Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae)

Common Names
Balloon Flower, Chieh-Keng, Jie-Geng
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-METHOXYMETHYL-PLATYCONATE-A 0 Plant *
3-O-BETA-GLUCOSYLPLATYCODIGENIN 0 Root *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Root *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root *
ARABINOSE 0 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.3 -0.20 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root *
ASH 0 Root 15000.0 20000.0 -1.36 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETULIN 13 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 180.0 5240.0 -0.24 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 710000.0 937000.0 1.37 *
COPPER 12 Root 6.0 10.0 -0.19 *
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D 0 Root *
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D-3 0 Root *
FAT 0 Root 9000.0 12000.0 -0.36 *
FIBER 15 Root 89000.0 117000.0 0.64 *
GLUCOSE 7 Root *
INULIN 19 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
ACTH-genic 1 (View) *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 (View) *