Goat's rue - French lilac - Italian fitch - Spanish sainfoin: gallega officinalis and metformin: the Edinburgh connection

D R Hadden

Goat's rue - French lilac - Italian fitch - Spanish sainfoin: gallega officinalis and metformin: the Edinburgh connection

J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2005 Oct;35(3):258-60.

Author

D R Hadden¹

Affiliation

¹ Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Ireland.

PMID: 16402501

Abstract

The hypoglycaemic drug metformin is derived from galegine, which is naturally found in Goat's rue (gallega officinalis). The plant is spreading northwards in the UK.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Galega*
History, 18th Century
Hypoglycemic Agents / history*
Metformin / history*
Plant Extracts / history*
United Kingdom

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Plant Extracts
Metformin