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
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