galega officinalis การใช้

• The species " Galega officinalis " and " Galega orientalis " are familiar in cultivation.
• Georges Tanret identified an alkaloid ( galegine ) from " Galega officinalis " that was evaluated in clinical trials in patients with diabetes in the 1920s and 1930s.
• French diabetologist Jean Sterne studied the antihyperglycemic properties of galegine, an alkaloid isolated from " Galega officinalis ", which is related in structure to metformin and had seen brief use as an antidiabetic before the synthalins were developed.