Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Nutritional Fact of Acacia nilotica

Acacia is a genus of Fabaceae. This genus has about 20 species in the world that Acacia Nilotica is one species of the genus Acacia. Acacia Nilotica is one of around 130 African Acacia species. This plant is commonly recognized as a single, extremely variable species and divided into nine subspecies. Acacia Nilotica is a standard sized tree and is generally grown in tropical and subtropical area. Dissimilar species of this plant grow in Asia, Australia, Africa and America. Other names of Acacia Nilotica is “Kikar”, “Acacia Arabica”, “Babhul” and “Babool”.6 Acacia Nilotica is a plant with an umbrella formed crown with low branches, which are often scattered. It grows to a height of 3 to 5 meters. Acacia Nilotica has wide-ranging of therapeutic uses. In traditional medicine, Acacia Nilotica is widely used. This plant has anti-microbial, anti-plasmodial and antioxidant activity and used for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus and cancer.7 It is useful for treatment of venereal diseases, nausea, burns and wounds, stomachache and diarrhea.7,8 Boiled leaf extract used for curing chest pain or pneumonia, powerlessness and chest illnesses, fever, malaria, headache, coughs, painful joints, backache, stomach ulcers are among many other medicinal uses of this plant. (Ref Roozbeh N, Darvish L. Acacia Nilotica: New Plant for Help in Pelvic Organ Prolapse. J Menopausal Med. 2016;22(3):129-130. doi:10.6118/jmm.2016.22.3.129)
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