Overview
Baobab is consumed as a food. It is also used for malnutrition, asthma, and to repel mosquitos, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
How does it work ?
Uses & Effectiveness ?
Insufficient Evidence for
- Asthma.
- Constipation.
- Diabetes.
- Diarrhea.
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis).
- A condition caused by poor diet or the body's inability to absorb nutrients.
- Mosquito repellant.
- Pain.
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
- Other conditions.
Side Effects
When applied to the skin: There isn't enough reliable information to know if baobab is safe or what the side effects might be.
Special Precautions and Warnings
Interactions ?
We currently have no information for BAOBAB overview.
Dosing
Agency response letter GRAS notice No. GRN 000273. US Food and Drug Administration, July 25, 2009. Available at: www.fda.gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/GenerallyRecognizedasSafe GRAS/GRASListings/ucm174945.htm (Accessed 29 July 2011).
Anani K, Hudson JB, de Souza C, et al. Investigation of medicinal plants of Togo for antiviral and antimicrobial activities. Pharm Biol 2000;38:40-5. View abstract.
Chadare FJ, Linnemann AR, Hounhouigan JD, et al. Baobab food products: a review on their composition and nutritional value. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2009;49:254-74. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. A biomechanical perspective on the role of large stem volume and high water content in baobab trees (Adansonia spp.; Bombacaceae). Am J Bot 2006;93:1251-64. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. Baobab trees (Adansonia) in Madagascar use stored water to flush new leaves but not to support stomatal opening before the rainy season. New Phytol 2006;169:549-59. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. Water relations of baobab trees (Adansonia spp. L.) during the rainy season: does stem water buffer daily water deficits? Plant Cell Environ 2006;29:1021-32. View abstract.
Hudson JB, Anani K, Lee MK, et al. Further investigations on the antiviral activities of medicinal plants of Togo. Pharm Biol 2000;38:46-50. View abstract.
Krishnappa K, Elumalai K, Dhanasekaran S, Gokulakrishnan J. Larvicidal and repellent properties of Adansonia digitata against medically important human malarial vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae). J Vector Borne Dis 2012;49:86-90. View abstract.
Mulaudzi RB, Ndhlala AR, Kulkarni MG, et al. Antimicrobial properties and phenolic contents of medicinal plants used by the Venda people for conditions related to venereal diseases. J Ethnopharmacol 2011;135:330-7. View abstract.
Osman MA. Chemical and nutrient analysis of baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruit and seed protein solubility. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 2004;59:29-33. View abstract.
Prentice A, Laskey MA, Shaw J, et al. The calcium and phosphorus intakes of rural Gambian women during pregnancy and lactation. Br J Nutr 1993;69:885-96. View abstract.
Sena LP, Vanderjagt DJ, Rivera C, et al. Analysis of nutritional components of eight famine foods of the Republic of Niger. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 1998;52:17-30. View abstract.
Agency response letter GRAS notice No. GRN 000273. US Food and Drug Administration, July 25, 2009. Available at: www.fda.gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/GenerallyRecognizedasSafe GRAS/GRASListings/ucm174945.htm (Accessed 29 July 2011).
Anani K, Hudson JB, de Souza C, et al. Investigation of medicinal plants of Togo for antiviral and antimicrobial activities. Pharm Biol 2000;38:40-5. View abstract.
Chadare FJ, Linnemann AR, Hounhouigan JD, et al. Baobab food products: a review on their composition and nutritional value. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2009;49:254-74. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. A biomechanical perspective on the role of large stem volume and high water content in baobab trees (Adansonia spp.; Bombacaceae). Am J Bot 2006;93:1251-64. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. Baobab trees (Adansonia) in Madagascar use stored water to flush new leaves but not to support stomatal opening before the rainy season. New Phytol 2006;169:549-59. View abstract.
Chapotin SM, Razanameharizaka JH, Holbrook NM. Water relations of baobab trees (Adansonia spp. L.) during the rainy season: does stem water buffer daily water deficits? Plant Cell Environ 2006;29:1021-32. View abstract.
Ebaid H, Bashandy SAE, Alhazza IM, Hassan I, Al-Tamimi J. Efficacy of a methanolic extract of Adansonia digitata leaf in alleviating hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and oxidative stress of diabetic rats. Biomed Res Int 2019;2019:2835152. doi: 10.1155/2019/2835152. eCollection 2019. View abstract.
Hudson JB, Anani K, Lee MK, et al. Further investigations on the antiviral activities of medicinal plants of Togo. Pharm Biol 2000;38:46-50. View abstract.
Krishnappa K, Elumalai K, Dhanasekaran S, Gokulakrishnan J. Larvicidal and repellent properties of Adansonia digitata against medically important human malarial vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae). J Vector Borne Dis 2012;49:86-90. View abstract.
Martini M, Mistrello G, Amato S, et al. Anaphylaxis to baobab fruit: the paradox of "natural healthy food". Eur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol 2019;51(6):282-4. doi: 10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.91. View abstract.
Mulaudzi RB, Ndhlala AR, Kulkarni MG, et al. Antimicrobial properties and phenolic contents of medicinal plants used by the Venda people for conditions related to venereal diseases. J Ethnopharmacol 2011;135:330-7. View abstract.
Osman MA. Chemical and nutrient analysis of baobab (Adansonia digitata) fruit and seed protein solubility. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 2004;59:29-33. View abstract.
Owoyele BV, Bakare AO. Analgesic properties of aqueous bark extract of Adansonia digitata in Wistar rats. Biomed Pharmacother 2018;97:209-12. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.10.079. View abstract.
Prentice A, Laskey MA, Shaw J, et al. The calcium and phosphorus intakes of rural Gambian women during pregnancy and lactation. Br J Nutr 1993;69:885-96. View abstract.
Sena LP, Vanderjagt DJ, Rivera C, et al. Analysis of nutritional components of eight famine foods of the Republic of Niger. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 1998;52:17-30. View abstract.
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