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Review
. 2001 Oct;108(8):1105-7.
doi: 10.1172/JCI14178.

The blooming of the French lilac

L A Witters  1
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The blooming of the French lilac

L A Witters. J Clin Invest. 2001 Oct.
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Figure 1
The bloom of the French lilac. This blooming G. officinalis (Goat’s rue; French lilac; Italian fitch) is rich in guanidine. The plant’s long-recognized hypoglycemic properties led eventually to the synthesis of the biguanide compound metformin.
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