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Lagerstromeia speciosa (Lythraceae)

Local name: BANABA (Philippines)
Locally used for antidiabetic.

ミソハギ科のサルスベリ属の植物で、フィリピンではバナバと呼ばれ、昔から糖尿病の民間薬として使われている。

Takeo Hayashi, Haruko Maruyama, Royji Kasai, Katsuji Hattori, Shunsuke Takasuga, Osamu Hazeki, Kazuo Yamasaki, Takashi Tanaka, Ellagitannins from Lagerstroemia speciosa as Activators of Glucose Transport in Fat Cells, Planta Medica 68, 173-175 (2002). [Abstract] [Full Text (pdf)]

C. Murakami, K. Myoga, R. Kasai, K. Ohtani, T. Kurokawa, S.Ishibashi, F. Dayrit, W. G. Padolina and K. Yamasaki, Screening of Plant Constituents for the Effect on Glucose Transporter Activity in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells, Chem. Pharm. Bull., 41, 2129-2131, (1993). [Abstract]