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
GYMNEMASIDE-I	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-III	0	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-IV	0	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-V	0	Leaf	not available	133.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-VI	0	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIDE-VII	0	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	83.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	57.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	73.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	48.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID	5	Seed	not available	2500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-A	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-B	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-D	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-I	0	Leaf	67.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-II	0	Leaf	86.0	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).