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Casearia esculenta
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Saptarangi |
Saptarangi |
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A shrub or a tree with a pale
yellow bark.
The root and the root bark are extensively used in the
indigenous system of medicine as an anti diabetic due to
their hypoglycemic activity. The roots are especially
efficacious in milder chronic diabetic cases. The root
contains leucopelargonidin, arabinose, dulcitol. ß-sitosterol
and another sterol, and two resinous substances having
hypoglycemic activity have also been reported.
Used in Diabecon (GlucoCare).
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