, Prabh Simran Singh4, Gagan Shah1, Ravi Kumar Dhawan5★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Departments of Pharmacognosy.
    2. 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, INDIA.
    3. 3Department of Pharmacognosy, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Pharmacy, Patti, Punjab, INDIA.
    4. 4Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
    5. 5Pharmacology, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar.

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    Amandeep Singh

    Departments of Pharmacognosy.

    aman_deep_676@yahoo.com

    Received: 18-03-2014; Revised: 27-03-2014; Accepted: 05-05-2015.

    Volume 9, Issue 17 · pp. 45–54 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156340

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    ABSTRACT

    Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum Linn.) is an important perennial grass of Poaceae family, indigenous to tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is cultivated worldwide due to the economical and medicinal value of its high yielding products. Sugarcane juice is well known as a raw material for the production of refined sugar and its wax is considered as a potential substitute for the expensive carnauba wax, which is of cosmetic and pharmaceutical interest. Refined sugar is the primary product of sugarcane juice, but during its processing, various other valuable products are also obtained in an unrefined form, such as, brown sugar, molasses, and jaggery. Sugarcane juice is widely used in India in the treatment of jaundice, hemorrhage, dysuria, anuria, and other urinary diseases. Herein, we have summarized the different phytoconstituents and health benefits of sugarcane and its valuable products. The phytochemistry of sugarcane wax (obtained from the leaves and stalks of sugarcane), leaves, juice, and its products has revealed the presence of various fatty acid, alcohol, phytosterols, higher terpenoids, flavonoids, ‑O‑ and ‑C‑glycosides, and phenolic acids. The future prospective of some of the sugarcane products has been discussed, which needs a phytopharmacological study and has a great potential to be a valuable medicinal product.

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      Singh, A., Lal, U. R., Mukhtar, H. M., Singh, P. S., Shah, G., & Dhawan, R. K. (). Phytochemical profile of sugarcane and its potential health aspects. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 9(17), 45–54. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.156340