Acacia Catechu Wood Bark Extract

The chief constituent are constituents of the heartwood are catechin and epicatechin.

Acacia catechu wood bark extract.

The khadira tree grows up to 12 m tall and comes with beautiful feather like leaves and a greyish brown bark. Bark of cutch tree is astringent anti inflammatory anti viral anti fungal anti cancer and anti cardiovascular in nature. Acacia catechu is highly valuable for its powerful astringent and antioxidant properties. 1890 defined catechu as an extract prepared from the wood of acacia catechu linné fil willdenow fam.

Leguminosae acacia catechu is a small tree seldom more than twelve feet in height with a trunk one foot in diameter dividing towards the top into many close branches and covered with a thick rough brown bark. The heartwood extract of a. The leaves shoots and wood are used to make medicine. Catechu called pale catechu or katha in hindi is a necessary ingredient of pan which is beetle leaf preparation chewed in india.

This is probably the reason why the catechu extract is used for dyeing silk cotton canvas paper and leather to a dark brownish colour. Acacia catechu extract is derived from heartwood of acacia catechu a member of leguminoseae family. J med food 2007 10 442 51. A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5 lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation.