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LLarrea tridentata, Laurus nobilis, Lagerstroemia speciosa,Lactuca sativa , Lupinus , Lavandula multifida, Lygos, Lycium shawii, Lavandula stoechas .

Larrea tridentata

Taxonomy: Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Order : Zygophyllales

Family : Zygophyllaceae

Genus : Larrea

Chemical Constituents:

3,3-didemethoxyverucosin, epi-larreatricin, larreatricin, guaiaretic acid, oleoresin, larrealignan, Alkaloids, Flavonoids, NDGA (Norhydroguiuratic acid), Resins, nurdihydroquaiaretic acid, protein, potassium, sodium, silicon, sulphur.

Part used : Bark.

Refrence:

Chemical constituents:

Isolation of anti-HIV-1 lignans from Larrea tridentata by counter-current chromatography.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/858112

http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Larrea%20tridentata.pdf http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/27/4/769.pdf

Anti-hyperglycemic activity:

Larrea tridentata (Creosote bush), an abundant plant of Mexican and US-American deserts and its metabolite nordihydroguaiaretic acid.

www.ncbi/nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15814253

Masoprocol decreases serum triglyceride concentrations in rats with fructose-induced hypertriglyceridemia.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11016888

Effect of masoprocol on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in a rat model of Type II diabetes.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10027587

Masoprocol (nordihydroguaiaretic acid): a new antihyperglycemic agent isolated from the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata).

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9617755