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Plant Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Gymnema; Miracle Fruit
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).