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

Common Names

Gymnema; Miracle Fruit

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
GYMNEMOSIDE-B	0	Leaf	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYNOSAPONIN-TN-2	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LV	0	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXII	0	Leaf	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXIII	0	Leaf	not available	33.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXXIV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-V	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLIII	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLVII	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XXVIII	0	Leaf	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XXXVII	0	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	9.0	49.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	201.0	1060.0	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	0.4	2.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	4.2	22.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	561.0	2950.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2470.0	13000.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	20900.0	110000.0	-1.02	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.