Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF)
Year : 2021, Volume : 2, Issue : 1
First page : (17) Last page : (20)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.129
Aegle marmelos (Bael) Benefit for Health: A Review
Krishan Kumar Singh1*, Brahmanand Bairwa2, Ravi Kumar Mahour2 and Vikas Pareek3 1Department of Horticulture, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India 2School of Agricultural Sciences, Career Point University, Kota, Rajasthan, India 3Head & Assistant professor, Department of Botany, Gramin Mahila PG College Sikar, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: forekrishna@gmail.com
Received: 15.11.2020 | Revised: 26.12.2020 | Accepted: 7.01.2021
ABSTRACT
Beal is a subtropical plant and grows as much as an altitude of 1200 m above sea level. It is the most important medicinal fruit crop of India. Bael cultivation in India is mainly done in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan. All the plant elements like leaves, roots, barks, seeds and fruits of Bael are necessary ingredients of many ancient formulations against numerous diseases. Bael fruits are rich source in vitamins, minerals and many types of nutrients. Candy, panjiri, toffee, jam, etc. products are prepared by the fruit. It may be used for the remedy of diverse problems in person such as, diabetes, liver toxicity, fungal infection, microbial infection, inflammation, pyrexia etc. The bael fruit pulp incorporates many practical and bioactive compounds which include carotenoids, phenolics, alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, and terpenoids and has innumerable conventional medicinal uses.
Keywords: Beal, Rutaceae, Health Benefit, India.
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Cite this article: Singh, K.K., Bairwa, B., Mahour, R. K., & Pareek, V. (2021). Aegle marmelos (Bael) Benefit for Health: A Review, Curr. Rese. Agri. Far. 2(1), 17-20. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.129
