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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
GYMNEMOSIDE-B	0	Leaf	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYNOSAPONIN-TN-2	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LV	0	Leaf	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXII	0	Leaf	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXIII	0	Leaf	not available	33.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-LXXIV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-V	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLIII	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XLVII	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XXVIII	0	Leaf	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GYPENOSIDE-XXXVII	0	Leaf	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	9.0	49.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	201.0	1060.0	-1.18	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	0.4	2.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	4.2	22.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	561.0	2950.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	2470.0	13000.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	20900.0	110000.0	-1.02	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
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 *