在种植杨梅期间，所采集的杨梅叶是传统的阿育吠陀药物，用于治疗糖尿病、胆囊结石和其他疾病。杨梅叶的许多有益作用与其中的植物化学物质有关，如没药酸、丹宁酸、苹果酸、黄酮类、精油、糖苷、杨梅露素、花青素、糖苷、鞣植物酸、杨梅叶素、抗胰岛素和山毛酸。杨梅具有抗癌、降血糖、抗生育、抗炎、抗腹泻、抗菌、镇痛、抗氧化、抗辐射、化疗和保护胃的疗效。本综述旨在提供有关杨梅叶的营养成分、植物化学成分和促进健康的特性的信息。基于杨梅叶的植物化学成分和促进健康的益处的文献综述表明，这些叶子可以作为制药药物中的潜在成分。从文献综述中发现，仍需要进行临床、体内和体外研究，以检测杨梅叶提取物对人体的促进健康的效果。© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Leaves of jamun collected as agro by-produce during the cultivation of jamun is traditionally used as ayurvedic medicine to treat diabetes, gall bladder stones and other ailments. Most of the beneficial effects of jamun leaves are associated with phytochemicals found in jamun leaves such as gallic acid, tannins, mallic acid, flavonoids, essential oils, glycoside, jambolin, anthocyanins, glucoside, ellagic acid, jambosine, antimellin and betulinic acid. Jamun possess curative activities like anticancer, antidiabetic, antifertility, anti-inflammatory, antidiarrheal, antimicrobial, antinociceptive, antioxidant, antiradiation, chemotherapeutic, and gastroprotective. The main goal of this review article is to provide information on the nutritional content, phytochemical composition and health promoting properties of jamun leaves. The review of literature based on the phytochemical composition and health promoting benefits of the jamun leaves, suggests that leaves can be used as potential constituent in the formulation of pharmacological drugs. From the review literature it is found that clinical, in-vivo, in-vitro studies are still required to check the health promoting effects of jamun leaves extracts on humans.© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.