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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GYMNEMIC-ACID-III	Leaf	27.0	91.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IV	Leaf	47.0	73.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-IX	Leaf	21.0	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-V	Leaf	18.0	53.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VI	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VII	Leaf	60.0	333.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-VIII	Leaf	23.0	32.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-W	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-X	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XI	Leaf	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XII	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIII	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XIV	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XV	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVI	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVII	Leaf	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-XVIII	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Y	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMIC-ACID-Z	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYMNEMOSIDE-A	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
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.