Published date: Sep 30 2021

Journal Title: Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences

Issue title: Sudan JMS: Volume 16 (2021), Issue No. 3

Pages: 436–453

DOI: 10.18502/sjms.v16i3.9703

Suzy Munir Salamas.salama999@hotmail.comIndigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center, Ghibaish College of Science and Technology, Ghibaish, Sudan

Hammad Ali FadlalmolaNursing College, Taibah University, KSA

Manal Mohammed Abdel HafeezDepartment of Family Education, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA

Samia Ali Mohamed AhmedPolice Hospital Diabetic Center, Khartoum, Sudan

Rafiah Awad MohamedCollege of Family Science and Community Development, International Africa University, Sudan

Nora Mohammed Ali ElattaCollege of Nursing Science, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan

Abdalbasit Adam MariodCollege of Sciences and Arts-Alkamil, University of Jeddah, Alkamil, KSA

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.

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

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