Abstract

SYZYGIUM IN OUR DAILY LIFE AS WELL AS AN ANTI-PARASITES IN THE HUMAN BODY

Ragaa Issa*

ABSTRACT

Background: Syzygium aromaticum (S. aromaticum) (synonym: Eugenia cariophylata) commonly known as Clove, is an median size tree (8-12 m) from the Mirtaceae family native from the Maluku islands in east Indonesia. Concentrations up to 18% of essential oil can be found in the Clove flower buds. Roughly, 89% of the Clove essential oil is eugenol and 5% to 15% is eugenol acetate and β-cariofileno. Cloves have a strong, pungent, and spicy odor and a pungent, aromatic taste. Clove oil is colorless or pale yellow with a distinct Clove flavor and taste.The World Health Organization (WHO) established that the daily quantity acceptable of clove per day is of 2.5 mg/kg of weight in humans. Cloves contain powerful antimicrobial agents, Cloves are tremendously effective in killing malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, scabies and other parasites, viruses, bacteria and fungi including Candida. Methods: the tests were done in vitro to evaluate effect of syzygium on some parasites as protozoa (cryptosporidium, Giardia, Malaria and Trypanosome); and helminthes (Trichienilla spiralis, Schistosoma mansonai and hydatid cysts) by different doses and comparing to effect medical treatment which specific for parasite. Results: the study were Proved that syzygium showed a potential lethal efficacy against the growth and multiplication of various parasites, because it contains caryophyllene which is a powerful antimicrobial agent and travel through the bloodstream to kill parasitic larvae and eggs. Conclusion: Cloves are considered safe to use. Clove is acting as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticarcinogenic, and antifungal. Additionally, the lethal efficacy against the growth and multiplication of various parasites including protozoa and helminthes. Also, it is recommend new research to study the effect of cloves as an anti-parasites in the human body.

Keywords: Syzygium, Clove, Eugenol, parasites, protozoa, helminthes.