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Garcinia kola

Taxonomy: Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Order : Theales

, Family : Clusiaceae

Genus : Garcinia

Species : G. kola

Chemical Composition:

Plant contains Flavonoids,biflavonoid (natural antioxidant),1-3, 8-11 benzophenones, Garcinia biflavonones (GB-1,GB-2) and kolaflavonone,Apigenin (60% of the total flavonoid)

Part used : Seeds

Refrence:

Chemical constituents:

Antidiabetic and aldose reductase activities of biflavanones of Garcinia kola. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1974302

Anti-hyperglycemic activity:

Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of fractions from kolaviron, a biflavonoid complex from Garcinia Kola in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus rats.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16393472