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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
Artemisia annua Qinghao; Sweet Annie; Annual Mugwort (GRIN); Annual Wormwood (GRIN); Sweet Wormwood (GRIN) 4 0
Artemisia capillaris Capillary Wormwood 3 37
Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon 10 1, 111
Artemisia herba-alba Desert Wormwood 1 0
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort 8 106, 097
Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit 5 4, 108.5
Artocarpus heterophyllus Jackfruit 4 457
Arundo donax Giant Reed 1 0
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 1 0
Asclepias syriaca Milkweed 1 0
Asiasarum heterotropoides Asian Wild Ginger 1 248
Asiasarum sieboldii Siebold's Wild Ginger 1 248
Asimina triloba Pawpaw 4 1, 540
Aspalathus linearis Rooibos; Kaffree Tea; Red Bush Tea 3 282, 386.39999985695
Asparagus lucidus Lucid Asparagus 2 10
Asparagus officinalis Asparagus 9 14, 470.199999988079
Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Quebracho 1 0
Astragalus membranaceus Huang-Chi; Huang Qi 8 1.600000023841858
Astrocaryum vulgare Awarra Palm; Tucum Palm; Tucuma Palm; Tucuma 1 3, 132, 400
Atractylodes lancea Cang Zhu 1 39