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
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 *

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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.