A mass of Goat's Rue (also known as French Lilac), the medicinal herb that led to metformin. Source: Caroline Eastwood/Alamy Stock Photo. Used with permission. French lilac is a perennial plant ...

Advice on lilacs, Scotch Broom, pruning olive and one special shrub. Mae asks: What is the difference between a Korean lilac and a French lilac? Answer: Syringa vulgaris, or common lilac, grows up ...

The best white is the sumptuous double-flowered ‘Madame Lemoine’, named after the wife of a renowned 19th-century French lilac breeder who introduced over 200 different lilac cultivars ...

Metformin was originally developed from natural compounds found in the plant Galega officinalis, known as French lilac or goat’s rue. Synthetic biguanides were developed in the 1920s in Germany ...