A Comprehensive Review of Corchorus Capsularis: A Source of Nutrition, Essential Phytoconstituents and Biological Activities.

Abstract

The golden fiber and one of the main cash crops of Bangladesh is Corchorus capsularis L. (white jute). An in-depth literature survey on the nutrition, chemistry and pharmacological activities of this species has been carried out. The present study was conducted on the basis of previous nutritional, chemical and biological activities published in various national and international research articles and for this, published articles, dissertations, magazines, and book reports were collected. Aim of the work is to exploit the medicinal information among both the users and non-users, benefited by this species. Protein, lipid, calcium, iron, carotene, vitamins, folic acid and some enzymes have been reported from the leaves.  A large number of phytoconstituents with their structures including flavonoids, saponins, tannins, steroids, glycosides, sugars and triterpenes and their applications have also been reported from the leaf, bark, root and seeds of the species. Many of these compounds have been found to possess significant biological responses like cardiac, antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities.  

 KEYWORDS: Corchorus capsularis L., Biological, Nutrition, Phytochemicals, Review.