Unani Gannaa, Naishakar.
Siddha/Tamil Karumbu, Nanal.
Action Cane Juice—restorative, cooling, laxative, demulcent, diuretic, antiseptic. Used in general debility, haemophilic conditions, jaundice and urinary diseases.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the juice of the stem in haemorrhagic diseases and anuria; and the root in dysuria.
Sugarcane juice contains surcose (70—80% of soluble solids in the juice), glucose and fructose. Non-sugar constituents present in the cane juice are carbohydrates other than sugars. Asparagine and glutamine are prominent amino acids in the juice. Other
Saccharum munja Roxb.
568 Saccharum spontaneum Linn.
amino acids include alanine, gamma-
amino butyric acid, aspartic and glu tami acids, glycine, leucine, lysine,
serine and tyrosine. The presence of
phenylalanine, histidine, valine, pro line threonine and arginine, pipecolic
acid, methionine and tryptophan has
also been reported.
Aconitic acid constitutes about
three-fourths of the total carboxylic
acid present in the juice.
Vitamins present in the juice are:
thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothe ni acid, biotin, and vitamin D; en zyme include diastase, invertase, lac tase peroxidase, tyrosinase.
Phenols in the cane juice are mainly
polyphenols from tannin and antho cyani from the rind.
Cane juice contains glycolic acid
which improves skin complexion as it
has antiwrinkle effect, prevents scaly
growth and increases natural collagen
and elastin in the skin.
Enzymes present in the seeds in clud large quantities of diastase and
invertase.
