Plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 *

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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
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.