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
2-METHOXYMETHYL-PLATYCONATE-A	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-BETA-GLUCOSYLPLATYCODIGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTERYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.3	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	15000.0	20000.0	-1.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	180.0	5240.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	710000.0	937000.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	6.0	10.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEAPIOPLATYCODIN-D-3	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	9000.0	12000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	89000.0	117000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	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
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prebiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *