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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
(-)-VIBURNITOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 152.0 800.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 11400.0 60000.0 -1.04 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 30.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Leaf not available not available not available Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. Lloydia 33S: 1-286.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 169.0 890.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. 1957-1968. Lloydia 33S: 1-286.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.9 4.5 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONDURITOL-A 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3990.0 21000.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf not available 80000.0 -1.24 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf not available 320000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
GURMARIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMAGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-I 0 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-II 0 Leaf 25.0 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-III 0 Leaf not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-IV 0 Leaf 12.0 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMASAPONIN-V 0 Leaf 133.0 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 5 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insulinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Laxative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 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
Lipotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th