Acacia Catechu Wood Extract

It can be used.

Acacia catechu wood extract.

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. The wood being hard is used for making rice pestles ploughs handles for knife and rollers for crushing sugar cane and oil seeds. Paan is an indian and southeast asian tradition of chewing betel leaf piper betle with areca nut and slaked lime paste.

A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5 lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation. Catechu catechu ˈkætɪʃuː or ˈkætɪtʃuː is an extract of acacia trees used variously as a food additive astringent tannin and dye. A medicinal extract of scutellaria baicalensis and acacia catechu acts as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and 5 lipoxygenase to reduce inflammation. J med food 2007 10 442 51.

J med food 2007 10 442 51. The heartwood extract of a. Acacia catechu is generally used to add darker tones to henna. 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.

Ecology acacia catechu occurs naturally in mixed deciduous forests and savannas of lower mountains and hills. 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. Kattha catechu an extract of its heartwood is used as an ingredient to give red color and typical flavor to paan.