Monday, January 18, 2010

Sustainable Agro-Forestry For Africa


Wild Harvest Pharma is harvester, processor, marketing and distribution broker based in The Gambia, West Africa. The company specialises in providing intermediate agro-forestry commodities to international manufacturers of finished products.


The objective of Wild Harvest Pharma is to provide a certified source for quality controlled Baobab commodities for use by the international functional food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, botanical and health supplement industries.


Wild Harvest Pharma mission is to promote and develop sustainable agro-forestry in The Gambia for the mutual benefit of its people and its biodiversity. Our triple bottom line goal is promoting environmental, social and financial sustainability by providing new opportunities for rural communities to earn additional income.

Baobab As An Anti-Inflammatory


Baobab as a Super Food contains Sterols saponins and triterpenes. Studies were carried out in the laboratory showed that doses between 400 and 800 mg/kg determine a marked anti-inflammatory effect.


Administration of 800 mg/kg of extract to mice also showed the appearance of a painkilling and febrifugal activity comparable with use of 50 mg/kg of acetylsalicylic acid taken orally.