A REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY OF SUGARCANE RIND
Varuva Ashok Kumar*, M. Vasantha and N. G. Kamalanadhan
ABSTRACT
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum linn) is a vital perennial grass of Graminaceae family, autochthonal to trophical south asia and geographic area. It’s cultivated worldwide because of the economical Associate in Nursingd medicative worth of its high yielding products. Sugarcane rind is sometimes treated as an industrial waste. However, it contains valuable phytochemicals that may be extracted and utilised. Herein we offer a comprehensive review concerning application and health edges of the phytochemicals in sugarcane rind, together with polyphenols, flavonoids, particularly anthocynins, phenoplast acids, long chain fatty alcohols notably 1-octacosal, phytosterols and fiber. Numerous bioactivities area unit related to these phytochemicals, like inhibitor, anticancer, antivirus, inhibition of inflammatory and attenuation of the chance of vessel and coronary sickness. However, any studies area unit secured to target health edges of sugarcane rind and to elucidate their action mechanisms.
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