Otholobium pubescens

Otholobium pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Psoraleeae
Genus: Otholobium
Species: O. pubescens
Binomial name
Otholobium pubescens
(Poir.) J.W.Grimes

Otholobium pubescens is a plant species in the genus Otholobium. It is a Peruvian medicinal plant used for the treatment of diabetes and contains bakuchiol.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Isolation and antihyperglycemic activity of bakuchiol from Otholobium pubescens (fabaceae), a peruvian medicinal plant used for the treatment of diabetes. Krenisky J. M., Luo J., Reed M. J. and Carney J. R., Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin, 1999, vol. 22, no10, pp. 1137-1140, INIST:1198639


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