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Gymnema sylvestre [1] is a perennial woody vine native to Asia (including the Arabian Peninsula), Africa and Australia. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine.Common names include gymnema, [2] Australian cowplant, and Periploca of the woods, and the Hindi term gurmar, which means "sugar destroyer".
G. sylvestre may refer to: Galium sylvestre, a synonym for Galium album, a plant species native to Europe; Gymnema sylvestre, a herb species native to the tropical ...
Gymnemic acids are a class of chemical compounds isolated from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre (Asclepiadaceae). They are anti-sweet compounds, or sweetness inhibitors. [1] After chewing the leaves, solutions sweetened with sugar taste like water. Chemically, gymnemic acids are triterpenoid glycosides.
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine .
Carlos Sylvestre Begnis (1903–1980), Argentine medical doctor and politician; Philippe Sylvestre Dufour (1622–1687), French Protestant apothecary, banker, collector, and author; Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup (1782–1862), French physician and naturalist; Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon (1760–1847), French ecclesiastic
Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (May 17, 1918 – September 26, 2010) was a Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant.. Born in Sorel, Quebec, he attended College Ste-Marie, Montreal, and received his B.A. in 1939 and MA in 1942 from the University of Ottawa where he began his literary career as writer and critic.
G. Sylvester Gozzolini; Hildebrand Gregori This page was last edited on 3 April 2018, at 03:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
James Joseph Sylvester (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory , invariant theory , number theory , partition theory , and combinatorics .