Acacia Catechu Wood Extract

The leaves shoots and wood are used to make medicine.

Acacia catechu wood extract.

It can be used. A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5 lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation. The acacia catechu can be used alone or in combination as a dyeing base. Kattha catechu an extract of its heartwood is used as an ingredient to give red color and typical flavor to paan.

Specifically the drug used which is commercially available in the form of powder is the decoction of concentrated wood in paste and subsequently dried and then pulverized. A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5 lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation. The wood extracts are used for tanning and dying khaki. In ayurveda katha is used in the treatment of cough dysentery throat infections chronic ulcers and wounds.

J med food 2007 10 442 51. Ecology acacia catechu occurs naturally in mixed deciduous forests and savannas of lower mountains and hills. Catechu catechu ˈkætɪʃuː or ˈkætɪtʃuː is an extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive astringent tannin and dye. Catechu called pale catechu or katha in hindi is a necessary ingredient of pan which is beetle leaf preparation chewed in india.

Acacia catechu extract is derived from heartwood of the tree and is known to contain catechins which have wide range of therapeutic actions catechu is an herb. The wood being hard is used for making rice pestles ploughs handles for knife and rollers for crushing sugar cane and oil seeds. The heartwood extract of a. Paan is an indian and southeast asian tradition of chewing betel leaf piper betle with areca nut and slaked lime paste.