Plant Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Gymnema; Miracle Fruit

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-VIBURNITOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	152.0	800.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	11400.0	60000.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	6.0	30.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. Lloydia 33S: 1-286.
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	169.0	890.0	-1.20	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. Lloydia 33S: 1-286.
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.9	4.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONDURITOL-A	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	3990.0	21000.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Leaf	not available	80000.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Leaf	not available	320000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
GURMARIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMAGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-I	0	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-II	0	Leaf	25.0	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-III	0	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-IV	0	Leaf	12.0	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-V	0	Leaf	133.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Miyatake, K., et al. 1994. Effect of Conduritol A, a Polyol from Gymnema sylvestre, on the Development of Diabetic Cataracts in Streptozotocin-Treated Rats and on Aldose Reductase. Biosci Biotech Biochem, 58(4): 756-757.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.