This study was carried out to investigate the invitro antibacterial activity of acacia nilotica methanolic fruits extract against clinical isolates performed by cupplate agar diffusion method. How acacia mellifera is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Pdf the study describes the different mediums for extraction of colour from. It is native to africa, the middle east and the indian subcontinent. Names of acacia nilotica in various languages of the world are also given. The extract of pods is useful to prevent leucorrhoea and drives back the uterus and anus when. It has a long history in civilizations as ancient as the egyptians and the aboriginal tribes of australia. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in acacia nilotica. Botany the presence of various classes of compounds present in medicinal plants lovkova et al.
The former acacia nilotica was actually the type species for the entire acacia genus, so moving it to another genus is a major break with convention. Anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of. The trunk is short, thick 1 m in diameter and cylindrical, covered with grey bark. Studies show that an extract of acacia nilotica is an effective diarrhea treatment when administered to laboratory animals. Pdf antifungal activity of acalypha indica and acacia. Jan 23, 2014 medicinal use of shikakai acacia concinna know about shikakai botanical description, medicinal properties, medicinal uses in ayurveda, its health benefits, dosage, contraindications and sideeffect of different parts of this plant. It can help in the treatment of gingivitis, cavity formation in the tooth and high cholesterol. Acacia nilotica herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. Vachellia nilotica has been used since early egyptian dynasties. Pdf extraction from babul acacia nilotica bark and efficacy of. Diseases of the skin, coughs and decayed teeth are treated with the medicinal plant. Acacia nilotica is a widely used plant in traditional medical practice in northern nigeria and many african countries.
This is a list of acacia species sensu lato that are known to contain psychoactive alkaloids, or are suspected of containing such alkaloids due to being psychoactive. Vachellia nilotica the reader wiki, reader view of wikipedia. Babul uses from uttar pradesh toothache brush the teeth with dry seed powder lalit kumar and piyush kumar, bulandshahar, uttar pradesh cough take the pellets made from the leaves and sugar orally. Acacia nilotica 2 weed management guide prickly acacia acacia nilotica spines can be up to 50 mm long and tend to drop off older stems. Acacia nilotica thorn mimosa is used locally for various medicinal purposes by. It also estimates that 4 billion people 80 percent of the world population presently use herbal medicine for health care 2. The fruits were airdried under the shadow with good ventilation and then ground finely until their uses for extracts preparation.
Woody but upper portion herbaceous,aerial, erect, branched, solid, dark brown bark. This is an attempt to compile and document information on different aspect of acacia arabica and its potential uses. It was a change that ruffled a lot of feathers in the world of botany. Babul acacia nilotica the genus acacia belongs to family mimosaceae. Antimicrobial efficacy of acacia nilotica, murraya. It finds use in plenty of applications for our health. Chemical constituents of acacia nilotica leaves were investigated.
Here, we extracted, characterized and elucidated the structure of acetyeugenol, for the first time, from the leaves of acacia nilotica l. Leaves and flowers are collected in summer marchjuly, whereas bark, gum, pods, and seeds are collected in winter novemberfebruary. Acacia has been used in medicines, baking ingredients, tools, and woodwork for centuries. Stay on the safe side and avoid use of acacia in amounts greater than those found in food. Leaves, bark, pods and gum of babool tree have medicinal virtues.
The tannin content contributes to the many medicinal uses of a. Toxicological studies of aqueous extract of acacia. The leaves were washed, shadedried, and hand crushed to obtain coarse powder. Baljeet kaur department of botany, university of rajasthan, jaipur abstract plants and plants products play an important role in the life of common people in india. One shaded sowing hole with three out of five possible seedlings. The egyptians believe that diabetics may eat unlimited carbohydrates as long as they consume powdered pods of acacia nilotica. When taken by mouth in medicinal amounts, acacia is. The botanical name of babul tree is called vachellia nilotica formerly acacia nilotica acacia arabica. A plant of multipurpose medicinal uses article pdf available in journal of medicinal plant research 69 march 2012 with 1,271 reads how we measure reads. Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on biological control of weeds. The experiment in musoma tanzania 2011 on pretreatment of acacia nilotica seeds. The gum gum arabic exudes from cuts in the bark in the form of rounded or ovoid tears. Mar 23, 2020 modern research is confirming many of the traditional uses of the plant.
Ethnopharmacological data available acacia nilotica. Atif ali, naveed akhtar, barkat ali khan, muhammad shoaib khan, akhtar rasul, shahiquzzaman, nayab khalid, khalid waseem, tariq mahmood and liaqat ali department of pharmacy, faculty of pharmacy and alternative medicine, the islamia university of bahawalpur, pakistan. Ethnomedicinal survey of plants used by the kanuris of north. Acacia nilotica lam mimosaceae indigenously known as babul or kikar is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in tropical and. This is an attempt to compile and document information on different aspect of acacia nilotica and its potential. More than 30% of the entire plant species at one time or other was used for medicinal purposes. Vachellia nilotica scientific classification kingdom. Phytochemical and antibacterial investigation of bark extracts of acacia nilotica. If there is no information for this species on this page, or if you want to edit existing information, click on edit with form button above. This in vitro study corroborated the antimicrobial activity of t. Antimicrobial efficacy of acacia nilotica, murraya koenigii l. A mediumsized almost evergreen tree, straight or crooked, armed tree with darkblackishbrown, irregularly, longitudinally fissured bark.
List of various diseases cured by acacia mellifera. O box 2730, postal code 11461, riyadh saudi arabia. These kingdoms and tribes used acacia in surprisingly diverse ways, from making desserts to treating hemorrhoids. The tree is thorny and makes a good hedge for agricultural fields to keep out grazing animals. He called this akakia, and it is from this word that the modern name is derived. A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation.
The chipi and tonga people tribes use the root to treat tuberculosis. Phytochemical and antibacterial investigation of bark. There is a great importance of acacia catechu willd. Several hundreds of plant genera are used medicinally and plants are vital sources for potent and powerful drugs.
Uses some feel that the thorn bush of exodus 3 was acacia nilotica, the fire, the parasite loranthus acaciae. Acacia nilotica acacia arabica, vachellia nilotica gum. Pdf antibacterial activity of acacia nilotica fruits. Antibacterial activity of acacia nilotica fruits extract. Various preparations of it have been advocated in folk medicine for the treatment of tuberculosis, leprosy, smallpox, dysentery, cough, ophthalmia, toothache, skin cancer as astringent, antispasmodic, and aphrodisiac since immemorial times. The medicinal properties are due to the compounds such as dpinitol, active androstene steroid, rutin, and gallic acid. Identification of phytochemical components by gcms and antioxidant activities. Babul plant is therapeutic used as anticancer, anti tumours.
Acacia nilotica is widely spread in subtropical and tropical africa from egypt to mauritania southwards to. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in acacia mellifera. It is a moderate sized tree up to 10 m in height with dark brown or black rough bark and reddishbrown heartwood. The pods help remove catarrhal matter and phlegm from the bronchial tubes. Acacia nilotica was commonly known in india as babul has a wide range of medicinal uses. Leaf, stem, and seed parts of acacia nilotica as well as leaf and root parts of. It is a moderate sized tree with a spreading crown. May 26, 2014 this is a long shot, but fingers crossed i went to the graham hancock lecture the other day and he mentioned the acacia nilotica as being the possible tree of life depicted in egyptian hieroglyphs and i think from memory the flaming tree that moses had a bit of a yoddle with. Wilson 50 mm prickly acacia seed pods are characteristically heavily constricted between seeds. Man and animal depends on plants food, fibers and shelter, but also plants have been used to control and. Vachellia nilotica is a fastgrowing though small, spiny, evergreen tree with a broad, rounded rarely umbrellashaped crown. List of acacia species known to contain psychoactive.
Vachellia nilotica commonly known as gum arabic tree,5 babul,6 thorn mimosa, egyptian acacia or thorny acacia 7 is a tree in the family fabaceae. The broad antibacterial potential of acetyleugenol was first confirmed against seven bacterial pathogenic isolates with best. The screenings of these medicinal plants showed that some of the screened plants are potential source of antibacterial agents. Preliminary phytochemical and elemental analysis of aqueous and. This medicinal plant is used in india as a leucorrhea treatment. Mar 09, 2012 medicinal uses, along with pharmacological propert ies of different parts of this multipurpose plant. The origin of the previous name for the genus was acacia which means. Photo siri holmberg 300 seeds of both species that had been stored in darkness and in a temperature. Al tharique, arshiya sultana, abstract an impressive abound medicinal plants have been utilized for the treatment of diseases from the time immemorial. Introduction life and diseases are related, where there is life, diseases are will also be present. An acacia nilotica in nahilalakip ha genus nga acacia, ngan familia nga fabaceae. It is usually administered in the form of a mucilage mucilago acaciae, british pharmacopoeia and united states pharmacopoeia made from small pieces of gum acacia dissolved in water and strained 1 in 8. They are very hardy and quite tolerant of both cold and heat. The bark of acacia niloticahas a history of use as an antidiarrhea folk medicine and dysentery treatment in africa and india.
Medicinal plant researchers pursued with several goals like the development of low cost therapeutic compounds and the discovery of prototypic drugs 7. Acacia nilotica linn medicinal uses medicinal plants archive. Gum is widely used as industrial, food and medicinal purposes. The presence and constitution of alkaloids in nature can be highly variable, due to environmental and genetic factors. It is also a weed of national significance in australia an invasive species o. Phytochemical and pharmacological uses of acacia nilotica. It is an advantageous remedy for curing the major hair related problem i. The gum calms any, irritation of the skin and soothes the inflamed membranes of the pharynx, alimentary canal and genitourinary organs.
Acacia willd is a very large genus containing trees, shrubs and climbers. Acacia nilotica linn is a plant of multipurpose medicinal uses, three bioactive flavonoids methyl gallate, gallic acid and catechin were isolated from its fruit pulps through a bioassay guided. The italian africa uses the bark concoction in treating small pox. Many tribes in africa use it for medicinal purposes such as to treat cough, diarrhoea, dysentry etc. Medicinal action and uses gum acacia is a demulcent and serves by the viscidity of its solution to cover and sheathe inflamed surfaces. Acacia albida, acacia seyal, acacia tortilis and acacia iraqensis can be found growing wild in the sinai desert and the jordan valley. Medicinal uses mentioned in unani medicine the bark skin, leaves, seeds, pods and the gum of acacia arabica are used for medicinal purpose. Acacia nilotica is a good herbal treatment for eye ailments like conjunctivitis. Acacia nilotica herbal monograph, accessdate2010nov20.
Fodder potential and chemical composition of acacia nilotica fruits for livestock in the dry lands of sudan 1mohamed s. Trout 1997 extraction other uses cultivation suppliers links references photochemistry of acacia, dept of plant biology, university of illinois. During the exodus, the ancient israelites employed shittah wood in making the various parts of the tabernacle and of the ark of the covenant. A plant o f multipurpose medicinal uses atif a li, n aveed akhtar, b arkat a li khan, m uhammad shoaib khan, akhtar rasul, shahiq uz zaman, nayab khalid, k halid waseem. Acacia arabica commonly known as babool, gum arabic tree is a medicinal tree which is found throughout the dry and sandy parts of india.
It has an inspiring range of medicinal uses with potential antioxidant activity. Since babul tree is found in plenty along the nile river, it was given the species name of nilotica. Vachellia nilotica commonly known as gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, egyptian acacia or thorny acacia is a tree in the family fabaceae. The medicinal plants used in traditional medicine still. Acacia nilotica is an important multipurpose medicinal plant. Asian journal of phytomedicine and clinical research. All the four plant extracts inhibited the growth of s.
Part used uses references root the roots are used against cancers andor tumors of ear, eye, or testicles. Abstract two, eritrean endemic, medicinal plants that are used to treat diseases associated with microbial infection were collected and identified. Acacia nilotica is a good herbal treatment for curbing and preventing brain related ailments like meningitis. It is suited for planting on marginal lands and can survive both drought and flooded conditions. Acacia nilotica is a plant species that is almost ubiquitously found in different parts of the world. Research in animals supports its traditional ayurvedic use against parasitic worms. Antimicrobial activity of some indian medicinal plants. Young pods produce a very pale tint in leather, notably goat hides kano leather. Health henefits of indian gum arabic tree acacia nilotica. It is also a weed of national significance in australia an invasive species of significant concern in australia, as well as a federal noxious weed in the united states. Classification acacia nilotica is a complex species and has number of subspecies.
It also has been found to be a powerful molluscicide and algicide, and the fruits, when added to ponds in sudan, killed snail species which carry schistosomiasis without affecting fish ayoub, 1982. Babool tree uses, dose, side effects, ayurvedic medicines babool tree or babbula acacia nilotica linn. The present study was conducted to screen the pharmacological activity of the ethanol and ethyl acetate extract of acalypha indica and. Disocorides the greek philosopher, physician and father of botany c. In traditional medicine, acacia nilotica is widely used. Names of acacia mellifera in various languages of the world are also given. Phytophages associated with acacia nilotica in pakistan and possibilities of their introduction into australia. Uses, side effects, interactions, dosage, and warning. Asian journal of phytomedicine and clinical research journal home page. Banso a department of science laboratory technology, federal polytechnic bida p. Acacia nilotica, ph ytomedicine, multipurpose plant, dif ferent parts, medicinal. Acacia trees only require moderate watering and are fungus sensitive. The plant is used internally as well as externally.
Acacia nilotica medicinal uses, health benefits and pictures. Numerous acacia species have been used for medicine and as entheogens, as well as for making incense. Acacia nilotica linn, willd ex del is known in india as babul, kikar, babur hindi. Vachellia nilotica is a tree in the family fabaceae. Acacia nilotica is also utilized to treat diabetes and is widely employed against all types of infections. Dubey 2, prashant desai 1, shashi alok 3 and sanjay jain 1.
Phytochemical analysis of bark of acacia nilotica r. Plant details information about acacia nilotica plant. Antimicrobial effects and traditional medicinal uses of some species of terminalia. Traditional medicinal uses and biological activities of some plant. Acacia nilotica lam mimosaceae indigenously known as babul or kikar is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in. In the present study antibacterial activity of different parts of acacia nilotica was studied to evaluate their potential for being used as natural antibacterial agent against various dental infections. It is also a weed of national significance in australia as well as a federal noxious weed in the united states. In ethiopia, acacia nilotica booni is used as a lactogogue increase milk supply. Some common medicinal uses of different parts of a. Inner bark contains 1823% tannin, used for tanning and dyeing leather black. Sprengel were collected from the surrounding areas, identified and authenticated by a taxonomist. Acacia nilotica lam mimosaceae indigenously known as babul or kikar is a proverbial, medium sized tree and is broadly scattered in tropical and subtropical countries. Traditional claims acacia nilotica is a pioneer species, relatively high in bioactive secondary compound and are important for a variety of functions is economically used as a source of tannins, gums, timber, fuel and fodder 31, 32.
Australia as it grows very well even under low water conditions. An ax is used to carve wounds in the stem in late summer augustoctober. The aim of this study was to determine the toxicological effects of a single dose acute and of repeated doses subacute administration of aqueous extract of a. It should be noted that the currently accepted name for the plant is vachellia nilotica.
Regular use of babool datun helps to strengthens gums, teeth and also reduces plaque accumulation and gingival inflammation. Acacia mellifera herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. Studies on antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of. The plant acacia nilotica belongs to family mimosaceae. Acetyleugenol is a phytochemical compound with broad effect against infectious diseases and tumors. How acacia nilotica is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. A survey on ethnomedicinal uses of acacia catechu willd.
Studies on antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of hot. Acacia modesta wall medicinal uses medicinal plants archive. Babool tree uses, dose, side effects, ayurvedic medicines. Acacia nilotica is considered an invasive species in some parts of the world eg.
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