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.
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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 *