|  Acacia catechu or khadir is a deciduous tree with a light feathery crown and dark brown, glabrous, slender, thorny, shining branchlets, usually crooked. Bark dark brown or dark grey, brown or red inside, nearly 12-15 mm in thickness, rough, exfoliating in long narrow rectangular flakes which often remain hanging.Blaze are very hard, color brown and then deep pink. Branchlets armed with pseudo-stipular spines in pairs below the petioles. Pods are 10-15 cm by 2-3 cm, thin, straight, flat, glabrous dark-brown and shining when mature. Seeds are 3-8, about 5 mm in diameter.
This herb is one of the best known herbs that is extensively used in skin rated problems. Ayurvedic formulations that are made for skin related a problem always has this herb in them. Khadir is also used to enhance healing of the wounds and injuries. Khadir is widely used in cosmetics due to its fairness enhancing activities.
- Beneficial in all kinds of skin related problems
- It is very effective in skin allergies
- It works as spasmolytic agent
- Khadir has wonderful results as an Anti-anginal agent
- Anti-ulcer
- Anti-hepatoxic
- Anti-microbial
- Anti-viral
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-carcinogenic
- Decrease capillary permeability and fragility
- Increase intracellular concentration of Vitamin C or ascorbic acid
- Free radical scavenging
- Inhibition of collagen destruction
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Serving size: 2 Vegi caps
Servings per container: 30
Each 500 mg capsule contains: Khadir
Dosage: 1-2 Capsules two times a day after meal or or as directed by your health practitioner.
Khadir ( Acacia catechu) has a small sized tree. The young parts are dark brown or purple and glabrous. Leaves are 2 and pinnate. The main rachis is pubescent. Glands are there in between most of the pairs and a large one is there in the middle of the petiole. The pinnate is 10 to 30 and leaflets are 30 to 50 each. The stipular spine is short and hooked with a broad base. The calyx is campanulate with hairy outer. Corolla is 2 to 3 times larger than the corolla. Pods are stalked flat, thin and shining with a beak at the apex.
Research I - The effects of gum Arabic oral treatment on the metabolic profile of chronic renal failure patients under regular haemodialysis in Central Sudan.
By Ali AA, Ali KE, Fadlalla AE, Khalid KE.
The research was carried out at Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan. This study meant at evaluating the effect of gum Arabic (Acacia senegal) oral treatment on the metabolic profile of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. A total of 36 CRF patients (under regular haemo-dialysis) and ten normal subjects participated in this study. The patients were arbitrarily allocated into three groups-group A: 12 CRF patients under low-protein diet (LPD) (<40 g day(-1)) and gum Arabic (50 g day(-1)) treatment; group B: 14 CRF patients under LPD or low-protein diet and gum Arabic, iron (ferrous sulphate, 200 mg day(-1)) and folic acid (5 mg day(-1)) treatment; group C (control group): 10 CRF patients under LPD and iron and folic acid treatment and group D: 10 normal volunteers (on normal diet) under daily dose of 50 gram gum Arabic. Each of the above treatments was continued for three successive months. Blood samples were collected from each subject before treatment and twice per month "pre-dialysis" for 90 days. Biochemical limitation measured was: serum urea, serum creatinine, serum uric acid, serum calcium and serum phosphorus. By the end of the 90 days of treatment, serum urea levels considerably decreased by 31.2 and 44.18 percent for group A and B, respectively, compared with the baseline (0.01 < p < 0.001) and control group (p < 0.05). Serum creatinine levels significantly decreased in the groups of gum users (A, B and D) by 9.94, 12.65 and 11.7 percent, correspondingly, compared with the control group (p < 0.001). There was a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in serum uric acid levels by 14 and 19.9 percent for group A and B, respectively, compared with the baseline. Serum calcium levels increased by 12.64, 15.75 and 8.75 percent for group A, B and D, respectively, and these increases were considerably different (0.05 < p < 0.001) from baseline and control group for groups A and B. Serum phosphorus levels significantly decreased by 22.54 percent for group A, 17.69 percent for group B and 7.71 percent for group D, compared with the baseline (0.05 < p < 0.001). From this study, we establish that oral administration of gum Arabic could credibly alleviate adverse effects of CRF or chronic renal failure.
Research II – Re-mineralization effects of gum Arabic on caries-like enamel lesions.
By Onishi T, Umemura S, Yanagawa M, Matsumura M, Sasaki Y, Ogasawara T, Ooshima T.
The research was carried at Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Objective: Gum Arabic is natural polysaccharide exudates from Acacia senegal and other connected African species of Acacia. Gum Arabic is considered to have an capability to enhance re-mineralization, because of its high concentration of Ca (2+). However, the caries precautionary capacity of gum Arabic has been scarcely investigated. We evaluated the cariostatic activities of gum Arabic using histo-pathological methods to decide its effects on re-mineralization.
Design: Following incubation in demineralization solution, human third molars were exposed to 10 mg/ml of gum Arabic, sodium fluoride at 1000ppm (NaF), or double distilled water (DW, negative control), then subjected to demineralization-re-mineralization cycles. Before and after demineralization re-mineralization cycles, contact microradiographs of each sample were taken and mineral distribution quantities were considered.
Results: The re-mineralization ratio of the molars exposed to gum arabic was comparable to that of those exposed to NaF, while the ratios of both were considerably greater than that of those exposed to DW.
Conclusions: Gum Arabic enhanced the re-mineralization of caries-like enamel lesions in vitro, suggestive of its inhibitory effects towards dental caries.
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