Researchers have discovered that a plant that grows in Israel, as well as in other parts of the Middle East, is effective in the treatment of diabetes.

Dr. Jonathan Gorelick of the Judea and Samaria Research and Development Center will present the results of his study by iPhionoids Chiliadenus (acute varsthemia), a bush flower that grows in Israel and throughout the Middle East, at the 25th Conference of Studiesof Judea and Samaria research at Ariel University.

Dr. Gorelick and his team, which published the results of his study

In the university ethnopharmacology newspaper in October 2011, it found that the consumption of the yellow flowers of the vegetable increased the absorption of sugar in skeletal muscle cells and fat in animals, and also decreased blood sugar levels.

According to Dr. Gorelick, while many plants have traditionally used to treat diabetes, only a few have succeeded as marketable medications.Your research team is working on isolating the active ingredient of acute varthemia so that it can be usable in a treatment for patients with diabetes.