Ecological Variation Studies on Gymnema sylvestre from Three Zones

Gymnema sylvestre is a plant used in the ayurvedic medicine of India for the treatment of diabetes mellitus has been known from antiquity also to have an anti-saccharin taste effect. The active principles of this plant are glycosides (several gymnemic acid) which shows selective anaesthetic effect.Ecological variation is the hot topic of current day research and also is the most important tool for the evaluation of the medicinal plants. One of the major problems faced by user industry is the lack of quality control profiles for herbal raw materials as well as their formulation.