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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae)

Common Names
Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 2870.0 3790.0 0.93 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1250.0 1510.0 -0.56 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 24.0 30.0 -0.19 *
NIACIN 39 Root 78.0 103.0 1.53 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 1890.0 2493.0 -0.18 *
PLATYCODIGENIN 0 Root *
PLATYCODIN 15 Root 20000.0 *
PLATYCODIN-A 0 Root *
PLATYCODIN-C 0 Root *
PLATYCODIN-D 0 Root *
PLATYCODIN-D-2 0 Root *
PLATYCODIN-D-3 0 Root *
PLATYCODONIN 0 Root *
PLATYCODOSIDE-C 0 Root *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-A 0 Root *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-B 0 Root *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-C 0 Root *
PLATYCONIC-ACID-A 0 Root *
PLATYCONIN 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 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
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitumor 3 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *