Effectiveness of Gum Arabic in Diabetes and its Complications: A Narrative Review

Hammad Ali  Fadlalmola; Suzy Munir  Salama; Manal Mohammed  Abdel Hafeez; Samia Ali Mohamed  Ahmed; Rafiah Awad  Mohamed; Nora Mohammed Ali  Elatta; Abdalbasit Adam  Mariod

doi:10.52981/sjms.v16i3.2549

Hammad Ali Fadlalmola
Suzy Munir Salama Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center, Ghibaish College of Science and Technology, Ghibaish, Sudan
Manal Mohammed Abdel Hafeez
Samia Ali Mohamed Ahmed
Rafiah Awad Mohamed
Nora Mohammed Ali Elatta
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52981/sjms.v16i3.2549

Keywords: Gum Arabic, diabetes,, animals, human, nanoparticles

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.