Gymnema sylvestre

"Gymnema sylvestre" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A plant species of the genus GYMNEMA that contains gymnemic acid (triterpene SAPONINS) which affects blood sugar level and gurmarin protein. The common name of Gurmar should not be confused with Guar (CYAMOPSIS).

Descriptor ID

D031104

MeSH Number(s)

B01.650.940.800.575.100.099.222.500

Concept/Terms

Gymnema sylvestre

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gymnema sylvestre".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Plants [B01.650]
Viridiplantae [B01.650.940]
Streptophyta [B01.650.940.800]
Embryophyta [B01.650.940.800.575]
Angiosperms [B01.650.940.800.575.100]
Asclepiadaceae [B01.650.940.800.575.100.099]
Gymnema [B01.650.940.800.575.100.099.222]
Gymnema sylvestre [B01.650.940.800.575.100.099.222.500]

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Bar chart showing 2 publications over 2 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2010 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1

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