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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2-METHOXYMETHYL-PLATYCONATE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
3-O-BETA-GLUCOSYLPLATYCODIGENIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ARABINOSE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ARSENIC | 2 | Root | not available | 0.3 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Root | 15000.0 | 20000.0 | -1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETULIN | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 180.0 | 5240.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 710000.0 | 937000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
COPPER | 12 | Root | 6.0 | 10.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D-3 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Root | 9000.0 | 12000.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Root | 89000.0 | 117000.0 | 0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
INULIN | 19 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Hypoglycemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypotensive | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Insectifuge | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Laxative | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Leptingenic | 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 |
Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |