Singh Amandeep, Lal Uma Ranjan, Mukhtar Hayat Muhammad, Singh Prabh Simran, Shah Gagan, Dhawan Ravi Kumar
Department of Pharmacognosy, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Pharmacogn Rev. 2015 Jan-Jun;9(17):45-54. doi: 10.4103/0973-7847.156340.
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.
甘蔗（Saccharum officinarum Linn.）是禾本科一种重要的多年生草本植物，原产于热带南亚和东南亚。由于其高产产品具有经济和药用价值，甘蔗在全球范围内广泛种植。甘蔗汁是生产精制糖的著名原料，其蜡被认为是昂贵的巴西棕榈蜡的潜在替代品，巴西棕榈蜡具有化妆品和制药价值。精制糖是甘蔗汁的主要产品，但在加工过程中，还会以未精制的形式获得各种其他有价值的产品，如红糖、糖蜜和粗糖。甘蔗汁在印度被广泛用于治疗黄疸、出血、排尿困难、无尿和其他泌尿系统疾病。在此，我们总结了甘蔗及其有价值产品的不同植物成分和健康益处。甘蔗蜡（从甘蔗的叶子和茎中获得）、叶子、汁液及其产品的植物化学分析表明，其中存在各种脂肪酸、醇类、植物甾醇、高级萜类、黄酮类、-O-和-C-糖苷以及酚酸。本文还讨论了一些甘蔗产品的未来前景，这些产品需要进行植物药理学研究，并且极有可能成为有价值的药品。
