Georges Tanret identified an alkaloid (galegine) from Galega officinalis that was evaluated in clinical trials in patients with diabetes in the 1920s and 1930s.
The folk remedy French lilac (Galega officinalis), was used to treat the symptoms of diabetes, and towards the end of the nineteenth century it was discovered to contain guanidine.
Stachys officinalis | Salvia officinalis | Verbena officinalis | Melissa officinalis | Galega officinalis | Cochlearia officinalis | Veronica officinalis | ''Verbena officinalis'' var. ''officinalis'' | Calendula officinalis | Avicennia officinalis | Sanguisorba officinalis | Magnolia officinalis | Cornus officinalis | Anchusa officinalis | Althaea officinalis |