Common Names
Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POLYGALACIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
POLYGALACIN-D | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
POLYGALACIN-D-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 4520.0 | 6660.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 24000.0 | 32000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
RHAMNOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
SAPONINS | 5 | Root | not available | 20000.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
SODIUM | 1 | Root | 243.0 | 472.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
STIGMAST-7-ENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
THIAMIN | 31 | Root | 1.0 | 1.3 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 242000.0 | -3.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
XYLOSE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZINC | 77 | Root | 13.0 | 18.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Lung) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Ovary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Prostate) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitussive | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Antiulcer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiviral | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Anxiolytic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Aphidifuge | 1 | Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494. |
Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |