A REVIEW ON PHYTOCHEMICAL, MEDICINAL AND TRADITIONAL USES OF ACACIA SPECIES Authors: Patel V And Giri Sg*
ABSTRACT
Acacia species are widely known for their medicinal and traditional properties also used as
alternatives against conventional medicines. The bioactive compounds and herbal extracts
can be utilized to develop novel drugs against pathogenic organisms and to cure disease.
Phytochemical present in different parts of plant are of great interest used by pharmaceuticals
which have commercialized value. There is an increased demand of such chemicals to reenhance
drugs throughout world. Sustainability of such medicinal plants against scientific
medicine is catching scientist eyeball to implement such therapeutics for developing nations.
Tannins, Glycosides, Saponins, Flavonoids and various other phytochemicals are already
used to treat medical ailments. The current review work describes phytochemical
constituents, traditional and medicinal uses of plants belonging to genus acacia.
Keywords: Genus Acacia, Phytochemical, Anti-cancer, Hepatoprotective, Type-2
diabetes, Anti-crustacean, Antivenin, Antimalarial Publication date: 01/04/21 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2021/April/MS_IJBPAS_2021_5431.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.4.5431