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Biological Activity Antidiabetic

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List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN 30 mg/kg rat Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXY-4,4,10,13-TETRAMETHYL-17-(4-METHYL-PENTYL)-HEXADECAHYDRO-CYCLOPENTA[A]PHENANTHREN-3-ONE not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-BENZOLINONE not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
ALLICIN not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALLIIN 200 mg/kg LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL not available Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
AMELLIN not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS not available Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANOSIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID not available Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
BERBERINE-CHLORIDE IC100=14 nM Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE-IODIDE IC100=33 nM Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE-SULFATE IC100=13.5 nM Duke, 1992 *
BOLDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CASTANOSPERMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHARANTIN not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CHIKUSETSUSAPONIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 200-1,000 ug Duke, 1992 *
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Viscum album European Mistletoe 5 11, 033
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 1 280, 000
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 21 373, 243.0799999237
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 4 0
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 6 724, 036.8000011444
Xylopia aethiopica Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.) 1 0
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 7 450, 574.40000009537
Zea mays Corn 17 106, 659
Zingiber officinale Ginger 11 349, 048.19999849796
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 11 1, 630, 809
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 2 371