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Gymnema sylvestre [1] is a perennial woody vine native to Asia (including the Arabian Peninsula), Africa and Australia. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine . Common names include gymnema , [ 2 ] Australian cowplant, and Periploca of the woods, and the Hindi term gurmar , which means "sugar destroyer".
Nature's Way is an American newspaper cartoon series by Gary Larson published in 1976. It launched his career in cartooning and eventually led to his popular The Far Side series in 1980. History
Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς gymnos, "naked" and νῆμα, nēma, "thread") [4] is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. One species, Gymnema sylvestre , is commonly used as a dietary supplement and has the ability to suppress the taste of sweetness.
Gymnema lactiferum; S. Gymnema sylvestre This page was last edited on 17 December 2019, at 05:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Gymnema lactiferum, the Ceylon cow-tree or Ceylon cow plant, is a species of climbing perennial shrub native to India and Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Sanskrit it is called ksirakakoli . James Emerson Tennent described the use of the plant in his account of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and wrote it was "evidently a form of the G. sylvestre ". [ 3 ]
Gymnemic acid I has the highest anti-sweet properties. It suppresses the sweetness of most of the sweeteners including intense artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and natural sweeteners such as thaumatin, a sweet protein. The anti-sweet activity is reversible, but sweetness recovery on the tongue can take more than 10 minutes. [5]