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
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.