Plant Podophyllum peltatum (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mayapple

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
4'-DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'DEMETHYLDESOXYPODOPHYLLUM-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4'DEMETHYLPODOPHYLLOTOXINGLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PELTATIN	8	Rhizome	3500.0	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHAPELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PELTATIN	8	Rhizome	1750.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PELTATIN-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN	8	Root	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN-K	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNAN-M	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLPODOPHYLLOQUERCETIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PICROPODOPHYLLIN	1	Rhizome	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
(+)-Inotropic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amebicide	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenergic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *