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
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).