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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
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.
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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 *