Factory Supply Plant Extract Gymnema Sylvestre Gymnemic Acids

Factory Supply Plant Extract Gymnema Sylvestre Gymnemic Acids

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Product Name:	Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract
Appearance:	Brown fine powder
Grade:	Food grade
Used Part:	Leaf
Specification:	25%-75%
Active Ingredient	Gymnemic Acids

Gymnema is a woody climbing plant that grows in the tropical forests of central and southern India. The leaves lamina is ovate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with both surfaces pubescent. The flowers are small bell-shaped yellow color. The leaves of gurmar are used medicinally, for its unique property to directly mask the tongue’s ability to taste sweet foods; at the same time suppresses glucose absorption from the intestine. This is the reason it is known in Hindi as gurmar, or "destroyer of sugar".

1. Gymnema sylvestre is a stomachic, diuretic, refrigerant, astringent, and tonic;

2. It has been found to increase urine output and reduce hyperglycemia in both animal and human studies;

3. Gymnemic acids are too useful for prevention of the formation of dental plaque and caries;

4. Gymnema's antidiabetic activity appears to be due to a combination of mechanisms;

5. Gymnema increases the activity of enzymes responsible for glucose uptake and utilization, and inhibits peripheral utilization of glucose by somatotrophin and corticotrophin;