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
Antihepatomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition