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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Gymnema sylvestre

Activities

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Bilious India *
Bite(Snake) Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Cardiotonic India *
Cough India *
Diabetes India *
Diuretic India *
Errhine India *
Eye India *
Furunculosis India *
Laxative India *
Parageusia India *
Stimulant India *
Stomachic India *
Tongue Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Uterotonic India *