title: Goat's rue - French lilac - Italian fitch - Spanish sainfoin: gallega officinalis and metformin: the Edinburgh connection.
abstract: The hypoglycaemic drug metformin is derived from galegine, which is naturally found in Goat's rue (gallega officinalis). The plant is spreading northwards in the UK.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Ireland.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hadden
mesh_terms: D029881:Galega; D049671:History, 18th Century; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000266:history*; D008687:Metformin / Q000266:history*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D008687:Metformin