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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
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *