Gymnema sylvestre is one of the most important medicinal plants of the Asclepiadaceae family. It is used in folkloric medicine since time immemorial. Recent studies on Gymnema sylvestre (especially leaves) shows a number of compounds isolated, like Gymnemic acid A, B, C, D, gymnemagenol, deacyl gymnemic acid etc. that tend to possess potential medicinal properties against diabetics, obesity, cancer, inflammation, mosquito larvae, snake venom etc. This paper aims to detail the ethnobotanical and

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... pharmacological uses of Gymnema sylvestre to provide better scope for performing the in-vivo experiments and their application in future.