Guaiacum coulteri

Guaiacum coulteri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Genus: Guaiacum
Species: G. coulteri
Binomial name
Guaiacum coulteri
A.Gray[2]

Guaiacum coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that is native to western Mexico and Guatemala.[2] In a rabbit trial of twelve Mexican plants with reputed "antidiabetic" properties, it was the most effective in reducing hyperglycemia.[3]

References

  1. ^ González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Guaiacum coulteri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Taxon: Guaiacum coulteri A. Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-05-14. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?444184. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 
  3. ^ PMID 1308793

External links

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