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Plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae)

Common Names
Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
IRON 6 Root 62.0 200.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2870.0 3790.0 0.93 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1250.0 1510.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 24.0 30.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 78.0 103.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1890.0 2493.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIGENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN 15 Root not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D-2 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D-3 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODONIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODOSIDE-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCONIC-ACID-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCONIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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 *