Three flavonol triglycosides kaempferol 3-[2Gal-(4-acetylrhamnosyl)robinobioside], kaempferol 3-(2Gal-rhamnosylrobinobioside) and quercetin 3-(2G-rhamnosylrutinoside) have been isolated from a methanolic extract of Galega officinalis aerial parts. They are reported for the first time in the genus Galega; moreover, the acetylated triglycoside is a new natural product.

Metformin (1,1-dimethylbiguanide) is the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, and is one of only two oral antidiabetic drugs on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of essential medicines [1]. Its history can be traced back to the use of Galega officinalis as a herbal medicine in medieval Europe. Its name derives from gale (milk) and ega (to bring on), as Galega has been used as ...

BACKGROUND An impaired leukocytes function is the factor causing the susceptibility of patients with diabetes mellitus to infections. The outmost importance for the understanding of the immunological processes involved in diabetes pathogenesis is to give the characteritics of the immunological profile and changes therein, during the course of desease. Long-used in folk medicine to treat diabete...

Galega officinalis (galega, Goat`s rue, French lilac) is a traditional plant from south east Europe. There are various reports about pharmacological properties of Galega officinalis such as diuretic, platelet aggregation, anti-bacterial, lactogen and anti-diabetic effect. There are a few studies about possible toxicological effect of this plant. In the present study, we evaluated the acute toxi...

Galega officinalis (galega, Goat`s rue, French lilac) is a traditional plant from south east Europe. There are various reports about pharmacological properties of Galega officinalis such as diuretic, platelet aggregation, anti-bacterial, lactogen and anti-diabetic effect. There are a few studies about possible toxicological effect of this plant. In the present study, we evaluated the acute toxi...

background and objectives: dairy companies always try to increase the quantity and quality of milk production. according to the positive impact of different plants on milk production of cattle, this study was carried out to standardize a galactogogue herbal mixture based on its total phenol and flavonol contents and antioxidant activity.  methods: a mixture of galega officinalis l. and nigella ...

This paper explores the relationship between the genetic diversity of rhizobia and the morphological diversity of their plant hosts. Rhizobium galegae strains were isolated from nodules of wild Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis in the Caucasus, the center of origin for G. orientalis. All 101 isolates were characterized by genomic amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprinting and ...