Article Sidebar
Published:
Nov 4, 2021Article Details
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal.
This content is freely available and published under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Main Article Content
Effectiveness of Gum Arabic in Diabetes and its Complications: A Narrative Review
Suzy Munir Salama
Hammad Ali Fadlalmola
Manal Mohammed Abdel Hafeez
Samia Ali Mohamed Ahmed
Rafiah Awad Mohamed
Nora Mohammed Ali Elatta
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
Abstract
Gum Arabic (GA) is a gummy exudation from Acacia species, rich in soluble fibers. It is a dietary fiber used traditionally by the natives of many countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, and India as therapeutic natural product for treating various diseases including kidney diseases, impotence, obesity, and epilepsy. Diabetes represent a global health problem causing many complications and health risk to people of different ages. The current study aimed at identifying the role of Gum Arabic in treating diseases especially diabetes. Many studies have been conducted on the role of Gum Arabic in experimentally induced diabetes as well as randomized clinical studies. This narrative review was written based on a database search in common libraries such as PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus. The libraries were searched for English articles published between 1995 and 2020 focusing on the role of Gum Arabic in different preclinical and clinical trials of early and advanced level of diabetes.
