Parts used
We are wholesale suppliers and exporters of :-
Acacia Gum,
Acacia Bark
Description
A medium sized tree with a short, usually attaining a height of 15 m bark
almost black, to dark brown, deeply cracked, or longitudinally, fissured;
leaves bipinnate, with spinscent stipulates 2.5-5.0 cm long. Flowers crowded
in long-peduncled globose heads, forming axillary clusters of 2-5 heads,
fragrant, golden-yellow. Pods white, flat containing 8-12 seeds, 7.5-15.0 cm
long.
Chemical constituents
Acacia
Bark yeilds several polyphenolic compounds, catechin, epicatechin,
cpigallocatechin, quercetin, gallic acid, leucocyanidin gallate, sucrose and
tannin, GUM: contains galactose, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose and its
derivatives, along with four aldobiouronic acids.
Cosmetic Uses
Gum Acacia is a demulcent and serves by the viscidity of its solution to
cover and sheathe inflamed surfaces. 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
The British Pharmacopoeia directs it to be used as an excipient in the
preparation of troches. Compound Mucilage of Acacia - Pill-coating Acacia -
is made from Gum Acacia, 1 in 10, with tragacanth, chloroform and water, and
is used for moistening pills previous to coating. Gum Acacia is an
ingredient of the official Pilula Ferri, Pulvis Amygdalae compositus, Pulvis
Tragacanthae compositus, all the official Trochisci, and various syrups,
pastes and pastilles or jujubes.
