Traditional Knowledge, Phytochemistry, and Biological Properties of Vachellia tortilis .
Douae TahaSouad El HajjajiYassine MourabitAbdelhakim BouyahyaLearn-Han LeeNaoual El MenyiyAanniz TarikTaoufiq BenaliHamza El MouddenMonica GalloNaima IbaIlhame BouraisPublished in: Plants (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Vachellia tortilis is a medicinal plant of the Fabaceae family, widely distributed in arid and semi-arid regions of North, East and Southern Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. In traditional medicine. It's commonly used to treat certain ailments, including diabetes, asthma, hepatitis and burns. Different scientific search databases were used to obtain data on V. tortilis , notably Google Scholar, Scopus, Wiley Online, Scifinder, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, and PubMed. The knowledge of V. tortilis was organized based on ethnomedicinal use, phytochemistry, and pharmacological investigations. Phytochemical studies revealed the presence of a variety of phytocompounds, including fatty acids, monosaccharides, flavonoids, chalcones, and alcohols. Essential oils and organic extracts prepared from V. tortilis showed several biological properties, specifically antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antioxidant, antiproliferative, anti-diabetic, and anti-inflammatory effects. Antimicrobial and antiparasitic activities are due to the disturbance of cellular membranes and ultra-structural changes triggered by V. tortilis phytochemicals. While physiological and molecular processes such as apoptosis induction, preventing cell proliferation, and inflammatory mediators are responsible for the anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory activities. However, further investigations concerning pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics should be carried out to validate their clinical applications.
Keyphrases
- anti inflammatory
- type diabetes
- oxidative stress
- cell proliferation
- wound healing
- healthcare
- fatty acid
- cardiovascular disease
- big data
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- public health
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- staphylococcus aureus
- glycemic control
- candida albicans
- cell death
- social media
- electronic health record
- cell cycle arrest
- pi k akt
- health information
- adipose tissue
- air pollution
- water soluble
- weight loss