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Common Names
Common Polypody; Sweet Fern
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-CATECHIN-7-L-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 17,21-EPOXYHOPANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE | 4 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 22-HOPENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 24-LOPHENOLMETHYLENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 26-O-METHYLPOLYPODOSAPONIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 31-NORCYCLOARTANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 31-NORCYCLOLAUDENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-BETA-20-HYDROXYECDYSTERONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 9(11)-FERNENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHINS | 1 | Rhizome | 25000.0 | 37000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITROSTADIENOL | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRUSECDYSONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTANOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Adrenocorticotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110. |
| Allergenic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amphiestrogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Analgesic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anaphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAddisonian | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |