Acacia(sen) SUPERGUM™ (Gum arabic): An evaluation of potential health benefits in human subjects

Glover, David A.; Ushida, Kazunari; Phillips, Aled Owain; Riley, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2009.06.020

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“…Other effects include reduction in plasma cholesterol level in animals and humans [9], anticarcinogenic effect [10] and anti-oxidant effect [11,12] with a protective role against hepatic and cardiac toxicities. In addition to that, it has been claimed that Gum Arabic alleviates effects of chronic renal failure in humans; however, further studies are needed for confirmation [13-15]. …”

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Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Babiker

Merghani

Elmusharaf

et al. 2012

Nutr J

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BackgroundGum Arabic (acacia Senegal) is a complex polysaccharide indigestible to both humans and animals. It has been considered as a safe dietary fiber by the United States, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the 1970s. Although its effects were extensively studied in animals, there is paucity of data regarding its quantified use in humans. This study was conducted to determine effects of regular Gum Arabic (GA) ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage among healthy adult females.MethodsA two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial was conducted in the Department of Physiology at the Khartoum University. A total of 120 healthy females completed the study. They were divided to two groups: A test group of 60 volunteers receiving GA (30 gm /day) for 6 weeks and a placebo group of 60 volunteers receiving pectin (1 gm/day) for the same period of time. Weight and height were measured before and after intervention using standardized height and weight scales. Skin fold thickness was measured using Harpenden Skin fold caliper. Fat percentage was calculated using Jackson and Pollock 7 caliper method and Siri equation.ResultsPre and post analysis among the study group showed significant reduction in BMI by 0.32 (95% CI: 0.17 to 0.47; P<0.0001) and body fat percentage by 2.18% (95% CI: 1.54 to 2.83; P<0.0001) following regular intake of 30 gm /day Gum Arabic for six weeks. Side effects caused by GA ingestion were experienced only in the first week. They included unfavorable viscous sensation in the mouth, early morning nausea, mild diarrhea and bloating abdomen.ConclusionsGA ingestion causes significant reduction in BMI and body fat percentage among healthy adult females. The effect could be exploited in the treatment of obesity.

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Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Babiker

Merghani

Elmusharaf

et al. 2012

Nutr J

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“…Additionally, recent studies have highlighted GA antioxidant properties (Trommer & Neubert, 2005;Ali & Al Moundhri, 2006;Hinson et al, 2004), its role in the metabolism of lipids (Tiss et al, 2001, Evans et al, 1992, its positive results when being used in treatments for several degenerative diseases such as kidney failure (Matsumoto et al, 2006;Bliss et al, 1996;Ali et al, 2008), cardiovascular (Glover et al, 2009) and gastrointestinal (Wapnir et al, 2008;Rehman et al, 2003).…”

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Gum Arabic: More Than an Edible Emulsifier

Montenegro¹,

Boiero²,

Valle³

et al. 2012

Products and Applications of Biopolymers

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“…As a result of wheat germ supplement applied for 20 days, the colon pH was significantly reduced, just as a strong decrease could be observed in the number of the clostridium population, whereas the amount of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria has significantly increased, indicating a considerable improvement in the quality of life of individuals consuming such products (Matteuzzi et al, 2004). Glover et al (2009) established that gum arabic has a beneficial effect on individuals' suffering from systolic blood pressure and diabetic renal failure. Phillips and Phillips (2011) found that administering 25 g of gum arabic preparations throughout a period of 8-12 weeks was highly beneficial to the condition of diabetic patients and significantly reduced systolic blood pressure.…”

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Production of prebiotics via reactions involving lactose as well as malic acid and citric acid

Csapó

Kiss

Albert

2018

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Alimentaria

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Prebiotics are such indigestible food ingredients that enter the colon and serve as nutrient for bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Since fibres and oligosaccharides are the typical prebiotics, we produced prebiotics in our experiments with the reaction of lactose and malic acid as well as citric acid, where these reactions made use of an appropriate concentration of these substances, had an adequate duration, and were carried out under optimal temperature conditions. We determined the optimal parameters of the reaction, measured the loss of the starting materials as well as the increase in concentration of the end-product, and analysed the total sugar content of the hydrolysed prebiotics after hydrolysis by hydrochloric acid. In vitro experiments were performed to demonstrate our end-product’s resistance to carbohydrate-degrading enzymes, which is a fundamental requirement for a prebiotic so that upon reaching the colon it can serve as nutrient for the probiotic bacteria found there.

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Acacia(sen) SUPERGUM™ (Gum arabic): An evaluation of potential health benefits in human subjects

Cited by 54 publications

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Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Gum Arabic: More Than an Edible Emulsifier

Production of prebiotics via reactions involving lactose as well as malic acid and citric acid

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