Hintoniae latiflorae cortex
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Hintoniae latiflorae cortex, also known as Hintonia bark or Mexican fever bark, is a drug used in herbal medicinal products as a dietary adjunct therapy for incipient or mild type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Hintoniae latiflorae cortex contains flavonoids, (including 7-methylluteolin and quercetin), polyphenolic compounds (neoflavonoids of the coutareagenin type, 5-O-ß-D-galactopyranosyl-4'-hydroxy-7-methoxy-4-phenylcoumarin and other neoflavonoid glycosides), phenolic carboxylic acids(chlorogenic acid) and catechol tanning agents (see below vegetable tanning agents).
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Hintonia bark has hypoglycemic and robotic effects. The blood pressure-lowering effect is achieved by the ingredient coutareagenin.
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Hintoniae latiflorae cortex is used as a dietary adjunct therapy for beginning or mild type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Hintonia bark powder can be taken 3 times a day with a heaped teaspoon as decoction. Alternatively, one capsule can be taken 3 times daily as a standardised dry extract with meals.
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For an aqueous-ethanolic extract (1: 5) a diaarhoea could be observed in one case. Suspected liver damage has not been confirmed by investigations.
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There are no known contraindications.
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So far, no studies have been initiated to precisely determine the interactions with other ingredients.
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- Schilcher H (Ed.) in, Guide to Phytotherapy, Urban & Fischer Verlag (2016) Munich, p.157 f.