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
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Leaf	0.4	2.3	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	0.6	3.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	266.0	1400.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE	1	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.
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	810000.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Leaf	not available	not available	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
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