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Biological Activity Hypoglycemic

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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
CATHARANTHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CHARANTIN 50 mg/kg/orl/rbt Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
CHLOROGENIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 200-1,000 ug 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
CINNAMALDEHYDE not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
COIXAN-A ED50=10-30 Duke, 1992 *
COIXAN-B ED50=30-100 Duke, 1992 *
COIXAN-C ED50=>100 Duke, 1992 *
CONVALLAMARIN not available Duke, 1992 *
CORONARIDINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
COUMARIN 250-1,000 mg/kg orl Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165
DAUCOSTEROL not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 158.
DIALLYL-DISULFIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-TRISULFIDE not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSCORETINE 20-100 mg/kg Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMIN not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPHENYLAMINE 10 mg/kg orl rbt Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
EBURNAMOMINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEUTHERAN not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRAN not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Psoralea esculenta Indian Bread-Root; Prairie Apple; Prairie Potato; Indian Turnip; Breadroot; Prairie Turnip 2 4, 824
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken; Bracken Fern 1 0
Pterocarpus marsupium Indian Kino; Malabar Kino; bijasal 3 0
Pterocarpus santalinus Red Saunders 2 0
Ptychopetalum olacoides Muira Puama 3 0
Pueraria montana Kudzu; Kudsu 5 101, 188
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Chinese Kudzu 2 5
Pulsatilla chinensis Chinese Anemone 2 119
Punica granatum Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.) 12 597, 516
Pyrus communis Pear 10 40, 290.66000020504
Quararibea cordata Chupa-Chupa; Sapote 2 1, 382
Quassia amara Bitterwood; Quassia 1 0
Quercus alba White Oak 9 3, 959.4399994015694
Quercus infectoria Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak 1 0
Quercus phellos Willow Oak 1 0.08399999886751175
Quercus robur English Oak 3 0
Quercus rubra Northern Red Oak 4 3, 309.440000075847
Quercus stellata Post Oak 2 1, 681.679999947548
Quercus velutina Black Oak 5 1, 986.660000026226
Quisqualis indica Rangoon Creeper 2 33