Ethnopharmacological Importance of Gymnema sylvestre

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dc.contributor.authorKumari, V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-07T11:20:20Z
dc.date.available2024-12-07T11:20:20Z
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.description.abstractGymnema sylvestre is one of the valuable medicinally important herbs that belong to family Apocynaceae. G. Sylvester is a woody climber mostly found in India, Srilanka, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tropical Africa. Traditionally the leaf of the herb is used as antidiabetic, antihelmentic, antiobesity, anti-inflammatory, hypolipidaemic, antivenom and antimicrobial. The herb is used by some ethnic community in constipation, haemorrhoids, jaundice, leucoderma, asthma, bronchitis, cardiac problems and dyspepsia. Most important phytochemicals of the plant are gymnemic acid, deacyl gymnemic acid and gymnemagenol which help in the controlling of blood cholesterol, triglyceride levels, inflammation and body weight. The present review aims to document the traditional and modern pharmacological uses of the plant to provide better scope for further experiments and future application. The botanical description, cultivation practices, phytochemical constituents and safety issues of the plant has also been described in the chapter.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Botany, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKumari V.. Ethnopharmacological Importance of Gymnema sylvestre . European Journal of Medicinal Plants. 2024 Nov; 35(6): 224-233en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-0894
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/241345
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMs. M. B. Mondalen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume35en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.9734/ejmp/2024/v35i61221en_US
dc.subjectGymnema sylvestreen_US
dc.subjectmedicinal planten_US
dc.subjectethnopharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectphytoconstituentsen_US
dc.subjecttraditional and modern usesen_US
dc.titleEthnopharmacological Importance of Gymnema sylvestreen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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