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.
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Chemical Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GYMNEMIC-ACID-III	Leaf	27.0	91.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IV	Leaf	47.0	73.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IX	Leaf	21.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-V	Leaf	18.0	53.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VI	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VII	Leaf	60.0	333.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VIII	Leaf	23.0	32.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-W	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-X	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XI	Leaf	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XII	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIII	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIV	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XV	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVI	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVII	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVIII	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Y	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Z	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMOSIDE-A	Leaf	not available	83.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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).