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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
Solanum tuberosum Potato 14 115, 927.39999997616
Solidago gigantea Early Goldenrod 3 35
Solidago virgaurea European Goldenrod; Woundwort 4 0
Sonchus oleraceus Cerraja; Sow Thistle 3 1, 486
Sophora angustifolia Narrowleaf Sophora 1 42
Sophora japonica Japanese Pagoda Tree 3 470
Sophora pachycarpa Siberian Pachycarpa 2 0
Sophora secundiflora Mescal Bean 1 0
Sophora subprostrata Shan Dou Gen 1 14
Sorbus aucubaria Rowan Berry 10 12, 725.189999997616
Spartium junceum Genet; Spanish Broom; Weaver's Broom 2 0
Spinacia oleracea Spinach 10 13, 436.220003038645
Spirulina pratensis Spirulina 2 160
Spirulina spp. Spirulina 4 181
Spondias dulcis Ambarella 4 100, 456.20000004768
Spondias mombin Yellow Mombin; Yellow Plum 2 3, 464
Spondias pinnata Yellow Mombin; Yellow Plum 2 4, 392
Spondias purpurea Purple Jobo; Purple Plum 2 4, 134
Spondias tuberosa Imbu; Umbu 1 1.899999976158142
Stachys officinalis Betony; Wood Betony; Bishop's-Wort; Purple Betony 5 111.59999990463257