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Biological Activity Hypoglycemic

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
Raphanus sativus Radish 5 22, 391.140000000596
Rauvolfia vomitoria African Snakeroot 1 0
Rehmannia glutinosa Chinese Foxglove 2 24
Rhamnus cathartica Buckthorn; European Buckthorn 2 0
Rheum officinale Chinese Rhubarb 2 3, 437.5
Rheum palmatum Chinese Rhubarb 2 46
Rheum rhabarbarum Rhubarb 6 4, 539.10000000149
Rhizophora mangle Red Mangrove 2 300
Rhododendron dauricum Chinese Alpenrose 4 0
Rhododendron ferrugineum Rusty-Leaved Alpenrose 1 0
Rhododendron ponticum Pontic Alpenrose 6 0
Rhodymenia palmata Dulse 4 184
Rhus copallina Dwarf Sumac; Winged Sumac 3 2, 809.54000043869
Rhus coriaria Sicilian Sumac; Sumac; Tanner's Sumac 3 0
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 2 144.05000019073486
Rhus toxicodendron Poison Ivy 2 0
Ribes nigrum Black Currant 10 10, 104.270000010729
Ribes rubrum Red Currant; White Currant 6 21, 150.25
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry 7 2, 494.079999998212
Ricinus communis Castorbean 5 13