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Plant Polypodium vulgare (Polypodiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Common Polypody, Sweet Fern
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-CATECHIN-7-L-ARABINOSIDE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 17,21-EPOXYHOPANE Rhizome -- -- -- *
4 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 22-HOPENE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 24-LOPHENOLMETHYLENE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 26-O-METHYLPOLYPODOSAPONIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 31-NORCYCLOARTANOL Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 31-NORCYCLOLAUDENOL Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 5-BETA-20-HYDROXYECDYSTERONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 9(11)-FERNENE Rhizome -- -- -- *
20 BENZOIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Rhizome -- -- -- *
6 BUTYRIC-ACID Rhizome -- -- -- *
102 CAFFEIC-ACID Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 CAOUTCHOUC Root -- -- -- *
1 CATECHINS Rhizome 25000.0 37000.0 -- *
23 CITRIC-ACID Root -- -- -- *
1 CITROSTADIENOL Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 CRUSECDYSONE Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 CYCLOARTANOL Rhizome -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.