Latin Name: Gymnema sylvestrae
Hindi Name: Gurmar
Sanskrit Names: Mesha-shringi, Madhunashini, Ajaballi, Avartini

1. Use of Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract in the control of blood glucose in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.Shanmugasundaram ER, Rajeswari G, Baskaran K, Rajesh Kumar BR, Radha Shanmugasundaram K, Kizar Ahmath B. Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, India.  External Link
2. The insulinotropic activity of Gymnema sylvestre, R. Br. An Indian medical herb used in controlling diabetes mellitus.Shanmugasundaram KR, Panneerselvam C, Samudram P, Shanmugasundaram ER. External Link
3. Gymnema sylvestre stimulates insulin release in vitro by increased membrane permeability. S.J.Persaud, H.Al-Majed, A.Raman, P.M.Jones - J Endocrinol, 1999 - journals.endocrinology.org.External Link
4. Enzyme changes and glucose utilisation in diabetic rabbits: the effect of Gymnema sylvestre, R. Br. Shanmugasundaram KR, Panneerselvam C, Samudram P, Shanmugasundaram ER. J Ethnopharmacol, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.  External Link
5. Possible regeneration of the islets of Langerhans in streptozotocin-diabetic rats given Gymnema sylvestre leaf extracts. E.R Shanmugasundaram, K.L Gopinath, K. Radha Shanmugasundaram, V.M. Rajendran J Ethnopharmacol, 1990 - grande.nal.usda.gov. External Link
6. Effect of Gymnema sylvestre, R.Br. on glucose homeostasis in rats. Okabayashi, Y : Tani, S : Fujisawa, T : Koide, M : Hasegawa, H : Nakamura, T : Fujii, M : Otsuki, M. Diabetes-Res-Clin-Pract. 1990 May-Jun; 9(2): 143-8 grande.nal.usda.gov. External Link
7. Comparative Effects of Chromium, Vanadium and Gymnema Sylvestre on Sugar-Induced Blood Pressure Elevations in SHR. Harry G. Preuss, S. Taylor Jarrell, Rich Scheckenbach, Shari Lieberman and Richard A. Anderson. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 17, No. 2, 116-123 (1998). External Link
8. Effects of Inula racemosa root and Gymnema sylvestre leaf extracts in the regulation of corticosteroid induced diabetes mellitus: involvement of thyroid hormones. S. Gholap, A. Kar. Pharmazie, 2003 - Govi-Verlag. External Link
9. Systematic Review of Herbs and Dietary Supplements for Glycemic Control in Diabetes. Gloria Y. Yeh, David M. Eisenberg, Ted J. Kaptchuk and Russell S. Phillips. Diabetes Care 26:1277-1294, 2003 External Link
10. Medicinal foodstuffs. IX. The inhibitors of glucose absorption from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre R. BR. (Asclepiadaceae): structures of gymnemosides a and b.Yoshikawa M, Murakami T, Kadoya M, Li Y, Murakami N, Yamahara J, Matsuda H.Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1997 Oct;45(10):1671-6 External Link
11. Effects of Seishin-renshi-in and Gymnema sylvestre on insulin resistance in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. M. Tominaga  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 11-17. External Link
12. Experimental studies on pituitary diabetes. iv. Effect of gymnema sylvestre and coccinia indica against the hyperglycaemic response of somatotropin and corticotropin hormones.Gupta SS, Variyar MC.Indian J Med Res. 1964 feb;52:200-7. External Link
13. Natural Products Used for Diabetes. Karen Shapiro A1 A2 and William C. Gong A3. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Volume 42, Number 2 / March / April 2002 External Link
14. A comparative evaluation of some blood sugar lowering agents of plant origin. R. R. Chattopadhyay. Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 67, Issue 3, 30 November 1999, Pages 367-372. External Link
15. Hypoglycaemic activity of an indigenous drug (Gymnema sylvestre, 'Gurmar') in normal and diabetic persons. Khare AK, Tondon RN, Tewari JP. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1983 Jul-Sep;27(3):257-8 External Link
16. An Extract of Gymnema sylvestre Leaves and Purified Gymnemic Acid Inhibits Glucose-Stimulated Gastric Inhibitory Peptide Secretion in Rats. Tohru Fushiki, Ayako Kojima, Toshiaki Imoto, Kazuo Inoue and Etsuro Sugimoto. Journal of Nutrition Vol. 122 No. 12 December 1992, pp. 2367-2373. External Link
17. Inhibition of the Sweet Taste by Gymnema sylvestre. Roslyn P. Warren, Richard M. Warren & Marvin G. Weninger. Nature 223, 94 - 95 (05 July 1969)
18. Hypoglycemic and life-prolonging properties of Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract in diabetic rats. Srivastava Y, Nigam SK, Bhatt HV, Verma Y, Prem AS. Isr J Med Sci. 1985 Jun;21(6):540-2. External Link