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AAcacia pycnantha, Aralia, Astragalus lentiginosus, Aloe vera, Acosmium, Ajuga reptans, Artemisia, Afra, Annona, Areca catechu, Abies guantemalensis, Apocynum, Allium validum, Acer floridanum, Achillea millefolium, Aerca lanata, Acanthus jus, Azorella

Abies

Taxonomy:

Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Pinophyta

Class : Pinopsida

Order : Pinales

Family : Pinaceace

Genus : Abies

Chemical Constituents:

Terpenoids, flavonoids, lignans, phenols, steroids, Essential oils - borneol (27.9%), alpha-pinene (23.2%), beta-pinene (5.8%), terpinene-4-ol (3.8%), bornyl acetate (3.4%) and alpha-terpineol (3.1%).

Part used : Whole plant.

Refrences:

Chemical constituents:

Phytochemical and biological studies of Abies species.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205127
Chemical composition and antibacterial activities of the essential oil from Abies koreana.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17639558

Anti hypoglycemic activity

Contemporary use of bark for medicine by two Salishan native elders of southeast Vancouver Island, Canada.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2345461
The effect of medicinal plants of Islamabad and Murree region of Pakistan on insulin secretion from INS-1 cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14750205