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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
NIACIN not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 10 g/man/day/orl Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL not available Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS not available Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
PTEROSTILBENE not available Duke, 1992 *
PUERARIN 15 mg/kg ivn rat Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE not available Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
QUERCETIN not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN not available Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990.
S-ALLYL-L-CYSTEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-CYSTEINE-SULFOXIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
SILYMARIN 600 mg/man/day Duke, 1992 *
SORBITOL (Insulin-Sparing) 30 g/man/day Martindale's 28th
TOCOPHEROL 600-1,200 mg/day Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VANADIUM ?25-100 ug/man/day? 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
VITAMIN-E 600-1,200 mg/day Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 30 mg/day 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
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Coffea arabica Coffee 6 511, 370
Coix lacryma-jobi Adlay; Adlay Millet; Job'S-Tears; Yi-Yi-Ren 7 1, 802, 460
Cola acuminata Abata Cola 2 31, 456
Colocasia esculenta Taro 7 195, 772.2999997139
Commelina benghalensis Benghal dayflower 1 173, 900
Commiphora myrrha Myrrh; African Myrrh; Herabol Myrrh; Somali Myrrh; Myrrhe (Fr., Ger.); Mirra (Sp. It.) 1 0
Commiphora wightii Guggul; Indian Bdellium-Tree 3 0
Conium maculatum Poison Hemlock; Hemlock; Spotted Hemlock; Fool's Parsley; Carrot Fern; Spotted Parsley 2 276, 000
Consolida ajacis Larkspur 1 0
Convallaria majalis Lily-Of-The-Valley 3 0
Coptis chinensis Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien 4 11, 499
Coptis japonica Huang-Lia; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien; Japanese Goldthread 4 15, 332
Coptis spp Generic Goldthread 4 3, 833
Corchorus olitorius Jew's Mallow; Mulukiya; Nalta Jute 5 349, 146
Coriandrum sativum Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro 15 1, 435, 073.3999977112
Coriaria myrtifolia Mealy Tree 1 0
Coriaria thymifolia Ground Toot; Shanshi 1 0
Cornus florida American Dogwood 3 160, 000
Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry; Sorbet 3 0
Cornus officinalis Chinese Dogwood 5 870