Common Names
Gymnema; Miracle Fruit
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Pesticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Sedative | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |