Acacia Nilotica as a potential remedy for obesity | ||
| Records of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences | ||
| Volume 8, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 142-146 PDF (405.55 K) | ||
| Document Type: Mini-reviews | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/rpbs.2024.309529.1314 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ola Ael Shalaby* 1; Ahmed Ramadan Hassan1; Eman T. Mehanna2 | ||
| 1Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya, 11753, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Obesity and its associated complications are reaching epidemic proportions worldwide. Obesity is closely linked with the development of serious chronic diseases, mainly type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and several malignancies. Acacia nilotica is an important ornamental and medicinal plant of tropical and sub-tropical regions that belongs to family Fabaceae of genus Acacia. An exhaustive survey of literature has revealed that tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, fatty acids and polysaccharides (gums) constitute major classes of phytoconstituents of A. nilotica. Previous studies revealed significant anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiarrheal, antihypertensive and antispasmodic, antibacterial, anthelmintic, antiplatelet aggregator and anticancer activities. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Obesity; Acacia nilotica; chemical constituents | ||
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