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
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