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 |
---|---|---|
Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Bifidogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cancer-Preventive | 5 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Cardioprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Depressant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Copper-Antagonist | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
Cortocosterone-genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |