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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 77-81Publisher
JOURNAL CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY & NUTRITION
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.2007010
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Gymnema sylvestre; antidiabetic; obesity; Gymnemic acids; herbal drug
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Gymnema sylvestre is regarded as one of the plants with potent anti diabetic properties. This plant is also used for controlling obesity in the form of Gymnema tea. The active compound of the plant is a group of acids termed as gymnemic acids. It has been observed that there could be a possible link between obesity, Gymnemic acids and diabetes. This review will try to put forth an overall idea about the plant as well as present molecular perspective linking the common medicine to the most common metabolic disorders.
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