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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
Dictamnus albus Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu 2 0
Digitalis lanata Grecian Foxglove 1 1, 000
Digitalis purpurea Purple Foxglove 2 0
Dioscorea alata Greater Yam; Winged Yam 7 113, 143.39999961853
Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato; Potato Yam 5 193, 596
Dioscorea pentaphylla Mountain Yam 4 25, 206
Dioscorea sp. Wild Yam 7 28, 034
Dioscorea villosa Wild Yam 6 2, 270
Diospyros digyna Black Sapote; Sapote Negro 2 18, 680
Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon 9 59, 858.7800000906
Dipsacus fullonum not available 1 0
Dodonaea viscosa Hopwood 2 0
Drimys winteri Winter's Bark 1 0
Drynaria fortunei Fortune's Fern 4 4, 245
Duboisia myoporoides Corkwood Tree; Pituri 1 20
Duchesnea indica False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry 2 4.800000071525574
Durio zibethinus Durian 3 86, 307
Echinacea angustifolia Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower 3 270, 000
Echinacea pallida Echinacea; Pale-Flower Echinacea; Pale Purple-Coneflower 1 0
Echinacea purpurea Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower 9 518, 394.6000019312