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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
GYMNEMIC-ACID-III 0 Leaf 27.0 91.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IV 0 Leaf 47.0 73.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IX 0 Leaf 21.0 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-V 0 Leaf 18.0 53.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VI 0 Leaf not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VII 0 Leaf 60.0 333.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VIII 0 Leaf 23.0 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-W 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-X 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XI 0 Leaf not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XII 0 Leaf not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIII 0 Leaf not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIV 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XV 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVI 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVII 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVIII 0 Leaf not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Y 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Z 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available 83.0 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
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 1 Wealth of India.
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ethanolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Fungicide 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *