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 |
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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 * |
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. |