Gentiana olivieri (Chinese: xie wan que qin jiao) is a plant species in the genus Gentiana found in Asia.

Gentiana olivieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species:
G. olivieri
Binomial name
Gentiana olivieri
Griseb., 1838

Bioassay-directed fractionation techniques led to isolation of isoorientin as the main hypoglycemic component in G. olivieri.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Hypoglycaemic activity of Gentiana olivieri and isolation of the active constituent through bioassay- directed fractionation techniques. Ekrem Sezik, Mustafa Aslan, Erdem Yesilada, Shigeru Ito, Life Sciences, 28 January 2005, Volume 76, Issue 11, Pages 1223–1238, doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2004.07.024