Benefits of Bidara Leaves for Health

  • 2 years ago
The community is of course quite familiar with the bidara plant or tree. So far, bidara leaves are used for religious rituals and traditional medicine. However, according to research, what are the benefits of bidara leaves and the dangers of bidara leaves that may be caused?

Get to know bidara leaves.
Bidara or jujuba (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) is a deciduous shrub that generally grows in arid and semiarid regions of the world.

Bidara can also be a herbal medicine that is cultivated at home.

Mature bidara plants can be as high as 7.8 meters with a canopy diameter of 9 meters. The leaves are ovate, glossy green above, and almost white below.

In traditional medicine, the bidara plant is commonly used as an antidiabetic, sedative, bronchitis, and antidiarrheal by the community.

These benefits come from the content of bioactive compounds from the leaves and fruit of bidara.

According to research from the journal Molecules (2016), bidara is rich in polyphenols, cyclopeptide alkaloids, dammarane saponins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Furthermore, these compounds have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic (blood sugar control) properties, antioxidants, and immunomodulatory effects (stimulates the body's immune system).

The content of bidara leaves.

Although there are a number of studies that observe the properties of the bidara plant, there are still few sources that describe the content of the leaves in detail.

Based on findings from the Journal of nutrition and metabolism (2016), the following are some of the compounds contained in bidara leaves.
Vitamin A.
Flavonoids.
Tannins.
Saponins.
Carbohydrate.
Vitamin C.
Vitamin E.
Jujuboside B.
Jujubogenin glycosides.
Jujubasaponin IV.
Flavonol glycosides.
Routine.
Diglucosylphloretin: 3 mg.

A number of studies have also found that bidara leaves are rich in bioactive components that have various medicinal functions.